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Deck Building 101 Contest Winners 2025 Announced

Nine winners were chosen from a panel of 20 finalists.

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Deck Specialist was honored to judge the third annual Deck Building 101 Giveaway photo contest. From nearly 110,000 group members, 20 finalists advanced, with nine winners ultimately selected. Projects were judged on skill, difficulty, creativity, and innovation. Shown here are the nine winners in each of their categories.

Giveaway prizes included coverage in Deck Specialist magazine, exclusive Deck Building 101 Expert swag, a Demo-Dek demolition tool, a Dexerdry Blue Claw compression tool and swag, a lighting demo kit from Tru-Scapes, decking clamp adapters by Jeremy Wilkins, and a company photo and logo featured on the group’s cover photo (seen by 75,000+ daily viewers).

1st OVERALL (A)

Builder: Tim Franklin

Tim Franklin Carpentry Services, Casselberry, FL.


2ND OVERALL (B)

Builder: Branden Boyd

Limitless Deck and Patio, Greendale, IN.

limitlessdeckandpatio513.com


3rd OVERALL (C)

Builder: Cutter Buldock


CURVED DECK (D)

Builder: Andrew Singh

Alldesign Construction, London, Ontario

alldesignconstruction.ca


INSIDE OUT (E)

Builder: Gabriel Haase

Deck by Design L.L.C.

deckbydesignllc.com


LIGHTING (F)

Builder: Jeff and Melissa Shattuck

Custom Decks by Shatmire

shatmire.com


SOLO BUILDER (G)

Builder: Jeff Beckert

J.F.B. Builders LLC


STAIRS (H)

Builder: Djay Thompson

Nova Interior Custom Exteriors


TECH (I)

Builder: Promes

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