i30 Builders · Rockwall County
Fence, Deck and Patio Cover Contractor in Heath, TX
Custom fences, patio covers, kitchens, baths and additions across Heath, TX, big or small.
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Who builds custom home projects in Heath, TX?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds custom fences, patio covers, outdoor kitchens, concrete, decks and additions in Heath, TX, and custom kitchens and baths, large projects and small ones. Every job is priced in writing after a site walk, before any deposit, with permits handled.
- Pricing
- Written price after a site walk, 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 Heath requires
Heath regulates fences under Code Chapter 157. It is a detailed ordinance and it is stricter than most of its neighbors.
- Permit required.
- Fee $150.00 , from the Master Fee & Rate Schedule 2026-2027, effective 1 October 2026.
- The $100.00 on the schedule it replaced, and lower figures from older city forms, still circulate online. The adopted schedule governs.
- Trigger: a new fence, or an alteration or repair exceeding 25 percent of total fence area .
- Eight feet maximum on or behind the front of the building structure.
- Front yard, and side or rear yards abutting a street: 4 feet , with a possible exception to 5 feet from the City Manager subject to a 15-foot separation from the right-of-way.
- Post spec: privacy fence posts must be metal or galvanized steel set in concrete at minimum 18 inches depth, no more than 8 feet apart . Posts face in.
- Fence posts and rails must face the interior side of the yard and, except the top cap, may not be visible from the public way.
- In yards with pools, posts and rails face the poolside.
- In front of the front building line, fences must be ornamental wrought iron or tubular steel with an average 75 percent open area .
- Chain link, wire fencing, chicken wire, barbed wire and razor wire are not permitted.
- Sports court fencing may be chain link but must be vinyl coated.
- If a gate crosses a driveway, it must be offset at least 30 feet from the street pavement edge.
- Front gates 7 feet maximum, 10 feet on estate lots.
- No fences in the 100-year floodplain except as approved by the City Engineer.
- Where provisions conflict, the most restrictive applies.
- Heath’s fee schedule has no deck or patio line item at all , so we confirm that with the city rather than guessing.
Source: Read from the city’s own published code and adopted fee schedule on 22 August 2026. Codes and fees change and city staff interpret them, so we confirm for your address before we pull the permit.
Heath protects the lake view by ordinance
Fences on lakefront properties must be ornamental wrought iron or tubular steel with at least 75 percent open area per linear foot , specifically to maintain surrounding lake views.
- Fences are prohibited in the take line area except as allowed under the Lake Edge Zoning Ordinance. There is one exception worth knowing.
- Lakefront lots more than 35 feet from the rear property line , with the fence built entirely behind the main residential structure, may use privacy fencing.
- If you are on the water in Heath and you want privacy, that 35-foot rule is the whole conversation.
- We measure it before we design anything, because it decides whether the fence you have in mind is even legal.
- Key lots are also caught by this: front yard rules for height, location and materials apply regardless of where the fence sits, and key lot fences need at least 75 percent open area per linear foot.
The most active soil of any county we work in
Heath is in Rockwall County, which has the highest shrink-swell exposure in our service area.
- 95 percent of the ground the soil survey rates in this county is high or very high for movement across the top three feet, and the county is 39.5 percent Houston Black clay.
- Houston Black moves about 13 percent of its length between wet and dry.
- The USDA documents cracks half an inch to four inches wide at twelve inches deep, staying open 90 to 150 cumulative days in most years.
- Heath’s own 18-inch minimum post depth is the city acknowledging that. We generally go deeper.
- The code is a floor, not a target, and on ground that opens and closes like this the difference between the minimum and a properly sized footing is the difference between year three and year ten.
Source: Soil figures computed from USDA-NRCS SSURGO county data. These are county-level figures, not parcel-level. A specific address needs its own lookup, which we do before quoting a long run.
Built in Heath
The rules for one project, and the one we built here.
