Filtered Sunlight

It seems like things are slowly coming back to normal levels of business (our business cratered with the September banking meltdown - prior to that, '08 was a good year). Remodelling is driving a lot of activity. Nobody can sell a house, so noone can buy a house, so everyone's 'aging in place'. As life circumstances change, new children are born, kids move out, kids move back and so on, people can't move up to that three bedroom house, so they're looking for more room. Adding a deck is the most economical way to add square footage of living space to get the hell away from the in-laws.