From multi-level decks to garden pagodas, here's the work Art takes on — and how he approaches each of it.
Single-level or multi-tier, in cedar, pressure-treated lumber, hardwood or composite. Art builds to the slope you have rather than the slope he wishes you had, handles the permit drawings where a permit is needed, and hides the fasteners so you're looking at wood instead of screws.
Precision-cut timber structures that give a garden a focal point. Heavier joinery than it looks like it needs, which is why they stay square through a Canadian winter.
A place to sit outside when it's raining. Built to be a permanent structure, with a proper roof and a floor that drains, not a kit from a big-box store.
Cedar planters, built in or free-standing, lined so the soil doesn't rot the wood out from the inside. Sized to what you're actually growing.
Low-voltage LED run into stair risers, railing posts and overhead beams while the structure is being built, so there's no conduit stapled to the underside of your deck afterwards.
Rotten joists, sagging stairs, loose railings, a deck that moves when you walk on it. Art will tell you honestly whether it's worth repairing or whether you're better off rebuilding.
Thirty-five years covers a lot of ground. If it's made of wood and it lives outside, it's worth a phone call.