Serving Matewan and nearby WV communities
The first question about a deck in Matewan is usually where it can physically go. There is very little buildable ground between the Tug Fork and the hillside, houses sit tight together on narrow lots, and what gets built here is smaller and more considered than a backyard deck anywhere with room to spare.
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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.
Most deck work in Matewan is a rear or side platform, a landing at a door that opens onto a drop, or a stair run that has to turn to fit the space it has. Small does not mean simple — a deck that has to work around a property line, a neighbouring wall, and a door that was never meant to be an exit takes more planning than a rectangle on an open lot.
Small rear and side decks on constrained lots
Door landings and stair runs where a drop needs one
Free-standing structures where the wall can't be relied on
Board and railing replacement on existing decks
Steps rebuilt to a consistent rise rather than whatever fits
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 there is room for something, and it is worth having the conversation before assuming there isn't. A lot of what we build in Matewan is a compact rear deck or a proper landing and stair, which fits where a full backyard deck wouldn't. We'd come and look at the space before putting a design or a number to it.
It depends what is behind the siding. Attached is the cleaner build when the band board is sound. On older Matewan houses, particularly outside the floodwall, that framing has often taken water over the years, and free-standing on its own posts is then the better answer. We check first rather than assuming either way.
It adds time, and we put that in the quote honestly rather than hiding it or acting surprised on the day. It is normal for the old part of town. The carpentry itself is priced the same as anywhere.
Most compact decks here are a few days once we start, longer if footings have to go in and cure or if we find framing that needs dealing with first. We're about twenty minutes away, so a second trip for material doesn't cost a day.
About twenty minutes from Williamson down WV-49 along the Tug Fork. It's one of the closest towns we cover, so scheduling is easy and a second trip for material isn't a problem.
It affects staging more than anything — where material gets dropped and how far it's carried. It doesn't change the work itself. We'd rather see it before quoting so the time is in the number.
Frequently, yes. On anything that took water, the damage tends to show up low and late — sill plates, joist ends, the bottoms of door frames and porch posts. It's worth checking those before assuming a problem is only cosmetic.
We handle decks across Williamson and the surrounding West Virginia communities.
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Lots in the old part of town often have no driveway and sit right on the street, so material gets carried in and there is frequently nowhere to leave a trailer. In the historic core that goes further: where things get parked, stacked, and cut matters, and we work tighter than we would somewhere with a yard to spread out in.
None of that changes what the deck costs to build. It changes how the day is planned, and we would rather have that in the quote than discover it on the morning.
A deck ledger bolts into the band board of the house, and in Matewan that framing has a history. The 1977 flood is the one everyone names, and on anything outside the floodwall or predating it, the wetting that came with it started rot that has been working through sill plates and joist ends for decades since.
The relevant part is that this damage is invisible from outside and the floor above it feels fine. A house can look entirely sound and have very little left to bolt a deck to. So on older stock here we check the framing before designing anything that hangs off it, rather than finding out with the deck on it.
Where that wood has gone, a free-standing deck on its own posts is often the better build. It costs a bit more in footings and it takes the whole question of the wall out of the job.
Ground that floods and dries repeatedly is not the same to build on as ground that doesn't. Footings still go below frost depth, but there is more reason than usual to get them right, because a post that moves takes the whole structure with it and this is not soil that stays put.
Everything within reach of the ground gets material rated for it — ground-contact lumber on posts and anything near soil, and standoff bases so post end grain sits up out of standing water rather than wicking it. Those two details are most of why one deck lasts and an identical-looking one doesn't.
Matewan is a small, dense town on the Tug Fork with a historic commercial core and housing that runs mostly to early 20th century wood-framed homes, many of them built during the coal boom on narrow lots close to the street. Front porches are near universal on this stock. Because the buildable ground is so limited between the river and the hillside, houses sit tight together and additions were built where there was room rather than where a plan would have put them.
Matewan's defining condition is water. The 1977 Tug Fork flood devastated the town, and the Corps of Engineers floodwall that now protects the downtown was built in response. Properties outside the wall, and anything that predates it, carry the history of repeated inundation in their framing — sill plates, joist ends, and the bottom courses of exterior walls are where that shows up as rot years later.
The old town lots are narrow and many sit directly on the street with no driveway, so material gets carried and there is often nowhere to stage a trailer. Work near the floodwall and in the historic core needs more care about where things get parked and stacked. It is a twenty-minute run from Williamson, so returning for a second load is not the problem it would be further out.
Tell us what you're building or repairing and get a clear, no-pressure quote. Free quotes, honest answers, and craftsmanship built to last.
