Traverse City & Northern Michigan

Finally Enjoy Your Backyard — All Season Long

Custom decks, pavilions, home remodels and Fenetex motorized screens — fully designed, permitted, and built for Northern Michigan homes by one trusted family.

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Fenetex Certified

TimberTech Pro

NAHB Member

Enduria Structure

The Northern Michigan Paradox

Does Mother nature Spend More Time on you patio than you do?

You get 90 days. That's the honest math of a Northern Michigan summer — Memorial Day to Labor Day, and even those months come with no guarantees. A cold snap in June. A week of rain in July. The bugs arriving right on cue in August.

So you go inside. You tell yourself you'll use the patio more this weekend. And somehow, another season passes — watched mostly through a window.

The problem isn't your love for the outdoors. The problem is that your outdoor space was built for a climate that doesn't exist here. No shade when the afternoon sun hits. No protection when the skies open up. No defense against the mosquitoes that show up to every dinner uninvited.

The right structure changes all of it. Rain becomes atmosphere. Bugs become irrelevant. October — yes, October — becomes a month you spend outside. We build outdoor spaces engineered specifically for Northern Michigan weather, so you stop watching summer go by and start actually living in it.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE WORK

The Right Contractor Makes All the Difference. Especially Up Here.

Northern Michigan isn't a forgiving climate. The materials matter. The details matter. And the person you hire — the one whose name is on the truck — matters more than anything.

WHAT THE WRONG CONTRACTOR COSTS YOU

A Beautiful Deck in Year One. A Problem by Year Three.

Materials that weren't built for this climate. Wood that warps and splits in freeze-thaw cycles. Fasteners that rust. A deck that looked great in the photos and costs you every spring.

A crew that shows up — then disappears. Missed days, vague timelines, no one answering the phone when you have a question. You're left guessing how your own project is going.

Someone who doesn't know the region. A contractor from downstate doesn't know what Torch Lake humidity does to untreated wood, or how much snow load your timber-framed pavilion needs to handle in January.

No one to call when something goes wrong. No local accountability. No warranty you can actually enforce. Just a number that goes to voicemail.

WHAT WORKING WITH YODERS LOOKS LIKE

Built for Northern Michigan. Backed for the Long Run.

Materials spec'd for our climate. TimberTech AZEK composite withstands freeze-thaw without cracking. Aluminum handles snow loads. Fenetex screens are welded — not sewn — so bugs can't get through.

You know where we are every day. We use JobTread to keep you updated in real time — photos, progress notes, what's coming next. You're never left wondering.

We live here. Michael has been building in Northern Michigan for over 20 years. He knows the terrain, the weather patterns, and the building codes because this is his home too.

15 minutes away, for the life of your project. We're not a national chain with a local number. If something needs attention — a year from now, five years from now — we're here.

MEET YOUR CONTRACTOR

You'll Know Us By Name — Because That's How We Work.

When you call YodersUpNorth, you're not talking to a call center. Michael Yoder leads every consultation, oversees every build, and shows up at the final walkthrough. Joanna manages operations and client communication — so when you reach out, you reach a person who knows your project.

Michael grew up in an Amish community where craftsmanship wasn't a selling point — it was a standard. Cutting corners wasn't unprofessional. It was unthinkable. That's the standard he brought to Traverse City, and it's the standard behind every project Yoders builds.

We're not a franchise. We're not a national chain with a local number. We're the Yoder family. We're based in Traverse City, and this is our community too.