One square mile inside Denver
Glendale is a city of about 4,600 people on a single square mile, surrounded on every side by Denver, at roughly 5,300 feet along Cherry Creek. It is best known for Infinity Park, the city-owned rugby stadium. Most of the housing is 1960s–80s apartment complexes and condos, but there is a real pocket of single-family homes and townhomes near Cherry Creek and along Virginia Avenue, and those are the properties that call us. The lots are small, the setbacks are close, and the neighbors are near.
The city runs its own counter
Glendale is not Denver for permit purposes. The City of Glendale Building & Permits Department at 950 S Birch Street issues every deck permit inside city limits, and a house one block over may be a Denver address filing with a different department. Glendale also adopted new building codes effective June 23, 2026 — the 2024 International codes and the 2023 NEC — so a deck permitted today is reviewed against the current edition, not the one your neighbor's deck was built under. Background on the Arapahoe County page.
Tight lots change the design, not the engineering
A compact Glendale lot changes what a deck can be, not what it has to carry. Footings still go below the 30–36 inch frost line, and the frame is still sized for Front Range snow. What changes is the footprint: many of these homes want a second-story deck off a bedroom or a small elevated platform over a narrow yard, and on a close lot the railing is what the neighbors see. We design from the actual setbacks, keep sightlines in mind, and pick a railing that does not turn a small deck into a cage. Where the yard is the whole outdoor space, a compact pergola or patio cover earns its footprint by making the deck usable in July sun.
Why composite here
Metro Denver weather is hard on wood: high-altitude UV, hail every summer, and freeze-thaw cycling. On a small deck the refinishing chore is short but relentless, and a townhome owner rarely wants it. Capped composite holds its color and needs a rinse, not a stain, and we install Trex, Deckorators, and TimberTech as a certified dealer. If you prefer wood, we will say honestly where it still wins.
Repair or replace
Glendale's single-family homes and townhomes carry decks from every decade, and a lot of them were built before current railing and ledger standards. We inspect the frame before quoting anything. A sound structure earns a re-deck in composite for $20–$35 per square foot — meaningfully less than a teardown — while rotted posts, a failing ledger, or undersized beams get a plain replacement recommendation, in writing. The inspection is free either way.
Twenty minutes from the shop
Glendale is about twenty minutes from our Centennial shop, straight up I-25 and Colorado Boulevard. We also build across the surrounding Denver neighborhoods and out to Aurora, so the process is one we run every week.
Run the cost calculator for a planning range, then tell us what you are planning and we will come look at the lot.