Deck Building Business

2 Deck Building Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 8th, 2024

Nothing beats the perfect experience of setting up a grill or enjoying a glass of lemonade on a sunny day while relaxing on your excellent deck. Do you want to be the person who delivers that happiness to homeowners? If so, then start a deck-building business!

Deck building is a lucrative and fun business that uses premium materials to enhance the outdoor space. You do not necessarily have to be a trained carpenter to start a deck-building business. You can hire an experienced handyperson to help you in building unique decks.

Market your business and focus on delivering quality results to get referrals from previous customers.

In this list, you'll find real-world deck building business success stories and very profitable examples of starting a deck building business that makes money.

1. O2 Treehouse ($762K/year)

Dustin Feider, the founder of O2 Treehouse, came up with the idea when he built a geodesic sphere in a treetop for his senior capstone project in college. This unique design garnered attention and led him to realize the potential in the treehouse building industry. Today, O2 Treehouse is a well-known company with a two-year backlog of projects and has been featured in over 85 publications.

How much money it makes: $762K/year
How much did it cost to start: $12K
How many people on the team: 8

How I Started A $63K/Month Custom Built Treehouse Business And Got Featured In Over 85 Publications

Founder, Dustin Feider, shares how he started O2 Treehouse Commercial, a custom-built treehouse business generating $63K/month, which has been featured in over 85 publications and has a two-year backlog of projects waiting, along with the launch of Treewalkers, a treehouse hospitality franchise seeking to reconnect people with nature on a larger scale through a crowdfunding equity campaign via StartEngine.

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2. MTN SIDE BUILDERS ($480K/year)

Cameron Vilcsak, the founder of Mountain Fire Woodworks, came up with the idea for his business through his passion for carving and building things out of wood. After documenting the process of building a log cabin on his YouTube channel, a viral video with over 25 million views, he realized the potential to turn his passion into a scalable business. With steady passive income, plans to release more content, and exciting future projects, Vilcsak's business is thriving.

How much money it makes: $480K/year
How much did it cost to start: $50K
How many people on the team: 5

How I Gamed The YouTube Algorithm and Went Viral With 25M Views

Mountain Fire Woodworks founder Cameron Vilcsak shares how he used YouTube to promote his log cabins, chainsaw carvings, and passion for woodworking, culminating in one of his videos that has gone viral with over 25 million views and counting.

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