A well-built deck is one of the highest-ROI home improvements you can make — Remodeling Magazine's Cost vs. Value report consistently ranks deck additions in the top 10 for Midwest resale recoup. More importantly, it's an expansion of your usable living space into the three or four best months of the year. Dynasty Restoration designs and builds custom decks across Chicagoland — simple ground-level platforms, elevated first-story decks, and multi-level designs with built-in seating, planters, and covered sections.
We handle the complete project: design and layout, permit pulling with your municipality, engineered footing sizing for local frost depth (42" in most of Chicagoland), structural framing to IRC code, decking installation, railings to 42" height with 4" maximum baluster spacing, stairs with code-compliant rise and run, and all final hardware and finishing.
Deck Project Types We Build
Ground-Level / Floating Deck
Low-profile platform decks that sit on concrete pier blocks or on-grade framing. No railing required below 30" finished height.
First-Story Elevated Deck
Traditional attached deck off a kitchen, dining, or living room door. Engineered ledger attachment with proper flashing to the house.
Multi-Level Deck
Tiered decks with transition steps that separate living zones — dining, lounging, grilling — in a single outdoor space.
Covered Deck / Pergola
Deck paired with a roof structure or pergola for sun control and three-season use.
Deck with Built-Ins
Integrated benches, planters, privacy screens, and lighting designed into the deck from day one.
Pool & Spa Decks
Decks designed around pools or hot tubs with appropriate support, drainage, and slip-resistant decking choices.
What a Code-Compliant Deck Requires
Decks in Illinois must meet International Residential Code (IRC) structural and safety requirements, which most municipalities adopt with local amendments. The permit and inspection process verifies that footings reach below frost depth, ledger connections use approved hardware (no nailed ledgers), post-to-beam connections use listed hardware, joist hangers are installed correctly with all required fasteners, guardrails are at least 36" (often 42" depending on height), and baluster spacing doesn't exceed 4" to prevent a child's head from passing through. We pull permits in every municipality we work in and handle inspections as part of the project — your deck is legal on the day we leave, not something you'll need to defend at resale.