$69.95 - *Email download of this screen porch plan 
is available.  Please click on the plan to order by email download 
or to order hard copies by mail... or both!

 

$99.95 + $10.00 P&H + $5.00 email handling = $114.95 total

 

We can build this porch and deck
for you (anywhere in USA) at the following prices
(pressure treated):

 

	Labor*	Estimated Materials**
Porch	$4938	$2972
Decks (2)	$5614	$3576
Stairs	$ 900	$ 600
TOTALS	$11,452	$7148

 

*Total labor to build project as you see it [assumes you act as the
General Contractor, buying the materials and obtaining the Permit (with our help)].
**Total materials including pressure treated lumber.
Note: Optional flower boxes & sunbursts are extra.

[See our new Deck Cost Calculator for much more info on how to get the most for your money.]

 

So let's look at the estimated TOTALS
(based upon building this project with pressure treated):

The grand total of labor and estimated materials (assuming you act as the General Contractor) comes to ($11,452 + $7148) $18,600. Or.. $25,200 "turnkey" (we act as the General Contractor, buying materials and obtaing Permit). The difference ($25,200 - $18,600) of $6,600 is a typical General Contractor profit and represents your savings if you act as your own GC.

 

But one of our clients is having us frame this porch floor and deck and stairs and build the porch roof complete ready for him to install the decking, the railings, the screening (he is using the awesome system from screentight.com), the trim and the flower boxes. So he is saving even more than $6,600 by providing some of his own labor. In fact, this "We Frame - U Finish" and the "Homeowner General Contractor" Services of ours is saving him so much that he can afford to have his decks and porch built with a beautiful and low maintenance composite (he's looking at GeoDeck as of this writing). Click on the link to see the contract that he signed with us and how the labor to frame prices break down for him.

My client's estimated material cost rose from $7148 to $11,563 (increase of $4415) when he builds with composite flooring, rail caps, and fascia instead of pressure treated. But his labor dropped from $11,452 down to $8976 (savings of $2476) because he is installing the decking, rails, screen and trim. His total price went up but only by $1939 which allows him to build with a composite that will save even more money in those years down the road when he does not have to seal his deck and porch. Made sense to him. Makes sense to me, too.

When you look at his total cost of $20,539 for this big, beautiful screen porch and two spacious decks with "design character"... and all done with a beautiful and low maintenance like GeoDeck... he really will receive a lot for his money. You can, too.

 

Just for fun, let's look at the estimated TOTALS
(based upon building this project with GeoDeck composite):

"Turnkey" (we act as GC and do everything):	$32,919
"Homeowner General Contractor Service" (you act as GC and we provide complete labor):	$24,464
"Homeowner General Contractor Service" + "We Frame-U Finish":	$20,539

 

How come the above numbers were so much different from the first set of numbers in the gray table above?
Because the labor goes up and the material cost goes up when we use a composite like GeoDeck.

But look at something here: If you compare the cost of a traditional project of this size done in traditional pressure treated and built by a traditional deck company that acts as the GC (almost every deck company does) to the cost of this project done in a composite like GeoDeck with our cost saving "Homeowner General Contractor Service" + "We Frame-U Finish"... it looks like this:

pressure treated	$25,200
GeoDeck	$20,539

 

Now I am not a rocket scientist, but it seems to me that an obvious "no brainer" has been raised here: If you are capable of ordering materials (we email you the Material List and List of Preferred Suppliers complete with fax numbers), obtaining a "homeowner permit" (we provide you with everything you need), and installing the decking, rails, screen and trim (you have to know a hammer from a saw)... then it makes a lot of sense to buy one of these porch/deck combinations from me.

And by the way, even if you don't want to pick up a hammer, you can still have this project in GeoDeck and save money over having a traditional pressure treated project by simply acting as your own GC.

We can do this through On Site Design or our famous "Design-at-a Distance". If you want the latter, be sure to check out the "Four Things We Need to Start"

Click on the link or call me (Mike French) at 540 786-3534 m/w/f 10-4pm Eastern Time. We can discuss all the details about modifying "The Bautch" to fit your house, your terrain, your lifestyle and your budget.

And don't forget this: You do not have to live in Virginia, DC or Maryland. We can send one of our experienced crews to your location anywhere in the continental United States. Click on the link to read about another Virginia Decking exclusive service: "Have Nail Gun - Will Travel"

Now he is a rocket scientist.