Your Guide to Outdoor Comfort
Outdoor Comfort Outdoor comfort is no different from the comforts inside your home. Humans naturally build spaces that allow them to relax and unwind. If you look closely at interior amenities, it’s easy to translate them to your deck or patio for optimal comfort. We’ve gone ahead and broken them down into categories to help you check the boxes of outdoor comfort this year. Music Listen, no really listen! Music has tremendous benefits for your mood and overall well-being. The type and volume of what you play helps set a level of comfort that fits any situation. While we’re not going to tell you what your best deck playlist should be, we stand by the need to identify the right volume that allows for comfortable conversations. With a TV outside you can always keep the game on in the background. Temperature You might think you can’t control the temperature outdoors, but anyone with a DeckTec roof cover understands how import shade is. You aren’t just blocking the sun from making you squint, the shade can lower [...]
Painting the Blues: Interior Painting to Brighten Your Winter Spirit
When the weather turns cold and the days get shorter, it’s easy to feel a little down. But there’s one thing that can brighten up your mood and your home: a fresh coat of paint! DeckTec Outdoor Designs is offering interior painting services during the winter months. Our service crews are comprised of professional painters who are experts in their craft. When the weather is too cold to work outside, we prefer to keep them busy by painting your home’s interior. Here are a few ideas for interior paint jobs that our paint crews can provide: Entire walls: This is a great way to give your home a whole new look. Trim: Painting your trim a different color can add a touch of elegance to your home. Accents: Painting an accent wall or two is a great way to add interest to your home. Ceiling: Painting your ceiling a lighter color can make your room feel brighter and more spacious. Cabinets: Painting your cabinets is a great way to update your kitchen or bathroom without having [...]
Tales from the Deckside
At DeckTec, we know that a deck is more than just a place to entertain guests. It’s an extension of your home, a place to relax, unwind, and create lasting memories with your loved ones. That’s why we take pride in designing, building and maintaining decks that are safe, durable, and beautiful. Not all decks are created equal. There are many poorly constructed decks out there, and they can be downright scary. Here are a few tales from the “deck” side: The truth is that most people don’t think about decks and outdoor living the way we do. For many, decks are just a platform; place for some chairs and where to put the grill. Compared to the rest of the home, it’s an afterthought. We believe the deck can be the most loved “room” of your house, and with the value of design and specialized expertise, your backyard becomes an extension of your home. But you all knew that. When you chose DeckTec, you gained the confidence that your deck will be safe, durable, and [...]
Dispelling the Deck Doldrums
Of the two most used rooms in the house, you look at your deck every day. Perhaps you start every day with a cup of coffee on your deck. Or maybe you only catch it on your periphery, gazing out the kitchen window while washing dishes. Whatever the case, your deck is no different than the other parts of your home. You love it. It’s comfortable – it’s routine. Until it is boring. Suddenly, you realize it needs a change. Because while life is constantly evolving, stuff remains the same. Humans love a good routine, but we also crave what’s new. As our lives change, we desire our environment to adjust to our new habits. This includes outdoor living. The good news is that decks are much easier to expand, customize, and update than a kitchen, bathroom, or basement. As families grow, the function and appeal of your backyard require adaptation. Where once there was a need for ample lawn for play now sits a burden to keep green and mowed. That long staircase wasn’t a [...]
What to do About Hail Damage to Your Deck
I suspect you may have sustained hail damage from our recent series of spring storms. How do I know? Because I, too, got whacked by these spring storms. Hail can wreak havoc on your home, your deck included. Depending on the hail size and intensity of the storm, hail will pummel your deck floor and railings. The effect of hail stones on a deck damages the most visible areas of the deck, leaving your outdoor oasis visually displeasing and exposing the surfaces to more significant sun damage if not repaired. In extreme cases, hand railings and verticals are literally shredded, creating a dangerous risk of injury. Luckily, DeckTec is the Metro’s deck damage expert. We’ve repaired more hail-damaged decks than anyone in the state. Our crews are fully prepared to refresh your hail-damaged deck to its full potential. Ensuring you don’t miss any time outdoors this summer. Even better, your insurance policy can help cover the repair costs. But, please, beware. Since DeckTec is recognized as the premier hail damage solution, our estimate is often garnered [...]
