GENERAL CONTRACTOR

There are hundreds of ways to build a structure cheeper (cheeper quality and cheeper price). Labor rates are pretty constant on the monterey peninsula. Profit margins are also nearly all the same. Material prices are also the same. So, how can there be such a difference in the price of something as simple as a deck? The answer lies in using lesser materials and doing less labor... First we could use a 2X6 rather than a 2X8, we could use #3 doug fir rather than #2 or better pressure treated to save on material cost. We could not back prime the ledger and not rubber seal the ends saving on the cost of paint, the cost of rubber sealer and also the labor to paint and rubber coat.( it's on the back and no one will see it.) We could leave off the flashing saving sheet metal cost and the labor to form it and install it. We could attach it with a nail gun rather than bolts saving the cost of bolts, washers, nuts, labor to drill the holes and fasten the bolts. And that's just the ledger..

Primary location: Monterey