Dayton Custom Decks builds decks, porches and railings across Dayton, OH and the communities around it. Each sits in a different permit jurisdiction, and that changes the build.
Dayton, OH
Our home market. Montgomery County runs the permit process for much of the city, and the housing stock ranges from pre war brick through post war ranch to newer infill, which means we see every kind of deck problem here. Neighbourhood by neighbourhood the conditions vary more than in any of the suburbs.
Whatever the house, the build is the same:poured footings below the frost line, a bolted and flashed ledger, taped joists and guards attached to the frame.
Communities we serve
Oakwood, OH
Pre war homes on narrow lots with mature tree cover and a historic district review process.
Kettering, OH
The largest suburb in the county and mostly post war ranch and split level homes on generous flat lots.
Centerville, OH
Washington Township subdivisions with deep back yards, HOA review on anything visible from the street, and homeowners who expect drawings before they sign.
Beavercreek, OH
Greene County's largest suburb, newer construction on clay heavy soil, and a permit office of its own.
Springboro, OH
Warren County money and fast newer development.
Huber Heights, OH
One of the largest suburbs in the metro and mostly mid century ranch and two story homes on wide lots, with a steady stream of replacement work rather than new builds.
Miamisburg, OH
A river town on the Great Miami with century homes around a historic downtown and newer subdivisions west of the river, so the job is either a careful retrofit on an old frame or a blank back yard.
Fairborn, OH
The gate town for Wright Patterson Air Force Base, with older housing stock and a high share of rentals and investor owned homes.
Xenia, OH
The Greene County seat, rebuilt after the 1974 tornado, with an older housing mix under a heavy tree canopy.
Vandalia, OH
The airport corridor north of town, newer subdivisions on the edge of the industrial park employers, and larger back yards than the inner suburbs.
Troy, OH
The Miami County seat, with a historic downtown of brick streets and nineteenth century homes plus newer subdivisions to the east.
Piqua, OH
A river town with older mill housing and more affordable stock, which makes it an investor and first time buyer market.
Lebanon, OH
The Warren County seat, with a historic downtown and fast growing subdivisions around it.
Bellbrook, OH
An affluent, wooded community in Sugarcreek Township with larger lots and mature trees.
Yellow Springs, OH
An arts and college town around Antioch College, full of older and unconventional homes where a stock deck looks out of place.
Permit jurisdictions are not the same
This trips people up more than anything else on a deck project. The six communities we work in sit across three different counties and several separate building departments.
- Dayton and Oakwood sit in Montgomery County. Oakwood handles zoning itself, with tighter setbacks than the outer suburbs, and the City of Kettering does its structural review under contract.
- Kettering and Centerville are Montgomery County. Kettering has its own building department, Centerville handles zoning itself, and parts of the Centerville area fall under Washington Township and Montgomery County Building Regulation.
- Beavercreek is Greene County: the city issues the zoning permit and Greene County Building Regulation issues the building permit. Different offices, different forms, different turnaround.
- Springboro is Warren County, with parts of the surrounding area under Clearcreek Township.
We identify which one applies to your property before quoting, prepare the framing plan, submit it and meet the inspector at footing and at final. Several of the newer subdivisions also carry homeowners association review on appearance, which runs separately and on its own timetable.
Where the housing stock changes the deck
Older homes, narrow lots
Oakwood is the clearest case. Pre war houses, no machine access to most back yards, mature tree roots dictating where footings can go, and materials that have to suit a house with a strong character. Nearly every job here is a replacement.
Post war ranch and split level
Kettering has low back doors, which often means no guard rail is needed at all, and a great many walkout basements that suit a multi level deck with an under deck system below.
Subdivision lots with association review
Centerville and Springboro want drawings before they commit and a committee submission alongside the permit.Composite is the default expectation in both.
Newer builds on clay and slope
Beavercreek has walkout basements close to standard, sloped rear lots and clay soil that sometimes needs wider footings than the code minimum.
Do you build outside these areas?
We work the communities around these as well, across Montgomery, Greene and Warren counties. Anything materially further adds mobilisation to the estimate, and we say so rather than quietly pricing it in. Call and ask about your address.
What we build, everywhere we build
The full service list applies across every community above: composite and wood decks, screened and covered porches, railings, repairs, replacements, pergolas, under deck systems, lighting and paver patios.