A significant share of High Point's homes were built between the 1940s and 1970s, during the city's furniture-industry boom years. Brick ranch homes and traditional two-story houses on modest in-town lots are the most common types throughout the city. Homes in this age range were built to the standards of their era - which means they often have shallow footings, older concrete flatwork, and attached structures like porches that were never designed for the freeze-thaw cycles that repeat every winter. The red clay soil throughout the Piedmont Triad expands when wet and contracts when dry, and that movement gradually shifts any post or footing that was not set deep enough or secured properly.

High Point's summers are hot and humid, with high temperatures in the upper 80s and stretches above 90 degrees from June through August. That sustained heat and moisture combination degrades untreated or poorly sealed wood faster than most homeowners realize. Established neighborhoods like Emerywood have larger homes on wooded lots where shade and moisture combine to create ideal conditions for mold and wood rot on north-facing deck surfaces. Newer subdivisions on the city's south and west edges have younger homes on slab foundations, which presents different framing considerations. A deck builder who only knows one type of property is going to be guessing when they encounter the other.

High Point is one of the largest cities in the Piedmont Triad, sitting between Greensboro and Winston-Salem in central North Carolina. The city is known worldwide as the "Furniture Capital of the World" - it hosts the High Point Market, the largest home furnishings trade show in the world, twice a year. That furniture industry history shaped the city's identity, its economy, and the kind of working-class and middle-class neighborhoods that make up most of the residential fabric. The Emerywood neighborhood on the city's northwest side is one of the most recognized addresses in High Point - tree-lined streets, large lots, and homes that have been in the same families for decades.

High Point covers about 55 square miles and has a range of housing types, from older brick ranch homes in established in-town neighborhoods to newer vinyl-sided subdivisions on the city's outer edges. A large share of homes were built before 1980, putting them in the age range where deck and outdoor structure work comes up regularly - either because the original builder never put one on, or because an older deck has reached the end of its life. We serve homeowners across the full city, including areas near Thomasville to the south and Archdale to the southeast.