Composite deck installed
$25.85 / SF
Composite deck installed costs about $25.85 per square foot installed. This is a published starting point and varies by region and job.
RES-17-03 · MasterFormat 06 73 00 · SF
What’s in this rate
This unit is building one square foot of composite deck, framing included. The crew sets posts on concrete footings, frames the ledger, beam and joists in pressure-treated lumber, then lays composite boards with hidden fasteners. The rate is per square foot of deck surface. Railings, stairs, and old-deck removal are separate units.
Includes
- PT framing (ledger, beam, joists 16 in o.c.), posts on concrete footings, composite deck boards with hidden fasteners
Excludes
- Railings, stairs, permits/engineering, demolition of old deck, footings below 24 in frost depth
Build-up
- Carpenter, 0.25 hr × $53.00
- $13.25
- Material and small tools
- $8.11
- Direct rate (labor, material, and tools)
- $21.36 / SF
- Overhead 10% of direct
- $2.14
- Fee 10% of (direct and overhead)
- $2.35
- Loaded rate
- $25.85 / SF
Material breakdown
- Qty
- 0.084410% waste
- Unit
- EA
- Unit price
- $19.68
- Extended
- $1.83
- Qty
- 0.025
- Unit
- EA
- Unit price
- $10.78
- Extended
- $0.27
- Qty
- 0.05
- Unit
- EA
- Unit price
- $6.47
- Extended
- $0.32
- Qty
- —
- Unit
- —
- Unit price
- —
- Extended
- $0.60
- Qty
- 0.131910% waste
- Unit
- EA
- Unit price
- $31.98
- Extended
- $4.64
- Qty
- —
- Unit
- —
- Unit price
- —
- Extended
- $0.45
Questions
What does the Composite deck installed unit include?
PT framing (ledger, beam, joists 16 in o.c.), posts on concrete footings, composite deck boards with hidden fasteners
Which items are separate from Composite deck installed?
Railings, stairs, permits/engineering, demolition of old deck, footings below 24 in frost depth
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