DECKS
GalleryWhether it is a nice soak in the hot tub or a great dinner grilled out on the barbeque, decks provide much more useable space for living enjoyment.
Decking immediately extends your living space to the outdoors, integrating your home into the garden. Decks can make use of difficult or uneven terrain and range from simple ground level boardwalks to multi-level entertainment spaces with inset lighting, planting and even water.
All of our decks are custom-built on site using Natural Select™ environmentally-friendly treated timbers, Trex® wood and plastic composite decking and/or sustainable hard or soft woods like Western Red Cedar for decking.
STAIR SYSTEMS
Providing access between elevations and bringing together spaces within a landscape, stair systems incorporate landscape form with function of pedestrian circulation.
Timbers
GalleryTimber stair systems are designed for and typically built on and across long slopes. They often have a dual functionality. On the surface they provide a clear and safe access on a hillside. Below the surface the timbers act as hillside support and provide slope retention.
Open Risers
Open Risers are the lightest option of all the stair systems. They are typically built to provide access between deck structures. In areas designated as Environmentally Critical Slopes, open risers allow foot traffic across sensitive areas with the least amount of environmental impact.
Natural Stone Risers
Natural Stone risers are typically built to provide access to doorways or up short slopes. Used in conjunction with rock outcroppings, stone risers can transform the look and feel of your garden to a wilderness retreat.
Block Steps
Block steps are typically integrated into block retaining walls. Like the Natural Stone, Block steps are typically built to provide access to doorways or up short slopes. There are many varieties and styles of Block to fit your sense of aesthetic.
FENCES / GATES
GalleryWhether it’s to keep the dog in or the neighbor kids out, fences are designed to create clearly-defined spaces in your garden. Fences can act as property boundaries and privacy screens. They can offer shelter and provide a growing surface for climbing plants. Fences can be distinctive or subtly blended into an overall design.
- Privacy
- Good Neighbor
- Utility/Garbage area screening
- Property delineation
- View framing
All of our fences are custom-built on site using Natural Select™ environmentally-friendly treated timbers and sustainable hard or soft woods like Western Red Cedar.
PERGOLAS
GalleryA pergola or arbor is an airy overhead structure that is typically used to accentuate a home entry or transition from one part of your garden to another. They are also helpful to provide privacy or shade to a patio.
Pergolas can be held aloft with two or more posts that are typically wrapped in cedar.
Detail cuts reflect the style and feel of your home’s architecture.
All of our pergolas are custom-built on site using Natural Select™ environmentally-friendly treated timbers and sustainable hard or soft woods like Western Red Cedar.
LANDSCAPE TERRACING
Creating a garden shouldn’t make you feel like you’re on a slippery slope. Retaining walls or rock outcroppings are a great way to create a more useful, beautiful and safer garden.
Retaining walls are built for slope management, drainage control and for aesthetic purposes. The three types of materials used by Environmental Construction, Inc. are timbers, segmental units, and natural stone.
Natural Stone
GalleryNatural stone (outcroppings and dry stack walls) is typically used for low-rise retaining walls and across slopes to provide pockets for plantings. The use of stone in the landscape can create a variety of appearances from “New England Dry Stack” to “Alpine wilderness–looks.” Stone effectively holds soil preventing erosion.
Timbers
Timbers can be used for low to mid-rise retaining walls. It is the easiest of the retaining wall materials to work with. Timbers complement both contemporary and rustic looks. A timber retaining wall more than likely will require drainage to prevent the build up of hydrostatic pressure.
Block (segmental units)
Block walls use various interlocking systems for increased stability for low to high-rise retaining walls. It is the strongest wall material and most likely will last the longest. Block offers a clean “industrial” look that could add a modern feel to the garden.
