Zaras for Deck & Patio
Footings, ledger flashing, and a finish trip the calendar does not control.
A deck can be built in far more weather than it can be finished in — framing runs on long after a coating will cure, and the coating window is read on the board rather than in the forecast, so the finish becomes its own trip in its own month. The record has to hold a deck framed in October and sealed the following May.
What carries season to season: the ledger photo the selection the finish trip.
A framing inspection, a decking day, and a finish trip booked months after the fact — three different jobs, one operating record.
Framing inspection
Ledger and flashing photographed before anything covers them, decking held until the inspection is signed.
Finish trip booked
Last autumn’s cedar deck, surface temperature checked, seal scheduled as its own visit.
Deck money comes from two engines — the paperwork that clears the frame, and the return trip that finishes what it built. Zaras runs both from the same record.
The job is held in the middle, not at the end — nothing gets decked until the inspection clears.
The second trip every deck creates — still weeks away when the framing passes.
The record, not the clipboard — every job from the estimate to paid, with nothing re-keyed into a second system.
Permit and inspection scheduling — the mid-build hold tracked on the job, not chased after the fact.
Ledger and flashing photo records — attached before anything covers them, findable months later.
Footing depth and diameter records — checked against local code once, then carried to every footing the crew pours after — no re-checking mid-build.
Decking and railing selections — agreed once, ordered without a re-ask, and matched to the finish trip that follows.
Supplier orders off the agreed selection — placed straight from the record the estimate opened, no separate list.
Finish trips scheduled as their own visit — booked on the record the day the framing passes, not left to memory.
Deposits and draw billing — collected on approval, staged against the build and the return trip.
Invoicing, payments, QuickBooks sync — billing pulls straight from the record the estimate opened, no separate system to reconcile.
Estimate → permit → frame → inspect → finish → paid — every deck job, one record.
Plans and prices are public on the pricing page — no sales call to get a number.
Yes. Invoices and payments flow straight into QuickBooks — no double entry, no bookkeeper fights.
It’s yours, both directions. Customers, inspection dates, and open finish trips come in with you when you join — and everything exports, any time.
Yes — multi-unit and property-manager decks with per-building records and NET-terms billing live on the same record as your residential book.
Deck and patio builders running 1–40 crews — from an owner-operator to a multi-truck shop.
We onboard a limited number of shops at a time. Request an invite, fit is reviewed within 24 hours with a reply either way, and accepted shops get guided onboarding — pricebook and customer list loaded with you, not dumped on you.
Private beta
Every plan runs the full operating system for Deck & Patio — permits, inspections, ledger records, selections, finish trips, invoicing, payments. Pick the size that fits the crews you run today.
$49/ month
One crew, two trips. Track the inspection to its sign-off, hold the selections against the order, book the finish trip before you leave the job — the record keeps the ledger photo and the return trip straight.
from$149/ month
The build board and the finish return, run from one board. Every crew walking in with the job’s own history.
Free trial first, month-to-month after — cancel anytime. Full plan detail on the pricing page.
