Live Visit Calendar
Shows only the windows the crew has released, grouped by service area, and holds a slot while the form is completed.
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A Booking and Intake Website for Your Deck Builder Business
A deck builder booking website should handle the first step without endless phone tag. Homeowners request a site visit, describe the deck and see a confirmed time, while SIZ Group sets up the intake forms that feed your office calendar.
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Why Site Visit Booking Matters More for Deck Builders
A site visit is the most expensive step in a deck sale. The crew drives out, measures the yard, checks the house for a ledger location and talks through railing options. When that visit is arranged through three texts and a voicemail, it often ends in a no-show or a wasted drive across town.
Deck jobs also depend on details that are hard to recover later. The estimator needs to know whether the house has brick or vinyl at the attachment point, how high the deck will sit above grade and whether a gate or a utility line sits near the footings. An intake form that asks these questions up front means the crew arrives with a plan.
The office manager usually juggles the calendars, so the site should give that person real control. Open windows should match the crew's actual schedule, and a reschedule should not require a fresh phone call.
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How Estimate Requests Move Through a Deck Office Today
A typical request arrives by phone, as a Google Business Profile message or through a contact form that sends an email nobody reads over the weekend. The office then tries to match a free morning with a crew that may already be framing a deck across the county.
The breaks usually happen in three places. The first call does not capture the deck size or the house details, the visit gets booked before the estimator knows the surface, and confirmations depend on someone remembering to text the homeowner the night before.
Each break costs money. A wasted visit uses fuel, a crew member's morning and a slot that could have gone to a paying job.
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The First Release: Booking, Intake and Confirmations
Start with the calendar. Show only the windows the crew has released, grouped by service area, and let the homeowner choose a slot in the same step as the intake questions. Hold the chosen window for a short time while the form is finished, so two people cannot book the same morning.
The intake form should ask for access details that cause trouble later: a gate code or lockbox location, pets, whether the yard slopes toward the house and where utility locates have been marked. Keep it short enough to finish on a phone in a few minutes.
Confirmations matter as much as bookings. The homeowner should receive a message the moment they book, a reminder the day before and a simple way to reschedule that goes straight to the office.
- Live calendar showing open site visit windows by crew
- Intake form for deck size, attachment, surface and access
- Automatic confirmation text and email with the visit address
- Later phase: deposit payments and crew route planning
What you get
Key features
Deck Intake Form
Captures size, height above grade, siding, attachment, access and pets before the crew is dispatched.
Automatic Confirmations
Sends a booking confirmation, a reminder the day before and a one-click reschedule link.
Site Notes Panel
Passes the homeowner's photos and yard notes to the estimator so the visit starts with a plan.
Consent Tools
Keeps text reminder consent clear and easy to withdraw, in line with messaging rules.
Mobile Booking Flow
Lets a homeowner book from a phone in a few taps, since many people arrange visits during a work break.
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How a Deck Builder Booking Website Handles One Site Visit
A homeowner with a backyard that drops toward the fence wants a second-level deck off the kitchen. He opens the site from a text the crew sent after a neighbor's job, selects the site visit page and sees the open windows for the coming days in his area.
He picks a Tuesday morning and completes the intake: a photo of the back wall, the approximate height above grade, the siding type and a note that a dog lives in the yard. The booking is held, and he sees a confirmation with the visit window and the estimator's name.
The office sees the request in the calendar and the answers in the job record. The estimator reads the note about the dog and the slope before the visit, and a confirmation text goes out the evening before with a link to reschedule.
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Permits, Consent and Privacy Rules for Deck Booking
Deck work sits close to property lines and buried utilities, so the booking flow should remind the homeowner to call 811 before any digging. Many cities also require permits for decks above a certain height, and the site should state that the builder handles the application where you do.
Automated text reminders should only go to homeowners who agreed to them, which the Telephone Consumer Protection Act requires for these messages. Email reminders must follow CAN-SPAM rules, including an unsubscribe link and a valid business address.
- Opt-in checkbox for text reminders, with an easy way to withdraw
- Unsubscribe link and business address on every reminder email
- Private storage for yard photos, limited to the office and estimators
- Permit and HOA questions added to the intake for every visit
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Measuring Whether Booking Saves Time and Wins Jobs
Track how many site visits are booked online compared with those booked by phone, and how many of those visits end in a signed proposal. A rising share of online bookings shows the form is doing its job.
Watch the no-show and reschedule counts. A drop after reminder texts were added is the clearest sign the confirmation flow works. Also note how many minutes the office spends on scheduling each day before and after launch.
Finally, read the intake answers. If most visits reveal a missing detail, such as a gate that does not open or a surface the crew never planned for, add that question to the form.
How much does a deck builder booking website cost?+
Websites range from $300 to $2,200, depending on the calendar logic, intake fields and integrations you need. We confirm the scope and price in writing after a free scoping call, so the total is clear before work starts.
Will we still take phone calls for site visits?+
Yes, the phone will still ring, and your office can book those visits into the same calendar. The website simply removes the calls that only ask for a time, so the office can focus on questions that need a person.
Can the calendar match the schedule we already keep?+
We can connect the booking calendar to Google Calendar or Outlook and send job details to the scheduling tool you use. We confirm which tool fits your crews during the scoping call.
What if a homeowner needs to reschedule?+
The confirmation includes a link that frees the old window and offers new ones. The change appears in the calendar right away, and the crew lead receives the updated time.
Do we need to keep customer yard photos?+
Photos help the estimator, but they are personal data. We suggest a private folder with limited access and a deletion rule that matches your records policy once the job is closed or lost.
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