The couple - Poletti is a senior manager of product services at Northwell Health and Darmetkoski is a retired information technology officer - paid about $12,000 in the spring for the composite deck materials, including hidden fasteners, the frame and low posts, Poletti said. The mineral-based composite can be submerged in water. You can’t put wood that close to the ground. “There’s a texture on it,” said Poletti. “It’s flush to the ground. Valerie Poletti and her wife, Lynn Darmetkoski, chose a low-maintenance Deckorators-brand mineral composite made of plastic polymers and minerals to replace a patio at their home in East Northport. Valerie Poletti, left, and her wife, Lynn Darmetkoski, relax on their composite deck, one of two decks they had built of different materials at their East Northport home. She expects everything to last 15 years or more, and enjoys unwinding after work on the deck under an umbrella and an oak tree for shade. Lee opted for pressure-treated wood over composites for its affordability, adding a rail and gate.
She hired Politz to do the job, going over materials and costs together first.
“It’s not a house I plan on staying in for a lot more years.”
“I was looking to be economical,” she said of the deck that cost her about $6,000 when she had it built a year and a half ago. Linda Lee, a hospital medical lab technologist, opted for a rustic wood deck at her Selden home for her own affordable al fresco experience. “If you’re willing to have it done in November, December or January, you would get a better price than if you called us in May,” he said. Having a deck built in the offseason would help save money, Pagnutti said, noting colder weather may be the cheapest time to launch a project. Louis Pagnutti, owner of Commack-based Decks Unique, suggested other ways to keep costs as low as possible: "You can shrink it to make it smaller,” he said. The least expensive composites go for about $3.75 a linear foot while wood can be a dollar less, or even cheaper, although it’s been fluctuating. Inflation has pushed material costs up about 50%, Politz said. For a comparable size deck, you can go with $15,000 with pressure-treated wood.” “You can go the high end, which can be $30,000 or more. “There are ways that you can save money when you’re building a deck,” he said. For example, they may forgo adding built-in lighting to decks or decide on wood decks with a composite handrail instead of a complete job in composite. Homeowners might ask for many bells and whistles and go high-end. "Then you give them the price, and they say, ‘Maybe not,' ” he said. "If they can save a little bit, they do.”ĭave Politz, owner of Dave's Decks, on the deck he built at the Selden home of Linda Lee. “There are ways that you can save money when you’re building a deck,” he said.
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“People are thinking about how to use their money wisely," said Dave Politz, owner of Holtsville-based Dave’s Decks. They are saving money by perhaps having one instead of two deck entrances, building a little smaller or reusing a foundation from an older, existing deck. Some are going with standard pressure-treated wood, while others use materials that might be more expensive, but are easier to maintain and are more durable. They are saving when they can on the front end on materials, labor and siting, and on the back end on maintenance. With costs and inflation on the rise, but with an urge to improve and enjoy their homes that took off at the start of the pandemic and seems to show no sign of letting up, Long Islanders are finding ways to build decks affordably. By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy.
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