Deck Demolition & Removal

Flicker Construction LLC is a family-owned company with over 10 years of dedicated decking experience. Every removal is done by our in-house crew — no subcontractors — and we're fully licensed and insured. You work directly with the builder from the first phone call to the final cleanup.

There's a reason that matters on a teardown. People who build decks know how decks come apart: where the load is carried, what's bolted into your house, what's hiding under the boards, and which piece you don't cut until the rest is supported. A crew that only knows how to swing a hammer can take a deck down. Knowing how to take it down without damaging your siding, your yard, or themselves is a different skill.

We also give 10 percent of our profits to local causes, including our partnership with the ASPCA.

Nobody thinks to ask about footings until the deck is gone and there's concrete in the yard — so here's our position up front: we always recommend new footings for whatever comes next. Building on existing footings is a liability, since there's no way to guarantee old concrete won't shift or settle under a new structure.

If you'd prefer to keep your existing footings, we can talk about it — we'll just include a clause in the contract noting that we're not liable for any future shifting or movement of footings we didn't set. We'll walk through all of it with you at the estimate, so there are no surprises after the crew leaves.

This is the part of deck removal homeowners think about last and worry about most, once they think about it.

If your deck was attached to the house, taking it off exposes a strip of wall that's been covered for as long as the deck has existed. Sometimes what's behind it is perfectly sound. Sometimes there's water damage that the deck was hiding — which, honestly, is part of why the deck is coming down.

Either way, that wall is part of the job. Repairing the area where the ledger was attached is included in the estimate we give you, not discovered halfway through and added as a change order. If we open it up and find damage that goes deeper than expected, you'll hear about it from us with photos before any decision gets made.

If a new deck is going where the old one is, you don't need to think about demolition as a separate project at all. Tear-out, haul-away, footing evaluation, and the wall repair are all folded into the estimate for your new deck — one crew, one scope, one price, no coordinating between a demo company and a builder.

That's how most of our removals happen, and it's usually the better deal for the homeowner. If you're not sure which situation you're in, we'll tell you straight at the estimate — the same way we walk homeowners through the deck services we offer.

It depends on what's coming out and what's underneath it. A ground-level deck with a simple frame is a very different job from a two-story structure bolted to a house, and the footings and wall repair factor in too.

Standalone removals are quoted by separate estimate after we've seen the deck. When removal is part of a replacement we're building, it's already inside your project price — nothing separate to pay, nothing separate to schedule.

Either way, the estimate is free, and the price on it is the price you pay.