Dallas Wood Deck Builders

Wyatt and his brother did a great job with our deck in our small backyard. I live in an urban townhome where access to the backyard is limited. They are very careful hailing material in and out of the house without making a single mark. My deck is about 20'x10' with cedar wood. They did it in two and half days with beautiful craft. The deck is strong and exactly what we imagined. I found them on TREX website as their preferred contractor, but we ended up doing a cedar deck which turned out just as great. I would recommend Wyatt and his brother to anyone.

Had the pleasure of working with Randal on a pool remodel job where he removed and replaced wood deck panels so that the work on the pool could be performed. He went further to help the homeowner replace the wood deck framing that had sustained years of rot and was falling apart. He even ended up doing some concrete work for us by the end of the process. It turned out awesome. He is very versatile and a phenomenal person to work with,

Did a very good job installing and staining a 14 x 22 pressure treated wood deck. I got 4 other bids but Dockmaster's was competitive and working with John seemed like the best fit.

They ended up putting the deck too far way from house and the steps had to be cut in tiny pieces because the supports were screwed up and could. To support any long boards. Every piece uneven. Looked amateurish like Gilligans island. I didn't say anything because he doesn't listen anyway. Deck was good enough. We just tore it down for something better. I would not use him again though.

Wish I had come here before hiring them instead of after... going to have to agree with others here. Overall the build was good - they did a great job on my fence, but completely botched the staining of my deck - took months to complete and they used the wrong kind of stain, after 3 weeks it was still not dry, after I finally called enough times to complain they said they would come and "backroll" the stain - which I thought meant remove the excess that was still not drying after almost a month. I got a call unexpectedly that they were at my house to fix this when I was in the middle of a meeting - the worker explained that he was there to apply another coat of stain... after telling him the problem was that the stain was not dying or getting absorbed into the wood and the excess stain needed to be removed - and "DO NOT ADD MORE STAIN", he said the boss was on the way and that they would straighten it out. never got a return call and when I got home that night - yep, you guessed it - completely coated with another layer of stain. now a month after that screw up and it can still be wiped off the wood. no one is returning my calls and my sales rep that I was working with has left the company. Avoid this company - do not make the same mistake I did. I spent $25,000 with this company and no one cares about the shotty work they did. I am going to have to hire someone to come behind them and fix their mistakes.

Luis and his team did an excellent job replacing my rotting wood deck with a no maintenance composite material. His crew was polite and professional. I definitely will use him again. Jeff Bayer

Don and his crew did an incredible job. I enjoyed working with Don and talking through what I was envisioning for my new deck. They completed tearing out the old deck, framing, and building the new deck in a timely matter. It has been the best investment I’ve made on my new house as we have thoroughly enjoyed it during this nice weather.

I was originally going to install the deck myself but as I stated in my previous review of Bantex Construction, because of the savings I received from the installation of a patio cover, I was able to have them install my deck. After consulting with Terry on design and materials costs, we decided to use treated lumber for the construction and surface to keep costs to a minimum. Thanks to some luck with his busy schedule, Terry was able to start my deck almost immediately. Bob and his crew of "merry men" almost completed the job in one day. And as I stated prior, Bob and crew kept the work area clean and picked-up debris as they went along. As before, Terry called to check on the progress and Bob was the consummate professional. The job was completed before noon the next day. Terry called again to make sure I was satisfied with the project before Bob and crew left. When Terry came out to give me the final bill and inspect the job, he even made sure that I was completely satisfied with the price. Because as most contractors, he works on a cost plus basis. He met the estimate and I couldn't have been more pleased. I would recommend to anyone to give Bantex Construction a chance.

Brad did an excellent job communicating with me and the crew. He visited several times to make sure everything was going as planned. The workers were polite and did well even with all this rain.

Overall it went very well. The process took a bit longer than expected because our ground is very rocky, so digging holes for the support pillars took longer. The deck has now been stained and we are very happy with it. John Hight and his crew were professional in every way.

We could not be more thrilled with the deck that Gary and team built for us! Gary provided great suggestions for the design of the deck and Thomas and his crew did an amazing job building it. The attention to detail is really impressive, between pest netting around the bottom, painting of the deck foundation to match the composite, etc.! We went with composite given the rising cost of cedar. Gary provided samples for us to review so we could select both quality and color. The team checking in with us as the project progressed, asking questions to obtain our preferences on placement and symmetry. We are really loving how it looks and cannot wait to be spending more time outside this summer! We highly recommend Geldmeier!

