i30 Builders · Dallas County
Fence, Deck and Patio Cover Contractor in Dallas, TX
Fences, decks, patio covers and additions across Dallas, TX.
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Who builds fences, decks and patio covers in Dallas, TX?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds fences, decks, patio covers, outdoor kitchens, concrete and additions in Dallas, TX, and high-end kitchens and baths. Work is priced from published rates where they exist, written into a scope before any deposit, with permits handled.
- Pricing
- Published rates, written scope before any deposit
- Permits
- Handled by us
- Warranty
- One-year workmanship warranty, in writing
- Insurance
- $1M GL + $1M Umbrella, certificate on request
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The Work
Fences, decks and patio covers.
What the City of Dallas requires
Dallas regulates fences under Section 51A-4.602 of the Dallas Development Code, rewritten by Ordinance 30198 in September 2016.
- No fence in a required yard may stand more than nine feet above grade.
- In the residential districts other than multifamily, a fence in the required front yard stops at four feet, unless that front yard is governed by the side or rear yard rules.
- In single family districts, a fence panel that is less than 50 percent open has to sit at least five feet back from the front lot line. Retaining walls are exempt from that.
- In the front yard of a single family or duplex lot the height is measured on both sides of the fence and the greater one counts, and fill that steepens the grade counts as fence.
- Side and rear fences are measured from the ground inside.
- Prohibited materials: sheet metal, corrugated metal, fiberglass panels, plywood, and plastic other than preformed fence pickets and panels at least seven eighths of an inch thick.
- Barbed wire and razor ribbon are out in every residential district except agricultural.
- No fence in an easement without prior written approval from the agencies that hold it.
- Every fence has to leave firefighting access to the side and rear yard.
- The Board of Adjustment can grant a special exception to any of it.
- The city's fence and pool barrier checklist sets the permit line.
- A permit is needed for a fence over four feet in a front yard, over six feet anywhere else, and for any pool barrier fence.
- Over nine feet, a fence needs Board of Adjustment approval for a setback, a building permit and an engineer's seal.
- A conservation district needs its own work permit for a fence, and planned developments and historic districts may set their own fence rules.
Source: Read from Ordinance 30198 as the city publishes it, the current text of Section 51A-4.602, and the fence and pool barrier permit checklist the city links from its residential permits page, on 11 October 2026. Codes and fees change and city staff interpret them, so we confirm for your address before we pull the permit.
Decks, patio covers and the zoning on your lot
Dallas builds homes to its One- to Eight-Family Dwelling Code, the 2021 International Residential Code with local changes, adopted by Ordinance 32424 in 2023 and renamed by Ordinance 33099 in 2025.
- The city writes its permit exemptions into Chapter 52 as defenses to prosecution.
- For a deck, the defense covers a platform or deck on a single family or duplex lot of no more than 200 square feet, no more than 30 inches above grade at any point, not attached to the house, not serving the required exit door, and clear of the overhead service drop. Miss any one and it needs a permit.
- For a detached structure accessory to a house, Section 51A-4.403 waives the full rear yard setback when the structure is no taller than 15 feet.
- It then sits three feet off a rear line that backs onto an alley, and needs no rear setback where there is no alley.
- Section 51A-4.402 can waive the side yard setback for an accessory structure of 15 feet or less as well, under conditions we check against the code for your lot.
- Before a building permit, an exterior project in a conservation district needs a CD Work Review Form, and one in a historic overlay needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Landmark Commission.
- Dallas issues permits only to registered contractors.
The ground under a Dallas fence
Clipped to the city limits, 90 percent of Dallas's mapped soil falls in the Dallas County soil survey, with smaller slivers in the Kaufman and Rockwall, Collin and Denton surveys.
- The USDA leaves 44 percent of it unrated, mostly Urban land under pavement and buildings and the water of the city's lakes.
- Of the ground the survey does rate, 55 percent is high or very high for shrink-swell across the top three feet, and 35 percent is very high.
- That is the lowest of any city page on this site, and much of the difference is chalk.
- Austin, Eddy and Stephen together cover about 18 percent of the city.
