Houston Patio Cover Installation, Engineered and Permitted
A patio cover is the difference between a terrace you look at and one you sit on. Attached to the house with the roofline tied in, flashed, and drained, it reads as part of the building rather than as something added to the back of it.
What’s included in the work.
Every project has the same core scope, adapted to the specific property and program.
- 01
Structure & Footings
Post footings, beams, and rafters sized for the span, with the attachment to the house detailed and flashed.
- 02
Roof & Drainage
Solid roof decked and finished to shed water, with gutters and downspouts taken to a drainage point rather than onto the paving.
- 03
Ceilings & Finishes
Tongue-and-groove, stained timber, or panelled ceilings, with columns wrapped in stone, stucco, or cedar to match the house.
- 04
Electrical & Fans
Ceiling fans, recessed and pendant lighting, switching, and outlets rough-wired before the ceiling closes up.
- 05
Screens & Shade
Motorised or fixed screens, side panels, and shades for the yards where sun or mosquitoes decide when the space gets used.
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Permitting & Inspection
Drawings, permits, and inspections handled where the structure and the jurisdiction require them.
Everything you see.
Everything you don’t.
What separates a landscape that lasts from one that fails in two summers is the work you never see — grade, drainage, soil preparation, and compacted base. On Houston clay, that is most of the job.
And what you do see — the joint lines, the bed edges, the level of a terrace against the house — we hold to the same standard.
Roughly what it costs.
The range below is what work of this kind typically runs in Houston, so you can place yourself in it before you call. It is a starting point, not a quote — every project is scoped to the specific property, program, and material selections.
We confirm a clear investment range in the initial consultation and issue a detailed proposal after the design phase.
- Covered area, span, and how far apart the posts can sit
- How the roof ties into the house, and where the gutters discharge
- Ceiling and column finishes — timber, panelling, stone, or stucco
- Fans, recessed and pendant lighting, heaters, and outlets
- Engineering, permitting, and inspection where the structure requires it
$18,000 – $65,000
Most projects of this type
- At the lower end
- A straightforward attached cover over an existing terrace, decked, finished, and lit.
- At the upper end
- A wide cover tied into the roofline with a stained tongue-and-groove ceiling, stone-wrapped columns, fans, recessed lighting, and motorised screens.
A range, not a quote. Your figure depends on square footage, materials, how much grading and drainage the site needs, and equipment access.
Patio Covers we have built.
Frames from completed projects across Houston. Every photograph is our own work — follow any of them through to the project it came from.
Work that goes with this.
Most projects combine several of these, and doing them together costs less than doing them one at a time.
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Written about this work.
What we have published on it — what it costs, what it is like to live with, and how it is put together.
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