Deck Design Tips & Trends
A Deck Can Boost Your Home’s Value (If You Follow These Rules)
There are so many perks to building an outdoor living space for your home, it’s hard to know where to start! For starters, you get a relaxing home extension that will provide endless entertainment for [...]
Why You Need to Start Planning Your Summer Deck Project Now
Here in Colorado, winter is a wonder to behold. After a sunny day on the slopes, you can cozy up under a starry night by the fire. But as beautiful as winter is on the [...]
Meet Our Hardy Hardwoods: Mahogany and Ipe
With decks such an important space in today’s homes, it makes sense for quality-conscious homeowners to seek out premium materials to enhance the appeal and durability of their outdoor living additions. Clients are rediscovering the [...]
Where Has All the Heart Redwood Gone?
From ornate Victorian San Francisco homes to modern outdoor decks, Redwood has been the gold standard for exterior wood construction in the western United States since settlers headed west during the California Gold Rush. The [...]
Deck Care & Repair
Your Deck is Thirsty Thanks to the Colorado Sun
Colorado has, like, 400 days of sunshine a year. Right? We’re unsure this statement is backed by science — or math — but let’s agree that Colorado is sunny. And what do all Coloradoans know? [...]
How to Make Your Old Deck Look Young Again
If your deck has seen better days, this might finally be the year you commit to giving it a facelift. After all, 2020 is officially the year of the staycation, so why not get your [...]
How to Make Your Deck Last a Lifetime
When you invest a lot of time and money into a beautiful, custom outdoor living space, you want to know it’s going to last a long time. Unfortunately, the elements that Mother Nature throws at [...]
Common Sense Deck Care for Winter Weather
A common question we get from new wood deck owners is whether shoveling their deck is needed and if it will damage it or not. Shoveling can damage your wood deck — but it doesn’t [...]
Decktec News & Updates
Hello, NOCO! Meet the DeckTec Team: Scott Fowler
Big news for outdoor living fans up North! For more than 30 years, DeckTec Outdoor Designs, Inc. has been serving the Front Range. And now we’re thrilled to have Scott Fowler, DeckTec’s man on the [...]
DeckTec’s Picture This: Customer Deck Photo Contest
DeckTec has been creating one-of-a-kind Colorado outdoor living experiences with custom decks, patios, and roof covers for 30 years. For almost that long, Founder and Owner, Steve Sparhawk, has taken particular pride in capturing these [...]
Every Month is Deck Safety Month®
May is Deck Safety Month®, but ensuring your loved ones’ wellbeing on your custom wood deck should be priority number one year-round. No deck is maintenance-free. The North American Deck and Railing Association (NADRA) estimates [...]
How to Make the Most of the 2020 Colorado Garden & Home Show
At DeckTec, our favorite time of the year isn’t just between Memorial Day and Labor Day, but any time that it’s mild enough to live it up on your beautiful wood deck. One event that [...]
Outdoor Living
The Year of The Staycation: What Are You Waiting For?
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: There’s never been a better time for a staycation. […]
Did You Know Outdoor Living Is Wonderful for Your Health?
A generation ago, “outdoor living” was a wooden picnic table and a hibachi barbecue, with maybe a vinyl lounge chair or two for the grown-ups. “Fancy” was a table with an umbrella. […]
Why Go Out, When You Can Stay At Home?
What a time to have a beautiful deck or living space right out your back door. A custom outdoor living environment provides all of the amenities of a vacation, but without the travel, hassles, and [...]
DeckTec’s Guide to the Best Farmers Markets
Go local and get your fresh on! Farmers market season is happily upon us, and with so many great locations and schedules to choose from, the only problem is deciding where to go first! Each [...]
Deck Project Highlights
Client Interviews: The Skibinski Family
Friends and family say that Mike and Korrie’s DeckTec deck has turned the already-beautiful Skibinski home into a luxury resort. But it’s not just about impressing others. The split-level Mahogany deck, which was completed in [...]
Gary Gansar Loves His DeckTec Deck
When your adult children start hosting their parties on your newly-built backyard deck, you know you’ve done something right. “I’ve got four grown kids, and they have their parties over here now,” Gary Gansar said, [...]
Client of The Month: Bob Meddles
Have you had enough? Enough of idiots circling the parking lot for 20 minutes to get that space right up front before heading to their aerobics class? Enough of morons pulling crazy stunts and then [...]
Anticipating A New Deck
Dear DeckTec Friends, I hope you don't mind my talking in first person today. Just wanted to tell you about the new deck the team at DeckTec is putting in for us. I am so [...]
Garden & Lawn Care
Container Tomatoes
Imagine picking a ripe, juicy tomato right on your deck! All you need are some starts, and pots of various sizes. You can extend the season by covering plants, or taking them in overnight, as [...]
Spring Is in Bloom – Get Your Garden in Shape
Here at DeckTec, we work hard to design, create, and maintain beautiful custom outdoor living environments for you to enjoy with friends and family. Once your deck has been built, stained, and sealed, it’s up [...]
Fall is Time to Play in the Dirt
The first cold of the autumn hit recently, and with it comes the desire to pack everything into the garage and snuggle up under your nearest blanket. But for gardeners everywhere, this change in weather [...]
Harvest Abundance? Give It Away!
Have you ever been hungry, really hungry? Have you ever wondered where your next meal might come from or if it will come at all? According to a report from the United States Department of [...]
Outdoor Recipes
Crispy Cauliflower “Wings” from Woody’s Wood Fired Pizza
Steve loved cauliflower “wings” from Woody’s Wood Fired Pizza so much that we talked them into giving us the recipe! Breading Mix Start with equal parts cornmeal and either wheat or rice flour (gluten free). [...]
Deck-Worthy Cocktails Watermelon-Tequila Cocktails
Ingredients 1/4 c. water 1/4 c. granulated sugar 8 c. diced seedless watermelon (1 lb.) 1/4 c. fresh lime juice 1 3/4 c. blueberries 3/4 c. lightly packed fresh mint leaves 8 mint sprigs for [...]
Deck-Worthy Dishes – Colcannon (Irish Mashed Potatoes)
Ingredients 3 lbs. potatoes, scrubbed 2 sticks butter 1¼ cups hot milk 1 head cabbage, cored and finely shredded 1 (1-lb.) piece ham or bacon, cooked the day before 4 scallions, finely chopped parsley leaves, [...]
Best Local Cold Weather Micro-Brrrews
Beer is a big part of the Colorado lifestyle! For every camping trip, whitewater adventure or 14’er summit there’s beer shared on the back of a tailgate, at one of Colorado’s 300+ taprooms or on [...]