A railroad town on the section line
Strasburg is an unincorporated I-70 railroad town of about 3,300 people at roughly 5,380 feet. Old Strasburg along Main Street is 1900s–70s houses on the original grid; Wolf Creek Run, Strasburg Estates, and the Comanche Crossing area are 1990s–2020s ranches and two-stories on one-to-five-acre lots. The ground is flat and fully exposed to wind and hail, and the Adams/Arapahoe county line runs through the community along a section line.
Which county, which counter
Strasburg has no town hall to file with. Parcels north of the line file with the Adams County Building Safety Division at the One Stop Customer Center in Brighton, which enforces the 2024 International codes as of July 1, 2026 and requires a permit for any deck over 30 inches above grade or with an attached roof. Parcels south of the line file with the Arapahoe County Building Division at Lima Plaza in Centennial, a few minutes from our shop. Both counties use Accela portals for applications. We pull the parcel record, confirm the county, file at the right counter, prepare the drawings, and carry the permit through inspections. The Adams County and Arapahoe County pages have the background.
Built for the open sky
Wind is the load that governs a roof out here. Any covered patio or pergola gets uplift connections at every post and a frame braced to stay put — there is nothing out here to slow a spring gust. Hail governs the material: capped composite takes the stones and the high-altitude UV without splintering or graying, and needs a rinse instead of an annual stain. Snow still sizes the frame, and footings still go below the 30–36 inch frost line. We install Trex, Deckorators, and TimberTech as a certified dealer, and we are honest about what real wood costs in upkeep out here.
Grid lots and acreage
In Old Strasburg the lot sets the footprint, and the deck is often a modest platform off the kitchen, built to pass inspection and hold up. On the acreages the deck is sized to the view: wraparounds, covered sections, railing chosen so the horizon stays in it rather than behind it. The free on-site consult is where that starts: we measure the lot, check the exposure, and talk through what the deck is for before drawing anything.
Repair or replace
Plenty of houses here carry original wood decks. We inspect the frame before quoting. Sound joists, posts, and a bolted ledger earn a re-deck at $20–$35 per square foot; rot at grade, a nailed ledger, or shallow footings get a replacement recommendation, in writing. The inspection is free, and we photograph what we find.
Forty-five minutes east
Strasburg is about forty-five minutes from our Centennial shop, out I-70 past Bennett and short of Byers. The drive shapes how we group site visits and build weeks, not the price or the warranty. Run the cost calculator for a planning range, then tell us what you are planning and we will come walk the lot.