Lake Minnetonka
Three-level cedar w/ fieldstone fireplace.
1,840 sq ft · Cedar
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Minnesota Decks
Twin Cities + Lakes Area · Since 2000
Built once.
Stood on for thirty years.
Custom cedar, composite, and stone decks for Twin Cities back yards and Minnesota lakehomes. Steel substructure, hidden fasteners, twenty-five-year frame warranty.
Family-owned. MN Builder’s License #BC667376. 25 years on the lakes.
25+
Years building
600+
Decks finished
25 yr
Frame warranty
Lakes
Are our specialty
Selected projects
Six recent
from a quiet quarter.
Lake Calhoun bungalow
Composite wraparound, low-profile.
640 sq ft · Composite
Wayzata back yard
Single level cedar, cable rail.
480 sq ft · Cedar
Cross Lake retreat
Multi-level with built-in seating.
1,200 sq ft · Composite
Excelsior lakefront
Stone + cedar, dock connection.
2,100 sq ft · Stone + Cedar
Edina pool deck
Pool surround, BOCA-compliant rail.
920 sq ft · Composite
What we build with
Four materials.
One steel frame.
Western red cedar
Kiln-dried, hidden-fastener. The classic. Looks better the longer it stands.
Composite
TimberTech and Trex lines. Capped boards, no sealing, twenty-five-year warranty on the surface.
Local fieldstone
For fireplaces, retaining walls, and the hard-surface portions of multi-level builds.
Summit Steel substructure
Galvanized steel frame instead of pressure-treated lumber. Twenty-five-year frame warranty. The reason your deck still stands at year thirty.
How a build moves
Six weeks. Five steps.
01
Site visit
We measure, we listen, we leave. No high-pressure pitch in the kitchen.
02
Design + render
Your deck in 3-D before any contract. You see the shadows, the heights, the rail.
03
Fixed estimate
Locked for sixty days. The number we quote is the number on the invoice.
04
Permit + build
Same crew start to finish. Permits handled. Yard cleaned every night.
05
Walkthrough
We don't take final payment until you walk it with us and put a check in our hand.
About
Twin Cities built.
Lake-tested.
Minnesota Decks has been designing and building cedar, composite, and stone decks since 2000. Family-owned, BC-licensed, and based an hour from every lake we love.
Six hundred decks across the metro. The reason ours still stand at year thirty isn’t the cedar — it’s the steel substructure underneath. We started using galvanized frames twenty years ago when nobody else did, and we haven’t had to rebuild one yet.
Book a consult
Tell us about the yard.
We’ll come measure, listen, and leave. No estimate the same day — we go back and design first. You’ll have renderings in your inbox within the week.