Deck Removal & Demolition in St. Simons Island, GA

Island decks are rarely on open ground with the truck parked at the bottom step. Along Sea Island Road and on the bigger properties toward the north of the island, the deck is usually off the back of a large house at the end of a long drive, and the real work is walking armloads of joists from the yard to the truck. We set that pace on purpose; nobody is served by a crew dragging framing past the landscaping in a hurry, and where there’s a gate, we work out getting in with whoever controls it.

On the north end some yards stay soft well after a rain. A loaded truck backed across a wet lawn leaves ruts that outlast the deck, so there we would rather park on firm ground, carry the lumber farther and bring the extra hands that takes.

It might be a deck behind a house in Butler Plantation, or one down on the south end in King City, where the street is narrower and the lot smaller. Either way it comes apart boards first and frame second, and the pieces get cut so they stack tight and one trip carries as much as it can.

Every board leaves by the causeway, and on a summer weekend that drive runs longer in both directions. We account for it in the number we give you rather than discovering it at the end of the afternoon.

Decking comes up first, then rails and balusters, then joists, beams and posts. A deck held together with screws separates faster than one that was bolted and glued, and a photo of the underside usually tells us which kind you have.

If the deck is fastened to the house, it comes off at the ledger and we keep the siding behind it in one piece. Patching and finishing that wall afterward is work for another trade.

Concrete footings under it? Send us a few photos and tell us where they are, and we’ll tell you what it takes.

Deck lighting or a hose bib run through the framing? When licensed electrical or plumbing work is needed, that’s normally handled by you or a licensed pro. Show us what you have and where it is, and we’ll help figure out what’s needed and work around it.

A deck is light, non-structural work. If something structural is tied into it, send photos and we’ll tell you what it takes and who needs to be involved. If a permit is needed, we’ll sort it out with you when we quote.

Send us a few photos and tell us what you need removed. We’ll take it from there.

We figure out the right destination for each part of the deck from the material and the shape it’s in, and the load comes straight off the island to Brunswick.

Joist hangers, screws, brackets and metal railings usually go to scrap, often at SA Recycling in Brunswick.

Sound boards are sometimes worth offering to an organization we work with, such as Habitat for Humanity ReStore, which decides what it accepts. Rotted and weathered lumber goes to disposal when nothing better is left for it.