Deck Builders of Maryville builds custom wood and composite decks for the Springfield community in Blount County — not the larger Springfield up in Robertson County, but the one here in the foothills south of Knoxville. Elevated decks, stairs, railings and repairs.
No pressure and no obligation. We respond the same day, confirm your address is in our Blount County service area, and set up a time to come look at the space.
New builds in wood and composite, custom multi-level layouts, covered decks and pergolas, railing systems, and repairs to decks worth saving.
Pressure-treated pine and cedar — the most affordable route to real outdoor space.
Learn more →Low-maintenance decking that resists fading, mold, insects and splintering.
Learn more →Multi-level layouts, picture-frame borders, built-in seating and integrated lighting.
Learn more →Design, permitting, footings, framing and finish — handled end to end.
Learn more →Roofs and pergolas that keep the space usable through heat and afternoon storms.
Learn more →Joist and post replacement, re-decking, ledger corrections, code upgrades.
Learn more →Worth clearing up first, because it costs people time: Tennessee has two Springfields. The larger one is the seat of Robertson County, north of Nashville. This one is a small community here in Blount County, inside the Maryville service area and a world away geographically — this is foothill country, where the land starts climbing toward the Great Smoky Mountains.
That climb is the single biggest factor in what a deck here has to be. Blount County runs from valley floor around Maryville up to the national park boundary, and the further south and east you go from the US-411 corridor, the more the ground moves. A deck on a graded lot is not a platform — it's a structure. Taller posts, deeper and wider footings to carry the added load, lateral bracing, and a stair run that has to land somewhere you can actually walk.
Water is the companion problem. East Tennessee takes considerably more rain per year than the national average, and on sloped ground all of it is moving somewhere. Routing it around footings instead of into them is what separates a deck that lasts from one where the posts fail years before the boards do.
Grade drives cost more than material does, and homeowners are often surprised by that. Two decks of identical square footage, one on flat ground and one eight feet up, are not the same job — the second needs substantially more structure before a single deck board goes down. We break the substructure out separately in the written estimate so you can see where the money is actually going rather than guessing at it.
The most-requested build here is the elevated deck off a walkout or a raised back door, with a full stair run to the yard. On these lots the stairs are the design problem, not an afterthought — a run that terminates on a slope is a trip hazard and a waste of a deck.
The second is putting the space underneath to work. A deck sitting eight or ten feet up creates a genuine room below it, and planning for that at design time — drainage, a graded pad, an under-deck ceiling — costs far less than retrofitting it into framing that was never laid out with it in mind.
Whether you're out along the US-411 corridor, up on higher ground toward Chilhowee Mountain, or closer in toward Maryville, we'll come measure your Springfield project and give you an honest written quote at no cost.
Deck Builders of Maryville is a deck builders in Maryville, TN working throughout Blount County. If you're not certain your address falls inside our service area, send it through the form and we'll confirm either way.
Blount County. Tennessee has two Springfields — the larger one is the seat of Robertson County north of Nashville. The Springfield we serve is the small community here in Blount County, in the foothills south of Knoxville, and it falls inside our normal Maryville service area with no travel surcharge.
Usually, and the increase comes from the substructure rather than the surface. A deck raised well above grade needs taller posts, larger footings to carry the load, additional bracing and a longer stair run, all before any decking goes down. The decking material barely changes with elevation; the framing under it changes a great deal. We itemise that in the written estimate.
Most residential decks are finished in about one to two weeks once construction starts. The timeline depends on size, elevation, whether a pergola or covered roof is included, and how quickly permits and inspections move in your jurisdiction. Spring and early summer are the busiest booking months across Blount County, so autumn and winter projects usually get on the schedule sooner.
No. The on-site visit and the written estimate are both free and carry no obligation. Someone comes out, looks at the actual grade, access and any existing structure, talks through what you have in mind, and follows up with a written price. If the number lands above your budget we'll show you what adjusting size, material or railing would do to it.
Decks go up year-round here and the off-season has real advantages. Spring and early summer are when everyone calls, so lead times stretch. Autumn and winter generally mean a faster start, and the work itself is unaffected — footings and framing go in fine in cold weather. The one thing that shifts is staining or sealing a new wood deck, which wants dry conditions and moderate temperatures.
Ledger attachment and flashing. The ledger fastens the deck to the house and carries an enormous share of the load. Fastened with the wrong hardware or left unflashed, it both risks structural failure and channels water into the band board of the house itself — turning a deck problem into a house problem. It's also invisible once the deck is finished, which is exactly why it gets skipped.
Deck Builders of Maryville works across Blount County, Tennessee — from Maryville and Alcoa out to the communities along the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains. Select any community for details on deck building in that area.