Roof, deck, fence, windows and door replacement pricing per project.
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The concrete around our pool started shedding like a sunburn. Little chalky flakes, first near the shallow end, then everywhere, and by the second July my kid would not walk across it barefoot at two in the afternoon. She would hop. Three quick steps to the grass, every time. That hop is what finally got … Read more
My deck told me it was rotting a full year before I listened. Third summer in this house, I stepped on the second board down from the sliding door and it flexed under my heel like a diving board. I told myself it was springy. It was soft. There is a difference, and it cost … Read more
Two summers ago I stood in my backyard holding two quotes for the same 150 feet of fence. Wood came in at $3,300. Vinyl came in at $4,600. My first reaction was the obvious one: why would anyone pay $1,300 more for a fence? Then I remembered the two weekends I spent re-staining a wood … Read more
My neighbor Dana got three siding quotes last spring and they came back at $9,200, $16,800, and $31,000. Same house. Same walls. She called me half-panicked, sure that somebody was either lowballing her into a disaster or robbing her blind. The truth was messier than either: one guy quoted vinyl, one quoted fiber cement, and … Read more
Gutter installation cost in 2026 runs $6 to $13 per linear foot for seamless aluminum. See real prices by material, home size, and DIY vs. hire.
The first roofer who climbed onto my house quoted me $8,400. The second one, same roof, same week, said $19,000 and told me my decking was “probably all rotted” without lifting a single shingle to check. I stood in my driveway feeling like I’d asked two people to price the same car and gotten a … Read more
My old sliding door took two hands and a bad word to open. It had fogged up between the panes years ago, the bottom track was a graveyard of dead leaves and one Lego, and every winter you could feel the cold leaking in from four feet away. When I finally got quotes to replace … Read more
The first quote I got to fence my backyard was $9,200. For a yard I could walk the perimeter of in about ninety seconds. The guy said it like it was nothing, clicked his pen, and waited. I smiled, said I’d think about it, and went inside to figure out whether I was being ripped … Read more
Window replacement cost in 2026 runs $300 to $1,200 per window installed. Real prices by material and type, plus how to spot an inflated quote.
The real cost to build a deck in 2026, broken down per square foot by material, labor, and size, plus DIY vs pro and how to tell if your quote is fair.