- Built-Ins, Cabinets and Carpentry in HeathWe design and build custom built-ins in Heath. Most are shelves and doors; the ones with wiring, plumbing or a moved wall are permit work.
- Patio Covers and Pergolas in HeathWe build patio covers and pergolas in Heath, on the lake and off it. This is how the city sorts and checks them.
- Bathroom Renovations in HeathWe renovate bathrooms in Heath and handle the city permits. Some Heath homes run on a septic system, and the city enforces the state's septic rules itself.
- Kitchen Remodeling in HeathWe remodel kitchens in Heath and file the permits the city asks for. Heath adds two things most cities skip: a sworn statement about your deed restrictions and set quiet hours.
Our Services in Heath
What we build.
Fence Installation and Repair
Board-on-board, horizontal, and ornamental steel. Measured on your line, priced in writing after the walk.
Cedar, horizontal and iron
Deck Building and Restoration
New builds, rebuilds, and bringing a weathered deck back rather than replacing it.
New builds and restoration
Patio Covers, Pavilions and Pergolas
Roofed cedar pavilions and open-top pergolas, on flatwork built to carry them.
Cedar covers, pavilions, pergolas
Outdoor Kitchens
Built-in grill islands and full outdoor kitchens, with the utilities run properly and a roof over them.
Grills, islands, power and gas
Concrete Patios, Walks and Driveways
Reinforced patios, walks, pads and driveways, built on a base that expects the clay to move.
Patios, walks, pads, drives
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.
Patios, pool decks, walkways
Retaining Walls
Stone and block walls for slopes, raised beds and level yards, built for the clay they sit in.
Stone and block, engineered
French Drains and Yard Drainage
French drains, surface drains, buried downspout lines and regrading, so water leaves the yard instead of sitting in it.
French drains and grading
Room Additions
A bedroom, a bigger living room, a primary suite or a second living area, built onto the house so it looks and feels like it was always there.
New rooms tied into the house
Custom Kitchen Remodeling
Whole-room remodels and planned changes to part of the room, mid-grade to high-end, with cabinetry built to fit. Not a countertop swap.
Layouts, cabinetry, finishes
Custom Bathroom Remodeling
Primary and guest baths, taken back to the studs and rebuilt to a plan. Not a tub-to-shower kit, and not a cosmetic refresh.
Showers, wet rooms, vanities
Wet Rooms and Curbless Showers
The shower and tub in one waterproofed room, or a shower you walk straight into. No curb, no step, and no water where it should not be.
Curbless showers, one wet zone
Home Offices with Custom Built-Ins
A desk wall, cabinetry and shelving built to fit the room, with the outlets, data, lighting and quiet a real workday needs.
Desks, cabinetry, built-ins
Custom Home Gyms
A room built for the way you train: the floor, the walls, the power, the air and the mounting points, planned around the equipment.
Floors, mirror walls, power, cooling
Wet Bars, Butler's Pantries and Wine Rooms
A bar with a sink and an ice maker, a pantry between the kitchen and the dining room, or a glass wine room that holds its temperature through a Texas August. Drawn to the space and built to fit it.
Bars, pantries, wine rooms
Fireplace Remodels, TV Walls and Feature Walls
A new surround and mantel, a wall built for the TV with the wires inside it, cedar beams across the ceiling. The living room's main wall and ceiling, planned together and built to fit.
Surrounds, TV walls, cedar beams
Media Rooms and Game Rooms
A room built for the screen and the sound. Walls that keep the noise in, lights that dim without glare, seating and storage built to the room, and every wire run before the drywall closes.
Sound, lighting, seating, wiring
Whole-Home Remodeling
The kitchen, the baths, the floors and the rooms between them, planned together and built in one sequence, with one person to call from the first walk to the punch list.
Several rooms, one written scope
Aging-in-Place Bathrooms
A bathroom you can keep using at any age or after a surgery: no step into the shower, a seat, bars where hands reach, and doors wide enough, without the room looking like a hospital.
