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Collin County · Texas
Pergolas & Covered Patios in Plano
Established homes, mature trees, and clay that moves.
Building in Plano
Plano is a mature suburb now, and that changes the work. The homes in Willow Bend, Deerfield and Whiffletree went up in the late 1970s through the 1990s, the trees have filled in, and a lot of what we are asked to do here is replace something that was built thirty years ago and has finally given up.
Neighborhoods we work in
- Willow Bend
- Deerfield
- Kings Ridge
- Whiffletree
- Prestonwood
- Legacy West
- Los Rios
Blackland clay is not a detail — it is the whole footing plan
Plano sits squarely on Blackland Prairie clay, and that soil is genuinely expansive. It swells when it rains and shrinks hard in an August drought, and the vertical movement over a season is enough to lift and drop a shallow footing noticeably. It is the reason so many older Plano patio covers have posts that are visibly out of plumb.
We drill deeper piers here than we would out west, and we size them for the soil rather than for habit. It costs a bit more in drilling. It is the difference between a structure that is still square in fifteen years and one that racks and starts pulling at its connections after four wet-dry cycles.
Tearing out what the 1990s left behind
A big share of our Plano work is replacement. Somebody put in an aluminum awning or a light-framed patio cover in 1996, the finish has chalked out, the posts have moved with the soil, and the fascia behind it has rot. We take it down, look at what is actually behind it, and build something that will outlast the next owner.
The same goes for decks. If your Plano deck is from the original build and the ledger is nailed rather than bolted and flashed, we will look at it for free and tell you honestly whether it is safe to stand on.
HOA architectural review, done properly the first time
Plano HOAs are organized and they are thorough. Most of the established neighborhoods require architectural committee approval before a permit, with elevations, a site plan, material specifications and stain color submitted in a packet.
We put that packet together as part of the job. Getting it right on the first submission is worth weeks — a rejected application in a committee that meets monthly can cost you an entire building season.
What We Build
Services in Plano
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Selected Work
Projects near Plano
Our Process
How a Plano project goes
No mystery, no moving target. Here is exactly what happens from the first phone call to the last sweep of the driveway.
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We walk your yard
Nathan comes out, looks at the space, and asks what you actually want to do out there. Where the sun lands at four in the afternoon, where the gas and power are, what the HOA will allow. No sales pitch, no pressure, no charge.
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A real design, not a guess
You get a drawing with dimensions, material specs and stain colors — enough to see it before it exists and enough to hand to an HOA architectural committee.
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One number, in writing
An itemized, fixed bid. Everything that is included is on the page. If something genuinely changes, we tell you before we do it, not after. No change-order games.
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Permits and inspections
We pull the city permit, schedule the inspections, and handle the HOA submittal packet. You do not chase paperwork.
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We build it and we clean up
A start date you can plan around, a crew that shows up when we say, and a site that gets swept every evening. When we hand it over, it is finished — stained, sealed, and ready.
Common Questions
Building in Plano
Do you build pergolas and patio covers in Plano?
Yes — Plano is part of our regular service area and we work in Willow Bend, Deerfield, Kings Ridge and throughout Collin County. We build custom pergolas, covered patios, pavilions, outdoor kitchens and decks, and we pull the city permit as part of every job.
How much does a pergola or covered patio cost in Plano?
It depends on footprint, roof complexity, ceiling finish and site access — the honest range is wide enough that a number on a web page would be misleading. We walk the space and give you one fixed, itemized bid in writing at no charge.
Do you handle permits and HOA approval in Plano?
Yes. We pull the city permit, schedule inspections, and assemble the HOA architectural submittal packet — elevations, scaled site plan, material specifications and stain color — as part of the project.
Free Estimates
Let’s talk about your Plano backyard.
Nathan will walk your yard, talk through what will actually work, and give you a written number. It costs nothing and there is no obligation on the other side of it.