- Eddy is the extreme: chalky limestone 3 to 14 inches down in the USDA's description, where a post hole is a rock hole.
- Houston Black still covers about 8 percent, much of it mapped as a complex with Urban land, and Trinity flood plain clay another 7 percent.
- So two lots a mile apart in Dallas can need two different footings, and we look up the soil for the address before we quote.
Source: Soil figures computed by us from USDA-NRCS SSURGO map units clipped to the Census city boundary and rated by linear extensibility over the top 36 inches; these are city-level figures, not parcel-level. A specific address needs its own lookup, which we do before quoting a long run.
Our Services in Dallas
What we build.
Fence Installation and Repair
Board-on-board, horizontal, and ornamental steel. Priced by the foot, quoted on the run.
From $40/LF
Deck Building and Restoration
New builds, rebuilds, and bringing a weathered deck back rather than replacing it.
Quoted from the walk
Patio Covers, Pavilions and Pergolas
Roofed cedar pavilions and open-top pergolas, on flatwork built to carry them.
Covers from $22,200
Outdoor Kitchens
Built-in grill islands and full outdoor kitchens, with the utilities run properly and a roof over them.
Quoted from the walk
Concrete Patios, Walks and Driveways
Reinforced patios, walks, pads and driveways, built on a base that expects the clay to move.
From $19/SF
Travertine Patios, Walkways and Pool Decks
French pattern and straight lay, patios, walkways, steps and pool decks, set on a base built to hold them.
Last courtyard $8,500
Retaining Walls
Stone and block walls for slopes, raised beds and level yards, built for the clay they sit in.
Quoted from the walk
French Drains and Yard Drainage
French drains, surface drains, buried downspout lines and regrading, so water leaves the yard instead of sitting in it.
Quoted from the walk
Room Additions, Sunrooms and Garage Conversions
Closing in a covered patio as a sunroom, converting a garage, screening a porch, or building from the slab up to a Certificate of Occupancy.
From $95/SF
High-End Kitchen Remodeling
Whole-room remodels, taken back to the studs where the plan needs it. Not refacing, and not a countertop swap.
Quoted on the plan
High-End Bathroom Remodeling
Primary baths, taken back to the studs and rebuilt. Not a tub-to-shower kit, and not a cosmetic refresh.
Quoted on the plan
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Before you build in Dallas
Guides
Neighborhoods we serve in Dallas
From Lake Highlands and Preston Hollow to Lakewood, Kessler Park, the M Streets, Winnetka Heights and Junius Heights, we build fences, decks, patio covers and travertine across Dallas. Much of the older city sits in conservation districts, historic districts or planned developments, and each can carry its own fence and exterior rules on top of the base code, so we check the zoning on your lot before anything else. HOA rules, where a neighborhood has them, are a separate approval again.
- Lake Highlands
- Preston Hollow
- Lakewood
- Kessler Park
- M Streets
- Winnetka Heights
- Junius Heights
Dallas Questions
Home project questions in Dallas
How tall can my front yard fence be in Dallas?
Four feet in the required front yard of a single family or duplex lot. A panel that is less than half open also has to sit five feet back from the front lot line.
When does a fence need a permit in Dallas?
Over four feet in a front yard, over six feet anywhere else, and any pool barrier fence. Over nine feet it also needs Board of Adjustment approval, a building permit and an engineer's seal.
Can I use vinyl fencing in Dallas?
Preformed plastic pickets and fence panels at least seven eighths of an inch thick are allowed. Other plastic, plywood, fiberglass panels, sheet metal and corrugated metal are not.
Does a small deck need a permit in Dallas?
Not if it is 200 square feet or less, no more than 30 inches above grade, freestanding, not serving the exit door and clear of the overhead service drop. Miss any one of those and it needs a permit.
I live in a conservation district. Is anything different?
Yes. A fence needs a conservation district work permit, and other exterior work needs a CD Work Review Form before the building permit. Your district's own ordinance can also set fence rules the base code does not.
Have you built in Dallas?
Yes. We laid about 470 SF of travertine pavers in a French pattern across a back courtyard in Dallas.
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