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Inside Colorado Springs’ wildfire overlay zone, decking surfaces cannot be made of wood. This zone covers about half of Colorado Springs. Find out whether it covers you.
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Built For 6,035 Feet
What building here actually asks of a deck.
Forty-three pounds of ground snow load. A 130 mph design wind with Exposure C mandated and Exposure B deleted from the local code. Footings past the frost line. Expansive clay that can exert 30,000 pounds per square foot when it gets wet — and it’s irrigation, not weather, that usually sets it off.
And if your address falls inside the city’s wildfire overlay, the decking surface can’t be wood at all.
See what that means for your deckKnow Before You Build
Building a deck in Colorado Springs.
How much does it cost? Why are cost ranges so wide?
Deck pricing varies more than most people expect, because so much of the cost sits below the boards — footings, frame, and how far off the ground you are. These are estimates, not quotes. They move with lumber and composite board pricing, tariffs, labor availability and the season you build in.
Pressure-treated pine $35–60 · Cedar $50–75 · Composite & PVC $45–95, per square foot installed. Planning bands as of August 2026.
A 14×20 deck is 280 square feet. Composite at the bottom of its band, $45 a foot, is $12,600; at the top, $95, it’s $26,600. Every total on this page is that multiplication and nothing else, so you can check it.
Every deck is priced on its own — your grade, your soil, your access, your material, and whether the wildfire overlay applies to your parcel all move the number.
Wait — I can't use wood in the wildfire zone?
Not for the walking surface. The city's words: “Wood is not permitted to be used for the decking surface but can be used for all large structural components and railings.”
Class A material underfoot, or a composite that carries Class B at minimum. Treads on the stairs count as surface. Framing, railings and the posts under a cover can still be wood.
Worth knowing: “WUI compliant” and “Class B” are not the same thing. The first is something a seller can print. The second comes off a test. Ask for the class — the specific line needs checking against its published rating before the order goes in.
City of Colorado Springs Fire Prevention Code, Appendix K §K105.1(8) (adopted by Ordinance 23-14, effective 30 June 2023). Verified 2026-08-04.
Does hail damage decks? Do I need hail-rated decking?
Hail is real here. El Paso County logged 717 hail reports between 2015–2024, including a four-inch stone at Widefield in August 2018.
The part most people miss: there is no hail rating for decking. UL 2218 and FM 4473 — the impact classes you'll see on roofing — are roofing standards. ASTM D7032, which governs composite and plastic decking, tests bending, UV, freeze-thaw, decay, flame spread and slip resistance. It doesn't test impact.
So we can't promise you a hail-proof deck, and nobody can. What we can say is that solid boards over open framing hold up better than thin sections — railing infill panels and patio-cover panels are where we'd expect to see damage first.
Do I need a permit?
Probably. The exemption is narrow: a deck skips the permit only when it is detached, 200 square feet or less, nowhere more than 30 inches above grade within 36 inches of its edge, and not the deck your required egress door opens onto. All four have to hold at once. Attached decks are out on the first one.
Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, §105.2. Verified 2026-08-04.
Can you build in winter?
Yes, carefully. The freeze-free window runs about 158 days, May 3 to October 8 — but that's not the limit on building, it's the limit on ignoring the weather. Concrete needs cold-weather practice once air temperature hits 40°F, which binds earlier than frost does. And because most homeowners start in spring, winter calendars open up.
NOAA 1991–2020 Normals, station USW00093037. ACI 306R-16 §2.2.
Who actually builds it?
A licensed Colorado Springs deck builder registered with Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. We scope the project, check the overlay and the permit position for the address, and match you with the builder best suited to it.
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Talk it through with someone who builds here.
What we’ll cover:
- What you want, and a realistic range for it
- Whether your parcel is in the wildfire zone, and what changes
- Whether you need a permit, and what it'll cost
- Guidance through the permitting process itself, if you want it
- Where you'd land in the build calendar
What happens next: A licensed deck professional calls you within 1 business day. No obligation, and nobody comes to your house until you ask them to.