Meet the DeckTec Team: Dave Phillabaum
Questions and Answers with Dave Q: What do you like to do on your days off? A: Snowboard, hike, camp, and travel Q: What got you into decking or Outdoor Living? A: I went to Purdue to become an architect and really connected with wanting to help people enjoy the outdoors from their homes through functional and interesting design. Q: What is your favorite part of working at Decktec? A: I’m very excited about DeckTec’s commitment to bring its design, function, and appeal to synthetic decking. I also appreciate the close-knit, professional team environment that works together for the ultimate customer experience. Q: DeckTec welcomes you as their very first composite specialist. So how has composite changed over generations, and why does it present such a great opportunity for DeckTec clients? A: The technology behind composite gets better every year. Composite decking had tons of fading, staining, and warping issues early on. Over the years, some brands have really put their money into developing a product that reduces those issues. These certain brands are confident enough [...]
Introducing Deckorators!
Nothing about DeckTec is ordinary, so it makes sense that the composite decking product we choose to offer to clients goes beyond ordinary as well. Deckorators is a mineral-based composite decking product, produced by blending and stretching poly-propylene polymers (plastic) with calcium carbonite. The result of which creates a lightweight, incredibly strong deck product. Why Its worthy of DeckTec Clientele Strength – the strength to weight ratio is remarkably similar to real wood. So many composite decking solutions are so heavy that the deck framing must be reinforced to keep it from sagging beneath itself. Low Thermal Movement – For years we seen what the Colorado sun does to traditional composite. The boards warp, wave, and bust screws from the heat or moisture uptake. Deckorators has virtually no thermal expansion. Realistic Look – Nothing looks and feels like wood, but Deckorators is the closest we’ve seen to the real thing. Slip Resistant – Enjoy your deck, don’t fear your deck. DeckTec Now Offering Composite Restoration and Refurbishment Also Nothing of Value is Maintenance Free - including [...]
Making a Splash Since 1990
In 1991 I was an upstart deck designer, determined to create a new type of deck, not the boring, square platforms that were ubiquitous along the growing Front Range, but a customized and personal outdoor environment. My designs would incorporate multiple levels and different living areas to relax and entertain. They would blend the beauty of landscaping as much as providing a seamless outdoor continuation of the home. Above all, DeckTec decks would redefine outdoor living in Colorado. There was just one problem: no clients. With no clients to vouch for me, convincing homeowners to trust a drastically new way of thinking about their backyards would be challenging. I needed an “in” and I found it with spa companies. It’s true! I made my very first sales by partnering with sellers of hot tubs. These folks knew their clients wanted a private place to relax and entertain. They could provide a spa to soothe sore muscles, but who can relax when you feel exposed to the wind and prying eyes of the neighbors? At the end [...]
5 Design Elements to Create Your Own Epic Spa Environment
Integrating a hot tup or spa into your landscape creates a spa environment, multiplying the time in and around the spa. You relax and feel more secure with more privacy without sacrificing – or perhaps even improving - the view from the tub. And entertaining no longer requires shivering in the wind. Your guests can enjoy themselves with or without hopping in. No matter what you use your spa for, you owe it to yourself to create an environment that takes advantage of all its benefits. So the next time you’re soaking up your spa life (Or thinking about adding a spa to you outdoor living), consider these elements to enhance your lifestyle and spa enjoyment. 1. Privacy You got the spa to relax, not entertain your neighbors. Positioning the spa in the optimum location and adding custom, semi-solid privacy screens can eliminate prying eyes. 2. Safety Increase ease of access to your tub. You don’t want to feel like you’re climbing onto a horse when you’re getting in and out of the hot tub, especially [...]
Deck The Deck: DeckTec’s Epic Outdoor Living Gift Guide
We may be bias, but there’s nothing better gift to give or receive than the gift of Outdoor Living. Best of all, Outdoor Living is a gift that gets better when its shared. We humbly present our 2022 installment. We aren’t affiliate marketing savvy, so we’re not get kickbacks for pushing any of this. We just think they’ll make your Outdoor Living a little more cheery. Outdoor Heating Gas outdoor fireplaces are beautiful additions to the outdoor living room. By adding the charm of an outdoor fireplace, you create a warm and inviting focal point for any room or deck! https://decktec.com/our-services/amenities/outdoor-heating Homecrest Outdoor Living Natural Series Fire Tables This is the perfect top for achieving a modern, industrial look. Our Concrete tops are a part of our Natural Series collection, which brings a sophisticated organic design element to outdoor spaces utilizing the latest in composite technology. Fire table features: Powerful, up to 65,000 BTU burner Removable security key valve Natural gas and liquid propane compatible Hidden LP tank mount ¾ in. aluminum fire burner riser Fire [...]