Serving Kermit and nearby WV communities
Kermit is packed onto a narrow flat against the Tug Fork, and there is not much room behind the houses. So deck work here tends to go up or onto the porch rather than out the back, and the size of the structure is decided by the lot before anyone talks about design.
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Recent deck work around Williamson and the surrounding West Virginia communities.
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Jack Smith
4 months ago
Had them out after the back steps started going soft underfoot. He came and looked properly before quoting anything, and told me the structure underneath was still sound — so it ended up a smaller job than I had braced myself for. Turned up when he said he would, cleaned up after himself, and the price at the end was the price we agreed. Not much more you can ask for.
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Skyler White
9 months ago
Called on a Tuesday and had someone out the same week. What I appreciated most was being told straight what needed doing now and what could safely wait until spring. No pressure and no trying to talk me into the bigger version of the job. It has held up fine through the winter since.
Trevor Alford
2 months ago
The quote came through itemised and the final bill matched it, which has honestly not been my experience with everyone around here. They worked around an awkward driveway without once making it my problem, and left the place tidier than they found it. Would have them back.
Kaleb Withrow
3 weeks ago
Fair price, showed up on time, tidy work. No complaints.
Send a few photos and we'll tell you what it'll take — free written quote, no pressure.
With houses close together and very little depth behind them, a full backyard deck often isn't on the table. What is: a compact rear platform, a proper landing and stair at a door that currently opens onto a drop, or converting and rebuilding part of an existing porch into something that gets used differently.
Compact rear decks where depth allows
Landings and stair runs at raised doors
Upper-level landings with proper guards and bracing
Porch structures rebuilt rather than surfaced over
Free-standing framing where the wall can't be relied on
What you get when Mackwood does your decks — and what we won't do.
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From first call to finished work — no surprises in between.
Step 1
Call, text, or send a message with what you're looking to build or repair. No form to fill in and no call centre — it comes straight to us, and you'll get a real answer about whether it's something we do.
Step 2
A few photos are often enough to tell us what we're dealing with. Where it isn't — anything structural, anything hidden underneath — we'll come out and look properly before quoting rather than guessing from the kerb.
Step 3
You get a written quote that itemises the work, so you can see what you're paying for and what you aren't. If we think part of it isn't worth doing, we'll say so. No pressure and no surprises at the end.
Step 4
We turn up when we said we would, work clean, and haul the offcuts away with us. The job gets built to last in this climate — and we'll walk it with you before we call it finished.
We'll come and look, then tell you straight — including if it isn't worth doing.
Straight answers to what we get asked most.
Usually something is. A compact rear deck, or a landing and stair at a raised door, fits where a full backyard deck can't and often gets used more. It's worth us seeing the space before you rule it out.
It matters for how the deck attaches. Flood damage in framing is slow and biological — it works through joist ends and band boards for years while the floor above stays solid to walk on. That band board is what a ledger bolts into, so we check it before designing anything that hangs off the wall.
Yes. It's a different structure to a deck — the guards, the bracing, and the consistency of the stair rise all carry more weight when it's elevated — but it's normal work and it's a sensible answer where there's no room at ground level.
Wherever the street allows, and we carry from there. It's the normal situation in town here and we allow for it in the quote rather than discovering it on the day.
No. We stay on the West Virginia side — that's a licensing matter, not a distance one. Kermit itself is well inside the area we cover.
Yes. Flood damage in framing is biological, not immediate — the wetting starts rot that works through joist ends and post bottoms over years. The floor above it can feel solid the whole time.
No, it's normal in town here. It affects staging and carry time, which we allow for in the quote.
We handle decks across Williamson and the surrounding West Virginia communities.
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Where the ground floor has no room, the work sometimes moves up — a second-storey landing and an outside stair, which is a structure with a very different set of requirements to a deck sitting a foot off the grass. Guard height, stair rise consistency, and how the whole thing is braced all matter more when it is carried.
Being tight also means the site is tight. Lots sit close to the street with limited parking, so material gets carried in and there is often nowhere to leave a trailer. We plan the day around that instead of treating it as a surprise on the morning.
The Tug Fork is the whole story in Kermit. The town sits low against the river and has taken water repeatedly, and what that leaves is rot in the parts nobody inspects — sill plates, joist ends where they bear, post bottoms, the base of exterior door frames.
That is precisely the framing a deck ledger fastens into. A floor that feels solid is not evidence that the band board behind the siding is, and the failure mode of bolting a deck to compromised framing is sudden rather than gradual.
So we open it up and check on anything older here. Where the wood is sound, an attached deck with a properly flashed ledger is the cleaner build. Where it isn't, we either repair that framing first or stand the deck on its own posts. Both are honest answers; laying a deck onto rotten band board is not.
It's about thirty minutes up US-52 along the river, and the drive is easy. What we plan for is the working conditions rather than the distance — carrying material in from wherever we could park, and making sure what we brought is what we need before we leave the yard.
We stay on the West Virginia side of the river. That is a licensing matter rather than a distance one, and Kermit itself is comfortably inside the area we cover.
Kermit is a small town on a narrow flat right against the Tug Fork, and the housing is packed onto what level ground there is — older wood-framed homes, close together, most on block or pier foundations with covered porches as standard. There is not much room between houses and not much room behind them, so additions here tend to go up or onto the porch rather than out the back.
The Tug Fork is the whole story in Kermit. The town sits low against the river and has taken water repeatedly, and what that leaves behind is rot in the parts of a house nobody inspects — sill plates, the ends of floor joists where they bear, post bottoms, and the base of exterior door frames. It shows up long after the water is gone, which is why a floor that feels sound is not evidence of much.
About thirty minutes from Williamson up US-52 along the river, and the drive itself is easy. Working in town is the tighter part: lots sit close to the street with limited parking, so material gets carried and there is often nowhere to leave a trailer. We plan the day around that rather than treating it as a surprise.
Tell us what you're building or repairing and get a clear, no-pressure quote. Free quotes, honest answers, and craftsmanship built to last.
