Have you been sitting in your kitchen, staring out the window and thinking that you should be outside sitting on your deck in a comfortable chair sipping your morning coffee? What about having your friends over in the afternoon for a barbecue? Well, now is the time to stop dreaming and start planning and building. Things get done when you do something, not when you just dream. Low Maintenance Outdoor Deck. So, here are three compelling reasons to get started now. Add more living space to your house: Can you ever have too much space? Probably not. A deck extends your living space and gives you the space to hold cookouts or just sit peacefully and enjoy the sounds of nature. I like to see on my deck and just think of nothing; get rid of all of the mind chatter that goes on about my job, the economy, budgets, and on and on and on.

A deck gives you that special place to do that. One thing I like about our deck is that it's easy to clean up after a gathering and there is less risk of something getting broken; it always does you know when you have people in the house. A deck increases the value of your home. By simply adding more square footage to your house, a deck increases its value. Since a deck is outside space, not air-conditioned, it doesn't add the total square foot of the deck; real estate appraisers usually one-half when calculating the value. So, you don't get dollar-for-dollar, but it still adds value.