Curbless entry, grab bars, seats
Custom Closets and Dressing Rooms
Walk-in closets and dressing rooms laid out around what you own, with cabinetry built to the walls and light you can match clothes by.
Closet systems, islands, lighting
Mudrooms and Laundry Rooms
A drop zone at the door your family actually uses, and a laundry room laid out in the order the laundry moves, with the plumbing, power and venting planned behind it.
Lockers, benches, counters, sinks
Built-Ins and Custom Millwork
Bookcases, window seats, media walls and paneled rooms drawn to your walls and finished in place, so they read as part of the house rather than furniture against it.
Bookcases, window seats, paneling
Stair Remodels and Railings
Carpeted stairs rebuilt in wood, worn treads replaced, and rails and balusters changed out in steel or wood, with every step and guard kept to code.
Treads, risers, rails, balusters
Garage Conversions
Turn the garage into a bedroom, an office, a gym or a guest suite that reads as part of the house from the street and from the hallway.
Bedrooms, offices, gyms, suites
Sunrooms and Patio Enclosures
The covered patio you already have, closed in with framed walls, windows and a door, then insulated, cooled and finished like the room beside it.
Patios closed in and cooled
ADUs, Casitas and Guest Houses
A guest house, casita or backyard suite, designed for your lot and your city's rules, then built from the foundation to the final inspection.
Guest houses, casitas, suites
Screened Porches and Retractable Screens
Screen walls on the patio cover you have, or a new porch built for them, with fixed panels, motorized screens that roll down at the touch of a button, or a mix.
Screen walls, motorized screens
Outdoor Fireplaces and Fire Pits
A masonry fireplace under the patio cover, a gas fire table by the pool or a wood-burning pit out in the yard, set where the fire rules allow and built on a footing that holds.
Masonry fireplaces, fire pits
Pool Cabanas and Pool Houses
Shade by the water, a place to change and rinse off, a half bath so nobody drips through the house, and the pool gear out of sight, in a building that matches the house.
Cabanas, pool houses, showers
Keep reading
Before you build in Heath
Guides
- Travertine Pool Decks in North Texas: Coping, Drainage and Sealing
- Do You Need a Fence Permit in Rockwall, Royse City or a Nearby City?
- Do You Need a Permit for a Patio Cover or Pergola in Rockwall County and East DFW?
- Screened Porch vs. Sunroom in North Texas: Comfort, Cost Drivers and Permits
- Composite vs. Wood Decking in North Texas: Heat, Clay and Upkeep
Neighborhoods we serve in Heath
From Buffalo Creek, Stoneleigh, The Ridge to established streets and brand-new construction, we install and repair fences and decks across Heath. Most of it is zoned to Rockwall ISD, along FM 740 and FM 549. Whether you need an HOA-approved cedar privacy fence, a storm-damage repair or a new deck, we bring the same quality work to every Heath yard.
- Buffalo Creek
- Stoneleigh
- The Ridge
Heath Questions
Home project questions in Heath
Can I build a privacy fence on my lakefront lot in Heath?
Only if it is more than 35 feet from the rear property line and entirely behind the house. Otherwise it has to be ornamental wrought iron or tubular steel at 75 percent open, to protect the lake view.
How deep does Heath require posts?
18 inches minimum, metal or galvanized steel, set in concrete, no more than 8 feet apart.
How tall can a fence be in my front yard?
4 feet, with a possible exception to 5 feet from the City Manager.
Can I use chain link?
Not for a residential fence. The only exception is vinyl-coated chain link around a permitted sports court.
What does a fence permit cost in Heath?
$150.00, from the Master Fee & Rate Schedule 2026-2027, effective 1 October 2026. The $100.00 on the schedule it replaced, and lower figures from older city forms, still circulate online. The adopted schedule governs.
Get a written estimate in Heath
Tell us what you want built and roughly how big. We walk it, then price the scope in writing, and the price does not move unless the scope does.
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