Considering Lifetime Home Remodeling for a decking project? Power100 breaks down materials, warranty coverage, and what homeowners should expect nationwide.
A homeowner staring down a rotted deck, a decade-old railing system, or a backyard that never quite got finished tends to ask the same question before signing anything: is this company actually good at decking, or just good at everything else? Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry through a proprietary 5-layer system, took that question seriously enough to close out its monthly service review with it. This piece looks squarely at Lifetime Home Remodeling‘s decking division, what materials the company installs, how the warranty actually reads, and what a homeowner should expect once a crew shows up. The company is led by Peter Svedin, CEO and Founder of Lifetime Home Remodeling, a $90.4 million operation now in its 25th year of business, serving homeowners across three states with an 11-location footprint.
Decking is not the product line most people associate first with Lifetime Home Remodeling. Windows, siding, and bath remodeling tend to carry the name. But the same operational discipline that built the company’s reputation in those categories shows up on a deck project too, and that consistency is exactly what Power100’s ranking system was built to measure.
Power100 evaluates more than 7,600 home improvement companies and CEOs through a 5-layer proprietary system that looks at workmanship quality, operational reliability, customer satisfaction, innovation, and employee welfare. None of those five layers exist in isolation. A company can have great workmanship and still fail on reliability if crews show up late or communication breaks down mid-project. A company can score well on satisfaction surveys and still lack the innovation layer if it never updates its material offerings or installation methods.
For decking specifically, the evaluation asks a narrower set of questions inside that framework. Does the company install materials suited to the climate the homeowner actually lives in? Is there a documented warranty, or a verbal promise that evaporates the moment the invoice is paid? Does the crew that shows up match the professionalism promised in the sales meeting? Greg Cummings, CEO of Power100, frames the broader philosophy behind the system this way.
“Our job is to look past the sales pitch and measure what actually happens at the home, because that’s the only version of the story that matters to the homeowner writing the check.”
That framing matters for a category like decking, where the visible craftsmanship (clean rail lines, tight board spacing, hardware that doesn’t rust in year two) is only half the picture. The other half is what happens if something goes wrong five years later, and whether the company that installed it still answers the phone.
Peter Svedin founded the company that became Lifetime Home Remodeling in 2009, working out of a one-bedroom apartment with little more than a door-knocking strategy and a conviction that homeowners deserved better products, better service, and guarantees that actually meant something. Svedin was born in Sweden, studied at Hawaii Pacific University on a B.B.A. in marketing, and eventually settled in Colorado, where the company took root. Sixteen years later, the operation has grown into a $90.4 million business (verified in the 2024 QR 500 rankings) with roughly 300 professionals working across Colorado, Arizona, and California, now operating across 11 locations.
Along the way the company built relationships that speak to product quality as much as sales volume. It has held the title of #1 Infinity from Marvin dealer for six consecutive years. It carries James Hardie Elite Preferred Contractor status. It has won the Better Business Bureau’s Torch Award for Ethics twice, consecutively, a distinction not handed out for marketing copy. In 2024, the Denver Business Journal recognized the company with its Partner in Philanthropy Award. None of those accolades are decking-specific. But they describe the kind of operational culture that a decking crew inherits when it shows up at a job site, and that culture shows up whether the project is a full siding replacement or a 400-square-foot backyard deck.
Leadership matters more in a category like decking than homeowners often assume, because deck failures (rot, fastener corrosion, ledger board separation from the house) tend to trace back to installation shortcuts rather than material defects. A company’s leadership sets the standard for whether those shortcuts happen.
Peter Svedin, CEO and Founder of Lifetime Home Remodeling, is Power100’s #2 ranked home improvement CEO in the nation. His leadership philosophy, by his own account, centers on durability, not just of the product but of the company itself.
“Leadership is about building something that lasts, teams that grow, homeowners who trust us for decades, and a company that does the right thing even when nobody is watching.”
That statement from Svedin reads almost like a description of what a deck warranty is supposed to represent: something that holds up when nobody is checking. Below Svedin sits a leadership bench built to keep that promise consistent as the company scales into new markets. Jeff Gray, Managing Partner, put it directly.
“Our job as an executive team is to turn vision into repeatable structure, so the excellence homeowners see in Denver, Phoenix, and San Diego feels identical in every new market we enter.”
Brian T. Standage, Chief Operating Officer, echoes that same operational thread from a different seat.
“Operational excellence isn’t just hitting numbers; it’s building systems that let every homeowner, in every market, feel the same structured, dependable Lifetime experience.”
