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New decks, repairs, staining and sealing across the GTA. Footings below frost, when a permit is required, and offers you compare before you pay.
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Kinds of deck building
The deck building jobs people book most. Open one to see what it covers and what it costs.
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One post, the whole situation handled
Several jobs bought as one outcome — one Tasker, one price to agree, no coordinating three trades yourself.
Deck and the yard around it
The deck built and the ground beside it put back — grading, the path to it and the lawn repaired where the machinery ran, so it finishes as a yard rather than a deck in a building site.
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The deck washed, sanded where it needs it, re-stained and sealed, with the loose boards and fasteners dealt with in the same visit.
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The structure built with the posts and blocking for a pergola or shade sail already in place, so the second half is not a retrofit into a finished deck.
Post this taskOld deck out, new one in
The existing deck dismantled and hauled away, the footings assessed rather than assumed, and the new structure built on footings that are actually below frost.
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Other things people post
Not what you came for? These are jobs Taskers pick up across the GTA — one post gets you offers on any of them.
A garage you can park in
Sort, shelve and haul away what is left, so the car actually fits before the snow arrives.
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A week of dinners, cooked
A cook fills the fridge for the week — your list, your dietary needs, containers labelled.
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Before the first snow
Gutters cleared, hoses drained and the walk ready, so December is not the first time anyone looks.
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Two people and a van
The couch, the bed frame and the eleven boxes — lifted, moved and set down where they go.
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Local knowledge
Priced for how the GTA actually lives
Four things that change a deck building quote here, and nowhere else.
Frost
Footings are the whole structure
GTA ground moves every winter. Footings below the frost line are what keep a deck level, and on an attached deck a heaving footing pulls at the ledger holding it to the house.
The ledger
Where decks actually fail
The board fastening a deck to the house has to go into structure and be flashed so water runs out, not down behind it. Failures happen there, and they happen years later once the rim joist has quietly rotted.
Permits
The threshold is municipal, and height is the trigger
A low freestanding platform is often exempt where a raised attached deck with stairs is not, and the limits differ across the GTA. A deck built at the wrong height is a rebuild, not a paperwork problem.
Freeze-thaw
Wood here is a maintenance commitment
Between winter freeze-thaw and summer humidity, pressure-treated wood in this region checks and greys without re-sealing every few years. Composite costs more up front and asks for washing instead.
What a new deck usually covers
- Footings dug below the frost line and poured
- Frame, beams and joists, with the ledger flashed where it attaches
- Decking laid, fastened and cut to line
- Guards, handrails and stairs where the height requires them
- Offcuts and packaging removed
Permit drawings and fees, removing an old deck, and staining or sealing are commonly separate lines.
Try nowWhat moves the price
- Area, and how far above grade it sits
- Number of footings, and what the ground is where they go
- Attached to the house or freestanding
- Material: pressure-treated, cedar or composite
- Stairs, guards and railing — often a third of the job
- Whether a permit is required, and who prepares the drawings
- Removing and disposing of an existing deck
Worth asking before you agree
- How deep are the footings going, and is that below frost here?
- How is the ledger fastened, and how is it flashed?
- Does this scope need a permit, and who is pulling it?
- Is my existing frame worth resurfacing instead of replacing?
- Are stairs and railings included, and built to what dimensions?
- Is staining or sealing part of this, or a separate job later?
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Built for the GTA
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Questions
Frequently asked
GTA-specific answers to what people actually search for.
How much does a deck cost in Toronto?
This page shows no band on purpose. Our pricing engine has rows for cleaning, moving, junk removal, lawn care, plumbing and electrical work, and deck building is not among them — a typed range would look precise and be derived from nothing. Post the deck you want and compare real fixed-price offers.
Do I need a permit for a deck?
Often, and the threshold varies by municipality. Height above grade is usually the trigger and attachment to the house frequently is as well — a low freestanding platform is commonly exempt where a raised attached deck with stairs is not. Establish it before the design is fixed, because a deck at the wrong height is a rebuild.
How deep do deck footings need to be?
Below the frost line, which in the GTA is deeper than most people assume. It is the single thing that decides whether the deck is still level in five years, and on an attached deck it matters more again — a footing that heaves while the house stays put puts load on the ledger holding the deck to the building.
Can I just replace the boards?
If the footings are sound, the ledger is properly flashed and the joists are solid, yes — resurfacing with new decking and railing on the existing frame costs a fraction of a rebuild. If the footings have heaved or the ledger has rotted, no: new boards would sit on the same failure and hide it.
Wood or composite?
Pressure-treated is cheapest and needs cleaning and re-sealing every few years to survive the GTA freeze-thaw; without that it checks and greys. Cedar costs more and holds up better. Composite costs most up front and wants washing rather than staining, which over the life of the deck is often the cheaper and certainly the easier answer.
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