Deck Builder Auburn, ME: Two Kinds of Lot, One Standard
- Newman Homes is the deck builder Auburn, ME homeowners hire whether the job is a tight downtown yard or twelve acres out past the airport.
- Brandon Roberge founded the company in 2017, after 25+ years of building in Florida and Massachusetts.
- We land 94% of our projects on the timeline and budget we first quoted, and we re-measure that monthly.
- 25+ years in construction, building as Newman Homes since 2017
- Over 200 projects completed in Central Maine
- Affordable work, two-year written warranty
Deck building in Auburn, Maine, in New Auburn, the hill neighborhoods, the streets along the river, and the rural parcels toward Minot and Poland.
Auburn's hill neighborhoods are the ones to plan carefully. Sloped ground means an elevated deck, more footings, a longer stair run, and staging, and all four land in the quote before a single board goes down.
Out toward Minot and Poland the lots open up and the same deck costs less to build. Pressure-treated starts at $80 a square foot, and the honest advice on a sloped lot is to go slightly bigger, because footings are close to a fixed cost.
What Goes Into an Auburn Deck
The build spec does not change with the neighborhood. The site plan does.
On composite we wrap the rim so no cut end grain shows anywhere on the finished deck.
Footings four feet down. Androscoggin valley frost runs deep and freeze-thaw here is punishing on anything shallow.
Helical piles on most jobs. They reach a back yard a concrete truck cannot, and they set in about an hour.
Erosion control inside the watershed. Work in the Lake Auburn watershed draws extra stormwater and erosion review, because that lake is the public drinking supply.
Framing. Pressure-treated and oversized, joists at 16 inches on center and 12 inches under PVC decking.
Joist tape on every joist, since the top edge is where a frame rots first and where nobody ever looks.
Railing and stairs. Westbury aluminum standard, Westbury cable where a lake or valley view is the point of the deck.
What homeowners say
Read more reviews- ★★★★★
Does quality work and communication is perfect.
Logan T. - ★★★★★
Brandon was always very fair with any adjustments to our fixed price contract, and we were quite happy with the outcome.
David K. - ★★★★★
Left no mess behind. Brandon the owner also was easy to work with.
Ben G.
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Where We Build Decks Around Auburn
New Auburn, the hill neighborhoods, the streets along the river, and the rural parcels out toward Minot and Poland.
Anything inside the Lake Auburn watershed gets a closer read, and the city keeps full-time inspection staff to do it.
Lewiston is across the bridge and Greene is just north, so the three towns run on one schedule.
When to Build a Deck in Auburn
Thaw through late fall, with permitting worth starting before the ground opens up.
Permits and inspections run through the City of Auburn, which applies watershed protection provisions to work in the Lake Auburn drainage.
Call in late winter and the permit and the crew will be ready together.
Why Our Decks Outlast the Cheap Ones
Because we refuse the same three things on a city lot as on a farm.
No floating deck blocks under our framing, on any job, at any price.
No ledger fastened without flashing behind it. And nine times out of ten, no new deck built on an existing frame.
The last one is arithmetic. Framing is the cheapest material in the job, so setting $16,500 of composite over spent joists gets the spending backwards.
By twenty years old a wood deck has finished its service life, and the sign is that a few dangerous boards have already been replaced.
Who We Build Decks For in Auburn
A city with a lot of country in it, which means two very different jobs under one town name.
Downtown and in the established hill neighborhoods, lots are compact and the deck has to be planned around access, neighbors, and an older house.
West and north of the city it turns rural fast, with agricultural parcels where the only real constraint is what you want.
How Much a Deck Costs in Auburn
A pressure-treated deck in Auburn runs $88 per square foot, and complicated layouts run $110 to $130. We hold $11,000 as the floor on a full pressure-treated build, and $16,500 on composite with composite railing. Read those as a way to size the project rather than as its price. They are averages taken across hundreds of quotes, and every deck carries details that move it a little. Auburn sits at our top rate because of staging. City lots cost crew time in access and parking, and watershed lots add review and erosion control on top. Now the counterintuitive part. Per square foot, a small deck costs more than a large one. Six footings cost six footings regardless of what sits on them. An 8x12 with stairs comes in near $9,800, and a 12x16 runs about a thousand more for close to double the deck. Ramps, stair count, reusable footings, and height carry the balance of the number. Our guide to what a deck costs to build goes through all of it.
How to Hire a Deck Builder Auburn, ME
Begin with a fact this trade avoids saying out loud: nobody building decks in Maine works to a state licensing standard, because there isn't one.
Only two trades here are credentialed by the state, and neither of them builds decks.
So make the bids answer these five in writing.
Ours reads four feet. A bid that leaves the number off has told you where it got cheap.
if your lot drains toward Lake Auburn.
A fixed-price contract under Maine's home construction contract statute and its one-third cap on the first payment.
Insurance certificates for the builder and every sub on the property.
A 2-year workmanship warranty, an A+ record on our BBB profile, and work built to the standards published by the North American Deck and Railing Association.
Nearby Areas We Serve
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Directions from Auburn, ME to our shop in Augusta
125 Community DrAugusta, ME 04330-8156
How We Build It
- Plan the site.Access, drainage, watershed status, the ledger wall, and where the stairs land.
- Fixed price, itemized.Frame, decking, railing, and stairs quoted separately.
- Build it.Photos twice a week and a 2-year workmanship warranty at handoff.
Talk to Us About Your Auburn Deck
Call (207) 480-7700. Brandon takes most calls himself, and the line is covered overnight.
Or email a rough size and a photo to info@newmanhomesme.com, or get your free estimate.