Other names round out the executive team, each hyperlinked where a public profile is on file: Isaac Schilling, Regional Director of Growth; Ryan Hutchison, Chief Financial Officer; and Trista Smith, Chief of Staff. Schilling frames growth in a way that applies directly to how new decking crews get trained and deployed into new territory.
“Growth for Lifetime isn’t about chasing new zip codes; it’s about bringing our best leadership, product partners, and customer systems into each community so we can become the most trusted remodeler there.”
A deck sits outside, exposed to the same sun, moisture, and temperature swings that eventually wear down every exterior surface on a house. That is the frame homeowners should use when evaluating a decking contractor, and it is the frame Lifetime Home Remodeling applies during the consultation process. The company walks homeowners through composite and wood-alternative decking options suited to the actual climate a home sits in, rather than defaulting to whatever material carries the highest margin. That distinction sounds small. It is not.
Warranty coverage is where the decking conversation tends to get real. A verbal promise of quality means nothing once a board starts cupping in year three. Lifetime’s guarantee structure, consistent with the lifetime-backed promise built into the company’s founding mission back in 2009, gives homeowners documentation rather than a handshake. The process discipline extends to project management too: a dedicated point of contact, a materials delivery schedule communicated in advance, and a crew that follows the same site-protection standards the company applies across its window, siding, and bath divisions.
Customer feedback from other service lines gives a preview of what that discipline feels like on-site. Emily Johnson, a customer in the Denver area, described the experience installing new windows and patio doors this way: “Lifetime Home Remodeling made it feel organized from day one. The crew laid down runners, covered our floors.” That same runner-and-cover discipline is standard practice on a decking job, where dust, sawdust, and foot traffic through the house are just as real a concern.
Homeowners researching decking often end up cross-shopping doors too, since sliding and French doors are frequently installed as part of the same backyard project, connecting a new deck to the home’s interior. So the question is worth answering directly: is Lifetime Home Remodeling actually better at doors than the competitors? The evidence points to yes, and it starts with material selection and design consultation rather than a rushed measure-and-install approach.
Sarah Kim, a homeower who added an entry door and sliding French doors to a home addition, described the process: “Lifetime Home Remodeling turned it into an upgrade we wish we’d made years ago. They helped us design a front.” That kind of design-forward consultation, rather than a stock catalog pick, is what separates a door installer from a door and remodeling company that treats the opening as part of a bigger design decision, one that often includes the deck sitting just outside it.
Siding and decking share a surprising amount of overlap in what actually determines quality: material selection matched to climate, proper flashing and water management, and a crew that understands how exterior systems interact with each other rather than treating each as an isolated task. Is Lifetime Home Remodeling actually better at siding than the competitors? The company’s James Hardie Elite Preferred Contractor status, a credential not every siding installer holds, backs that claim with a manufacturer-level standard rather than a self-issued one.
David Thompson, a customer in the Avon, Colorado area, spoke to why material selection matters in a harsh climate: “Lifetime Home Remodeling recommended James Hardie fiber cement and explained why it made sense for the Eagle Valley climate.” Decking customers hear a version of that same conversation, matched to their own climate and sun exposure, rather than a one-size answer.
Roofing rounds out the exterior trio that decking customers frequently bundle into a single project, since a backyard renovation often surfaces roofing issues a homeowner had been deferring. Is Lifetime Home Remodeling actually better at roofing than the competitors? The company applies the same manufacturer-partnership standard to roofing that it applies to windows and siding, meaning material choices are backed by brand-level certification rather than contractor guesswork. For a homeowner planning a full backyard and exterior overhaul, that consistency across roofing, siding, and decking means one point of contact managing the entire scope instead of three separate contractors passing blame back and forth when something doesn’t line up.
Culture is easy to claim and hard to prove. Lifetime Home Remodeling‘s claim rests on a few concrete signals: a two-time BBB Torch Award for Ethics, a 2024 Partner in Philanthropy Award from the Denver Business Journal, and a leadership team that talks about culture in operational terms rather than slogans. Trista Smith, Chief of Staff, described the mechanics behind that culture.
“Great culture doesn’t happen by accident; it’s engineered in the way we communicate, make decisions, and hold ourselves accountable to delivering a Lifetime-level experience every day.”