I met with Jeff Richards with Texas Best Fence and we went through the project of replacing the existing aggregate deck with a combination of wood decking and concrete decking. We also reviewed replacing the fence and building an overhang to cover the porch. He gave me a bid on the spot and was professional. After awarding TBF the bid I met with Jeff again and he brought along Adam who would be the engineer for much of the project. Once again we went over the project and made some adjustments to the bid. This is where I made my first mistake with TBF. None of the details that we went over in the walk through for the wood deck were put in the contract other than the square footage and material. During the walk through I said I wanted the wood deck to be one step above ground and to go to the edge of the coping. This will be a point of contention later. Also, Jeff said that he would throw in the small fence around the pool equipment for free. This wasn?t put in the contract either which was another mistake on my part because I ended up paying for it ($350). Lastly, in the original bid for the concrete and decking work there was an Angie?s List coupon applied to the work for $250 that was taken off of the revised bid. Unfortunately I didn't catch that until after the fact. At the end of this visit we went over a schedule because they would have to coordinate with the company that was remodeling the pool. The project started and the fence, porch overhang, wood deck, and concrete pouring were completed in a timely manner. However, there were a couple of problems with the wood and concrete deck. With the wood deck, there was a place where the pool curved slightly and they did not build the wood deck out to the coping. This basically left a gap that was very noticeable and unattractive. The other problem with the wood deck is that they built it twice as high as what we had talked about. This wasn't a major problem except that they did not include a step on one side of the wood deck which is a safety problem. The problem with the concrete was that during really heavy rains the drainage system in place could not handle the down pour and water came up to my back door but did not flood the house. The lowest point in the concrete decking was about 10? from the back door and the drain was the about the size of a coke can. I spoke with Jeff and Adam at different times about my concerns and I was ultimately told by Jeff that I would be responsible for the cost to build the step, fill in the gap, and to make the drain larger. After another discussion with Jeff he said that he would meet with the owner of TBF and would see what he could do. After about two weeks of no progress or communication, the owner, Colby Coward, called me. He agreed to pay for the drain and the step and I agreed to pay for filling in the gap between the decking and coping ($200). Also the stain and seal had not been put on the concrete and the deck o seal had not been completed. After about three weeks from that conversation the remainder of the work was completed. I still had a large pile of trash and PVC pipe that was taken care of 2-3 weeks later after a phone call. Also, I went out and measured the wood deck and even with the step they have still shorted me a 2-3? in the length ($480). Another concern is that the concrete patio already looks worn and ready to be sealed again. When the concrete was finished it had a nice polished finish and that is now gone. I don?t know how long that finish is supposed to last but I had hoped longer than a month. The last problem was during the demolition they failed to take out and/ or cap two sprinkler line legs which were no longer needed. This resulted in two separate visits by a sprinkler repair man to properly cap the sprinkler line. This was covered by TBF but the process essentially ruined two areas of sod that I had just put down. Overall I gave them a B because of the multiple issues encountered above. While the wood deck, fence, and overhang do look great I am disappointed in the quality of the stamped concrete, the multiple issues encountered, and the general lack of supervision and quality control from the TBF team. They spent very little time on the project site and had very little communication with me on what they were doing which I think resulted in most of the problems stated above. I would be hesitant to use them on large project similar to this one but I would recommend them for fence building.

Tommy is very nice to do business with. The crew performing the work was courteous too. I had requested the deck to be completed in one day, but between the weather and the fact that they started a bit late in the day, they had to come the next day to finish installation. On the second day they realized they were short of material to finish the trim, but the bulk of the job was completed. The next day was Sunday and they did not work. They finally finished on the third day. They hauled away some debris unrelated to the project at my request and that was nice of them. But they backed their vehicle and trailer into my front yard even though I asked them not to because they might break one of the sprinkler heads. At least they managed not to break any sprinkler heads after all, but I wish they had paid more attention in the first place. The new deck looks good, but it is not perfect. I recognize I am a bit of a perfectionist, particularly when paying this much money for a deck. I can live with it.

Great! Kitchen is beautiful, as a result we had flooring done in the bedroom after water damage and this Spring a new deck! Great work, trustworthy

It went great! The projecy was completed in about five days. The overall handiwork is top notch and the cedar deck is very appealing. I'm sure I could have found someone who charges less, but I don't think I could have easily found someone who provided as much value for the money. Can't wait to start having barbecues and enjoying our new deck.