Deck Builder Belgrade, ME: Camp Decks Built to Carry Weight
- Newman Homes is the deck builder Belgrade, ME camp owners and year-round homeowners call when the old frame under the boards can’t be trusted anymore.
- Brandon Roberge spent 25+ years building in Florida and Massachusetts before founding the company in Maine in 2017.
- We finish 94% of our projects on the original timeline and budget. We recount that figure 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 Belgrade, Maine, around Great Pond, Long Pond, Messalonskee, Salmon Lake and McGrath Pond, plus the village and the year-round homes off the water.
Camp decks and year-round decks are different projects. A camp on the Belgrade Lakes often wants a deck that can be built on limited access with materials carried in, and shoreland zoning has a say in how close to the water anything goes.
Helical piles do a lot of the work here because they reach full depth in wet, uneven ground in about an hour rather than a day of hand-digging that fills back in. Pressure-treated starts at $80 a square foot.
What Goes Into a Belgrade Deck
The lakes chain sets most of the rules before we pick up a tape.
Fasteners stay hidden under composite. Under PVC, we face-screw and plug them because PVC moves with temperature, and hidden clips fight that movement.
Footings at four feet. Seasonal piers and dry-laid block will not carry a year-round deck through a Belgrade winter, so every post gets a real footing.
Helical piles. They go in through a narrow camp road opening that a concrete truck cannot use, and they leave the shoreline undisturbed.
Framing. Pressure-treated and oversized, joists at 16 inches on center and tightened to 12 under PVC.
Joist tape on every joist. Lakefront humidity finds the top edge of a joist first, and that edge is the one nobody inspects.
Decking. TimberTech and AZEK handle constant moisture better than anything else we install here.
Railing and stairs. Westbury aluminum as standard, Westbury cable when the water view is the asset.
What homeowners say
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Due to multiple issues we had last summer with a contractor, we started looking early… Newman Homes came right out and gave an estimate.
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Very quick, efficient, and enjoyable to work with. Everyone was so friendly.
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Great company to work with. Very communicative and quick with the work.
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Where We Build Decks Around Belgrade
We work around Great Pond, Long Pond, Messalonskee, Salmon Lake and McGrath Pond, as well as the village and year-round homes off the water.
Waterfront work on the chain falls under Maine's shoreland zoning rules. The Town of Belgrade Code Enforcement office requires a site plan drawn to scale with the application.
Oakland and Sidney are next door, so crews rotate through all three towns during the week.
When to Build a Deck in Belgrade
We build from late spring through fall. Mud season, frankly, is the real constraint here, not the cold.
Camp roads post out during the thaw, so an early build waits on the road rather than on us.
Call in late winter, and we’ll schedule the job as soon as the roads can carry weight again.
Why Our Decks Outlast the Cheap Ones
We refuse the three practices that make a cheap bid possible.
We don’t set decks on floating blocks or bolt a ledger to a house without flashing behind it.
Nine times out of ten, we also won’t build on an existing frame. Camp frames are where that comes up most.
Framing is the cheapest material in the whole job. Spending $16,500 on composite and laying it over piers from the 1970s throws away the better half of the purchase.
By 20 years old, a wood deck is finished. The tell is that somebody has already replaced the boards that became dangerous.
Who We Build Decks For in Belgrade
Camp owners. Mostly.
And, increasingly, people whose camps are no longer seasonal.
Turning a summer place into a year-round house is the signature job in Belgrade. The deck is usually the last piece.
The rest are homes set back from the water, where the deck faces woods instead of a pond and gets used just as hard.
How Much a Deck Costs in Belgrade
A pressure-treated deck in Belgrade runs $88 per square foot. More complicated layouts run $110 to $130. A full pressure-treated build starts at $11,000. Composite with composite railing starts at $16,500. Those figures tell you whether the project fits your budget. They don’t price it. They’re averages across hundreds of quotes, and any single deck can fall a little either side. Belgrade has our highest rate for one documented reason: camp roads. Narrow seasonal access limits truck and crane delivery, turning material handling into crew hours. Size works backwards from what most people expect. A small deck costs more per square foot than a large one. Footings are close to a fixed cost. An 8x12 deck with stairs and six footings lands near $9,800, while a 12x16 runs about $1,000 more for nearly twice the deck. After that, the price depends on ramps, stair count, whether any existing footings are usable and the deck’s height off the ground. See our guide to what a deck costs to build for the full breakdown.
How to Hire a Deck Builder Belgrade, ME
Here’s 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 builds decks.
Make every bid answer these five questions in writing.
Ours says four feet. A bid that leaves the number off has told you plenty.
What happens to the old piers, replaced or worked around, and who is responsible if they settle.
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 who comes down your road.
A 2-year workmanship warranty, an A+ record on our BBB profile, and work that follows the standards published by the North American Deck and Railing Association.
Nearby Areas We Serve
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Directions from Belgrade, ME to our shop in Augusta
125 Community DrAugusta, ME 04330-8156
How We Build It
- Look at the access first.On a camp road that decides the schedule and part of the price.
- Fixed price, itemized.Frame, decking, railing, and stairs each on their own line.
- Build it.Progress photos twice a week and a 2-year workmanship warranty at handoff.
Talk to Us About Your Belgrade Deck
Call (207) 480-7700. Brandon answers his own phone most of the time, day or evening.
Send photos of the existing frame to info@newmanhomesme.com if you have them, or get your free estimate.