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Serving Fort Lauderdale, FL and surrounding areas. (754) 283-8518
Master Fort Lauderdale Deck & Fence has served Margate homeowners since 2018, building outdoor kitchen decks, composite deck replacements, and vinyl and wood fencing on the city's concrete block homes. We reply within one business day and include permit coordination on every project.
Margate homeowners with modest but functional backyards are well suited to a purpose-built outdoor kitchen deck - a dedicated cooking and entertaining surface that makes the most of limited space without requiring a large lot. Our outdoor kitchen deck builds include the framing, decking surface, countertop base, and utility hookup coordination that turn a plain backyard slab into a usable outdoor room.
Many Margate yards back up to canals or drainage easements where soil moisture is consistently elevated, and composite decking is the right material for those conditions - it does not absorb water, does not rot, and holds its appearance without the annual sealing that wood requires in this climate. A new composite deck on a Margate property replaces the maintenance cycle that comes with aging pressure-treated wood.
The bulk of Margate's housing stock is 40 to 60 years old, and many original rear decks or patio platforms from that era are showing soft boards, corroded fasteners, or shifted footings. A targeted repair extends the life of a structurally sound deck, and a full replacement is the right call when the framing has deteriorated past safe use.
On small Margate lots where the fence is a prominent feature of the property, vinyl holds up to the humidity and UV exposure far better than wood over time, and it never needs repainting. Canal-adjacent properties especially benefit from vinyl's resistance to moisture - the posts and rails will not absorb ground water and begin to rot the way wood does in persistently damp soil.
Margate gets intense afternoon thunderstorms from May through October, and a covered patio or deck makes the outdoor space usable on days that would otherwise keep you inside. A well-built patio cover also dramatically slows the UV and rain damage to the decking surface and furniture underneath it, which extends the life of the whole outdoor setup.
Margate's year-round heat, humidity, and rainy-season flooding break down the protective finish on wood decks faster than homeowners expect - often within two years rather than the five years you might see advertised for products tested in drier climates. A proper stain and seal application after a thorough cleaning restores the surface and extends the time before the deck needs structural attention.
Margate was incorporated in 1955 and grew rapidly through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s as South Florida's western suburbs filled in. The city is now almost entirely built out, and the housing stock reflects that era of construction - concrete block and stucco single-family homes on modest lots, many of them backing up to the canal drainage network that runs through western Broward County. Homes in this age range are routinely at or past their original design life for major systems, including roofs, plumbing, and outdoor structures. A deck builder who has not worked in this environment regularly may not recognize what 40-year-old concrete block construction looks like when it comes to attachment points, footer conditions, and stucco detailing around new structural elements.
The canal adjacency issue is worth understanding as a homeowner before any outdoor project. In Margate, many backyards either border a canal directly or sit within a drainage easement setback. Permit requirements for structures near canal rights-of-way are specific and vary by location. Footings in canal-adjacent soil also behave differently than footings in typical upland soil - the ground stays wet longer, and post bases need to account for that. We pull permits through the City of Margate and know which questions to ask about setback requirements before the design is finalized.
Our crew works throughout Margate regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect deck builder work here. Margate is a compact city - roughly nine square miles, fully developed - so jobs here are almost always on existing established properties with mature landscaping, narrow side yards, and in many cases a canal directly behind the lot. We are familiar with the street grid, the neighborhoods that run along Sample Road and Margate Boulevard, and the older residential areas near the Oriole Golf and Tennis Club that make up a large share of the city.
Calypso Cove at the Margate Sports Complex is one of the city's best-known public spaces, and the surrounding residential neighborhoods are representative of the single-story Florida ranch construction that dominates the city. Whether your home is in that area or in the communities west toward Coconut Creek Parkway, the housing type and soil conditions are consistent across Margate - low-profile CBS homes, small rear yards, and ground that drains slowly after heavy rain.
We also regularly serve Coral Springs, FL directly to the west, and Tamarac, FL to the south. If you have neighbors in those cities who need the same work, we cover the surrounding area.
Contact us by phone or through the online form and we will respond within one business day. We ask a few questions about your project and your property - lot layout, canal adjacency, HOA if applicable - so the estimate visit is efficient.
We visit your Margate property, assess the existing conditions - including footing condition, soil, and any canal setback requirements - and provide a written estimate with a clear price before any work begins. The estimate visit is free and you are not committed to anything.
We file the building permit with the City of Margate and schedule the project start once approval is confirmed. Permit review typically adds one to three weeks to the overall timeline, and we build that into the schedule from the beginning.
Most Margate deck and fence projects take three to seven business days of active construction. When the work is done, we walk the completed project with you, handle the final city inspection, and address anything that needs attention before we close out the job.
We serve all of Margate, FL and will respond to your inquiry within one business day. The estimate is free and includes a full assessment of your property conditions.
(754) 283-8518Margate is a city of approximately 60,000 residents situated in the flat inland grid of western Broward County, bordered by Coconut Creek to the north and Tamarac to the south. The city sits about five miles west of the Atlantic coast and covers roughly nine square miles that are almost entirely built out. Most of the residential development happened between the early 1960s and the late 1980s, leaving Margate with a housing stock that is predominantly single-family concrete block ranch homes on modest lots. A significant portion of those lots back up to canals, which are a defining feature of the drainage infrastructure across this part of Broward County. For more on the city, the Wikipedia entry for Margate, Florida covers the city's development history and geography in detail.
The Oriole neighborhood - centered around the Oriole Golf and Tennis Club - is one of Margate's most recognized residential communities and a name that most long-time residents know well. Margate Boulevard and Sample Road are the main east-west corridors that most residents use as daily reference points. The city has a strong ownership culture, and a large share of Margate households are owner-occupied - many by longtime residents who have lived in the same home for decades and are now investing in updates they have been putting off. If you are in Deerfield Beach to the north, our team covers that area too through our Deerfield Beach deck builder service.
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Learn MoreWe build on Margate properties of all sizes - from small canal-side lots to larger ranch homes near the Oriole area. Call us or submit the form and we will respond within one business day.