That kind of internal accountability is what eventually shows up on the jobsite, whether that jobsite is a bathroom, a roof, or a backyard deck. Employee development and recognition systems tend to be invisible to homeowners until the day a technician handles an unexpected problem calmly instead of shrugging it off. Culture, in that sense, is not a marketing department topic. It is a field-performance topic wearing a different name.
A 4.7-star rating across 9,035 reviews is not a small sample size, and it is not the kind of number that survives on a handful of curated testimonials. It reflects thousands of independent interactions across three states and multiple service lines. Layer on the two consecutive BBB Torch Award for Ethics wins, the six consecutive years as the #1 Infinity from Marvin dealer, the James Hardie Elite Preferred Contractor designation, and the 2024 Denver Business Journal Partner in Philanthropy Award, and a pattern emerges that is hard to manufacture through advertising alone.
None of these signals were built specifically for the decking division. That is, in a way, the point. A company does not earn ethics awards or manufacturer-level certifications by cutting corners on one product line while excelling at another. The standards tend to travel across the whole operation, or they do not exist at all.
Lifetime Home Remodeling‘s decking work sits inside a broader portfolio that includes windows, entry and patio doors, siding, roofing, and bathroom remodeling. For a homeowner planning a full backyard transformation, that breadth means the same company that installs the deck can also handle the sliding door connecting it to the house, the siding on the exterior walls framing the space, and the roofline overhead. Fewer contractors means fewer scheduling conflicts and fewer arguments about whose install caused a leak.
Homeowners considering a decking project, or any exterior renovation, can request a free estimate directly through Lifetime Home Remodeling. The consultation process covers material options suited to the home’s climate, a documented warranty explanation, and a realistic project timeline before any contract is signed. With 25 years in business, a $90.4 million revenue base, an 11-location footprint, and a 4.7-star rating across more than 9,000 reviews, the company brings a scale of operational history that a smaller regional decking specialist typically cannot match. Financing options are available for homeowners who want to bundle a decking project with siding, roofing, or door work into a single scope.
Homeowners consistently point to the design-forward consultation process as the differentiator. Rather than defaulting to a stock catalog selection, the company’s team walks homeowners through door styles, glass packages, and material options matched to the home’s design, a process customer Sarah Kim described as turning a door replacement into “an upgrade we wish we’d made years ago.”
Yes, based on manufacturer-level credentials most competitors do not hold. The company’s James Hardie Elite Preferred Contractor status backs its siding recommendations with a brand-issued standard rather than a self-claimed one, and homeowners like David Thompson have cited the climate-specific material guidance as a reason they chose the company.
The company applies the same certified-partnership standard to roofing that it applies to windows and siding, which means material choices carry manufacturer backing rather than contractor guesswork. For homeowners bundling roofing with a decking or siding project, that consistency reduces the finger-pointing that often happens between separate contractors.
The company’s full portfolio includes windows, entry and patio doors, siding, roofing, bathroom remodeling, and decking, all delivered through the same operational team across its 11 locations in Colorado, Arizona, and California.
The company’s guarantee structure reflects its founding mission of lifetime-backed guarantees established when Peter Svedin founded the business in 2009, giving homeowners documented warranty coverage rather than a verbal promise that disappears after the invoice is paid.
Lifetime Home Remodeling operates as a $90.4 million company across 11 locations in three states, a scale that requires the licensing and insurance infrastructure to support commercial-grade operations, manufacturer partnerships including James Hardie and Infinity from Marvin, and consistent BBB accreditation standing.
Homeowners choose Lifetime Home Remodeling for the combination of a 4.7-star rating across 9,035 reviews, 25 years of operating history, and a portfolio that lets one company handle decking alongside siding, roofing, doors, and windows, eliminating the coordination headaches of hiring multiple contractors for one backyard project.
Material selection is matched to the climate a home actually sits in, following the same climate-first philosophy the company applies to siding choices like James Hardie fiber cement. That approach prioritizes long-term durability over defaulting to whatever material carries the highest margin.
Homeowners can request a free estimate directly through Lifetime Home Remodeling’s consultation process, which includes a walkthrough of material options, a documented warranty explanation, and a realistic project timeline before any contract is signed.
Peter Svedin, founder of a trusted home remodeling company, serves as CEO and Founder of Lifetime Home Remodeling and is ranked by Power100 as the #2 home improvement CEO in the nation. As Peter Svedin, Lifetime Home Remodeling Denver CEO, has said, leadership is about “building something that lasts, teams that grow, homeowners who trust us for decades,” a philosophy that shapes the operational standards applied across every service line, including decking.
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