Trex Specialist of the Year
Owner: Edward Pacylowski Location: Highland, MD. Year Founded: 1974 Website: probuiltconstruction.com Instagram: @probuiltconstructioninc
ProBuilt Construction Q. How did ProBuilt Construction get its start? A. After serving in the Army, I opened my own construction business in 1974. My brother taught me all about construction. We had a great thing going. His company would precut and sell deck “kits,” and I would assemble these kits for homeowners. One day, we built a 10’x10’ pressure-treated wood deck off of the back of a townhome that was under construction. At the end of the day, the builder stopped by and said, “I can’t believe you built this in a day! How would you like to build 500 of these?” That is how ProBuilt Construction got its start building decks on our own.
Edward Pacylowski
44 | Deck Specialist | July/August 2023
Facebook.com: ProbuiltConstruction Specialty: Composite decking Q. How did Trex become a primary vendor? A. I clearly remember building my first Trex deck in 2000 in Ellicott City, MD. ProBuilt was the deck subcontractor for a local home builder, and this builder was working on a brand-new 55+ single-level duplex community called Turf Valley. Back then, the majority of my work was for home builders. I proposed to put Trex on the model home, but the home builder wanted to stick with wood. Trex was a new product on the market. I thought this would be a good option for this community. However, the builder was okay allowing us to offer the Trex as an upgrade to homeowners, which I did—to the home directly adjoining the model home that had its own wood deck. While the model did not have a Trex deck, the adjoining neighbor did, and every person who went to the model walked out onto the model deck made of wood, saw the neighbor’s brand new Trex deck and said, “What is that? I want that!” Every deck in that community was eventually built with Trex decking, and from then on, the builder spec’d Trex for all their communities. In 2002, I remember the day the rep stopped by to hand deliver me my first TrexPro Contractor card, telling me ProBuilt was going to be one of the original builders to be part of this program. In 2022, ProBuilt was recognized by Trex at an awards ceremony because we have worked with Trex for over 20 years, something we are very proud of.