How hard is it to build a deck(basic deck)? The contractor i'm working with said he will show me and he knows i will pick it up fast with my carpentry experience. Besides all his cabinets and trim,he wants me to do decks and framing. He basically wants me full time. I think i can learn fast but i haven't even seen one being built. OK actually i did help my wife's uncle with an extention and it was easy. the guy who built his big deck wanted $7000 for the small one so her uncle laughed and we built it ourselfs.. lol did i just answer my own question? I forgot about that one