Deck Builder Greene, ME: Space to Build the Deck You Wanted
- Newman Homes is the deck builder Greene, ME homeowners call when there is room to do it properly and no reason to compromise the size.
- Brandon Roberge spent 25+ years building in Florida and Massachusetts before starting the company in Maine in 2017.
- Ninety-four percent of our builds finish on the original timeline and budget, and the total is refreshed at each month's end.
- 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 Greene, Maine, in the town center, on the farms along the Androscoggin, out toward Sabattus and Leeds, and at the camps on Allen Pond.
Greene is open rural ground with a pond at one end of it, so the sites split between easy farm parcels and camp lots where access and shoreland rules apply.
On the easy sites the advice is about size rather than site. An 8x12 with stairs and six footings lands near $9,800 and a 12x16 costs roughly a thousand more for exactly twice the deck, so if you are torn between small and slightly bigger, bigger is the better buy.
What Goes Into a Greene Deck
Open acreage removes most of the constraints and leaves only the ones that matter.
Staging is easy in this town, which shows up in the schedule. Material lands once, close to the work, and the crew never loses a half day to hauling.
Footings four feet down. Deep frost here, on every post, with helical piles handling most jobs.
Framing. Pressure-treated and oversized past minimum, joists at 16 inches on center and 12 inches under PVC.
Wind and drift allowance. Open field exposure means drifting snow, and drifted snow is weight the frame has to carry.
Joist tape on every joist, because the top edge holds water and rots out of sight.
Decking. TimberTech and AZEK first, pressure-treated where the budget writes the spec, Trex only to match an existing run.
Railing and stairs. Westbury aluminum standard, with wide treads where the deck steps down to a lawn.
What homeowners say
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Great company to work with. Very communicative and quick with the work.
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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.
Jess P. - ★★★★★
…found Brandon to be knowledgeable, responsive, and professional. We highly recommend Newman Homes and plan to use them in the future.
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Where We Build Decks Around Greene
The town center, the farms along the Androscoggin, the parcels toward Sabattus and Leeds, and the camps on Allen Pond.
Most lots here are on well and septic, so anything that adds a fixture starts as a septic question rather than a design one.
Lewiston and Auburn are just south, so Greene shares a crew rotation with both.
When to Build a Deck in Greene
Thaw through late fall, and the calendar fills in booking order.
Permit applications go through the Greene code office, which reviews them by appointment with the Code Enforcement Officer.
Call in late winter to get on the spring schedule.
Why Our Decks Outlast the Cheap Ones
Because three shortcuts that make a bid cheap are simply not on the menu here.
Floating deck blocks are the first, and open-field frost is exactly what lifts them.
A ledger with no flashing behind it is the second. Building on an existing frame is the third, and we turn it down nine times out of ten.
Framing is the cheapest material in the job. Laying new composite over joists that already have fifteen winters on them wastes the expensive half of the purchase.
At twenty years old a wood deck is done, and the tell is that dangerous boards have already been pulled and replaced one at a time.
Who We Build Decks For in Greene
Commuters, farm families, and camp owners on Allen Pond.
A lot of the housing here belongs to people who work in Lewiston or Augusta and came out for the land, so the deck is the part of the house they actually chose.
The farm work is heavier duty, and the pond work is usually a replacement of something built long enough ago that it has stopped feeling safe.
How Much a Deck Costs in Greene
Pressure-treated decking in Greene is $85 per square foot, with larger or more complicated layouts at $105 to $125. We do not take a full pressure-treated build below $10,500, and composite with composite railing opens at $15,500. Use those to work out whether the project is in range. They are averages across hundreds of quotes, and your deck will sit somewhere near rather than exactly on them. Greene runs above our Augusta base on distance rather than difficulty. It is the south end of our territory, and the drive is a standing cost on a multi-week job. Here is the part worth planning around. A small deck costs more per square foot than a large one. The footings are the reason. An 8x12 with stairs and six of them lands near $9,800, while a 12x16 costs about a thousand more for exactly twice the deck. With this much yard, the jump from small to comfortable is the cheapest decision on the whole project. Ramps, stair count, reusable footings, and height move the rest, and our guide to what a deck costs to build covers each.
How to Hire a Deck Builder Greene, ME
Start with the part the ads skip: Maine has never set a licensing standard for the trades that build decks.
A state credential exists for plumbing and for electrical. It does not exist for framing a deck.
So hold every bid to these five, in writing.
Ours reads four feet. A bid that never names one has answered you already.
How the ledger gets flashed, or whether the deck stands free of the house.
A fixed-price contract under Maine's home construction contract statute, with its one-third cap on the first payment.
Certificates of insurance for the builder and every sub who works the site.
Our default railing is Westbury, which carries its own manufacturer coverage.
Nearby Areas We Serve
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Directions from Greene, ME to our shop in Augusta
125 Community DrAugusta, ME 04330-8156
How We Build It
- Walk the property.Soil, drainage, septic field location, the ledger wall, and where the stairs land.
- Fixed price, itemized.Frame, decking, railing, and stairs on their own lines.
- Build it.Photos twice a week and a 2-year workmanship warranty when we hand it over.
Talk to Us About Your Greene Deck
Call (207) 480-7700. Brandon usually answers it himself, day or evening.
Or send a rough size and a photo of the yard to info@newmanhomesme.com, or get your free estimate.