Edgemoor Deck Builders | Alpine Exteriors

Edgemoor occupies one of the best view corridors in Bellingham — quiet curved streets running out toward Clark's Point, with Chuckanut Bay on one side and the city and Bellingham Bay on the other. Homes here were built to face the water, and the deck is where that orientation pays off. Alpine Exteriors designs and builds Edgemoor decks that make the most of the view while standing up to what the bay throws back.

Building for a Southwest Exposure

The same orientation that gives Edgemoor its sunsets gives its decks a beating. Southwesterly wind arrives off the water carrying salt and near-horizontal rain, and unshaded boards bake through long summer afternoons. We have replaced plenty of decks in this neighborhood that were built with interior-grade hardware and inland assumptions — corroded joist hangers, cupped cedar, rail posts that wobble at the base. Our builds assume marine exposure from the first fastener.

Sightlines drive the design conversation here more than anywhere else we work. Most Edgemoor clients ask for the same thing in different words: do not put a railing between me and the water. We answer with tempered-glass panels, cable rail on slim posts, or deck levels stepped so the rail line drops below the seated view. On lots near Clark's Point we also plan around the eagles-and-herons factor — seating oriented to the water traffic in the bay, because that is what people here actually watch.

Materials Matched to a Marine Neighborhood

The housing stock runs from mid-century originals to contemporary custom builds, and we match materials to the architecture as much as to the weather:

• Capped composite and PVC decking that ignores salt air and cleans up with a rinse
• Tempered-glass or marine-grade cable railing that keeps Chuckanut Bay in the picture
• Stainless-steel structural hardware, because standard galvanized coatings fail early this near the water
• Hidden-fastener systems for a clean surface with no corroding screw heads underfoot

A Long-Term Contractor for a Long-Term Neighborhood

People do not pass through Edgemoor; they stay. We build accordingly. Alpine Exteriors has worked on Whatcom County exteriors for 25 years, and we back every deck with a 25-year workmanship warranty — a commitment measured on the same timescale as the neighborhood itself. The crews who frame your deck are the same ones who have carried more than 2,000 projects across the county to completion.

Every project begins with a free on-site estimate. We come to the property, study the slope, the exposure, and the existing structure, then talk through framing, permits, and material options before giving you a firm number rather than a guess. If your current deck flexes underfoot or the railing moves when you lean on it, that conversation is overdue — a bluff-side deck above the bay is the last place in Bellingham to defer structural maintenance, and an honest assessment costs you nothing.