Our Washington DC Southern Maryland suburban area corporation is comprised of two divisions: Better than Wood and Set in Stone.  We can provide the complete outdoor maintenance-free living area for existing homes and businesses, completed during new construction or as part of remodeling.

Better than Wood and Set in Stone provide maintenance-free decks, fencing, stairways, stair rails, railing, boulders, interlocking concrete, stone, brick or flagstone pavers for driveways, patios, pool decks, walkways, sidewalks, masonry, stonework, fire pits, fireplaces, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, waterfalls, ponds or pools. We service all of Prince Georges County, Montgomery County, Charles County, St. Mary’s County, and Calvert County Maryland.

Why Choose Us?

• Our commitment to customer service - from the FREE consultative estimate to the design process, installation and final walk through, our professional staff will see to it that you are a satisfied customer.
  
  
• Our precise design and fabrication computer software - which improves the construction process and reduces installation time and errors.
  
  
• Our workmanship - our highly skilled craftsmen fabricate your project in our facility using modern equipment and software technologies, and offer a 5 year workmanship guarantee.
  
  
• Our product mix - high quality maintenance-free products with the best weather ability, durability, and structural integrity.  The vinyl railing and fencing are industrial commercial grade with a limited lifetime warranty.  Our deck flooring material is backed by a 20-year limited warranty which is the best in the industry.  Our paver manufacturers offer a lifetime product warranty.

Better than Wood

The Better than Wood division is a Maryland commercial, builder, residential landscape design consultant installation contractor of maintenance-free vinyl decks, fencing, stairways, stair rails, support porch poles and railing.

Whether you are building a new deck on a new or existing home, replacing wooden porch poles and railings, or replacing wooden fences with maintenance-free vinyl, this will give the following advantages:

• Attractive brush grain appearance
  
• Super Durability: no rotting, splintering, cracking or warping
  
• 3 fade resistant colors: Mahogany, Cedar and Driftwood
  
• Custom built vinyl railing
  
• Posts & railing made of rigid PVC reinforced with aluminum
  
• Maintenance-free products without annual painting or sealing
  
• Guaranteed not to yellow over time from sun, rain or snow
  
• Safe for children & environmentally responsible
  
• Fencing with styles of: privacy, picket ranch or ornamental

To set up a FREE consultation estimate for decks, fencing or porches,
call Better than Wood Toll Free 866-318-9663 or in the Maryland area: 301-856-4200 or Email

Set in Stone

Set in Stone is a Southern Maryland, Prince Georges County commercial, builder, residential design consultant installation contractor of interlocking concrete, stone, brick, flagstone, pavers for driveways, patios, pool decks, walkways, sidewalks, masonry and stonework, flagstone, boulders, fire pits, fireplaces, retaining walls, outdoor kitchens, waterfalls, ponds, pools featuring EP Henry and Belgard products.

Set in Stone has a solid foundation in outdoor decoration.  Whether it is a paver patio, walkway, sidewalk, stairway, driveway, retaining wall, garden wall, curbing or mail box your hardscape landscape project is a value adding complement to your home, lifestyle and outdoor living space.

Design - Our highly skilled creative experienced design team will help you become the dream home of the neighborhood for the years to come.  With your input we will create a design based on the space allocated, your ideas and requests.  Proper drainage and environmental factors will always influence design.  These factors will allow our designers to transform your dream into reality.

Installation - Our highly skilled craftsman and certified installers use the guidelines and techniques set forth by ICPI,  the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute for installation.  Every project includes all the following for a long lasting hardscape project:

• Professional installation
  
• Reinforced edging to prevent shifting
  
• Proper foundation for project specifications
  
• Optional sealant to minimize weed growth and loss of joint stabilizing sand

Interlocking Pavers - It is the installation procedure that makes them interlocking pavers, not necessarily the shape.  The combination of the pavers, bedding sand, edge restraint, and joint sand causes them to interlock.  This allows them to work as a unified, flexible pavement.  When properly installed by our ICPI installers, your paver project will look incredible for years to come.   Some features of our products from manufacturers such as EP Henry and Belgard include:

• Non-skid
  
• Stain resistant
  
• No cracking
  
• No shifting
  
• No chipping
  
• Resists deterioration from freeze-thaw cycles

Some project possibilities

• Concrete paver brick stone flagstone paver driveways & patios 
  
• Outdoor kitchens, fireplaces or fire pits
  
• Brick or stone patios,
  
• Garden patios or garden walls
  
• Seat walls
  
• Pool decks
  
• Stonework
  
• Retaining walls
  
• Erosion control
  
• Soil stabilization
  
• Outdoor structures
  
• Drainage solutions
  
• Ground cover
  
• Waterfalls, ponds & pools

To set up a FREE consultation estimate for decks, fencing or porches, Click Here.

To set up a FREE consultation estimate for an interlocking paver patio, walkway, stairs or driveway, Click Here.

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