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PICTORIAL

DECKS BY KIEFER
MARTINSVILLE, N.J.
It’s called the megadeck. It wasn’t a tricky
build, says Travis Despres, of Decks By Kiefer.
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Situated above a pond, overlooking a forest
and distant mountains, this wraparound deck,
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outdoor kitchen to the front.

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bending, Jason Russell and the team at Dr. Decks
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impressive about this deck, though, is not just its
design and build, but the fact that it sits on and juts
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also remodeling a roof, but that’s what
Tundraland ended up doing here. The home
had a screened-in porch coming out from the
basement before the deck was built, and the
homeowners wanted to keep it in place and
have the deck rest directly overhead. “We
redid the roof and pitched the deck away from
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Moran. “That’s along with installing custom
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with treads of varying lengths, spiral down and
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