i30 Builders · Collin County
Fence, Deck and Patio Cover Contractor in Murphy, TX
Fences, decks, patio covers and additions across Murphy, TX.
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Who builds fences, decks and patio covers in Murphy, TX?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds fences, decks, patio covers, outdoor kitchens, concrete and additions in Murphy, 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 Murphy requires
Murphy regulates fences under Section 26.03.003 of its code of ordinances, and it is one of the few cities around here that writes post depth into the law.
- A permit is required for every fence.
- Repairs need one too once you replace 15 linear feet or more, or five or more posts, and a repair has to use comparable materials in a comparable color.
- The residential fence permit is $100.00 under the Appendix A fee schedule, and the fee doubles if work starts without one.
- When the fence is finished it is inspected before the city accepts it.
- Contractors register with the city, $100.00 a year for a general contractor.
- Post depth by fence height: three feet for a fence eight feet or taller, two feet for a six foot fence, and 18 inches for four feet or lower.
- Eight feet maximum on residential property, measured from the applicant’s side.
- No fence in the required front yard at all unless the lot is an acre and a half or larger, and there it is four feet and at least 50 percent open.
- Where a privacy fence faces a street, the posts go on the inside.
- Not allowed: barbed or razor wire, chicken wire, hog wire and similar welded or woven wire (chain link is fine), used materials, electric fences, galvanized sheet metal, corrugated metal or fiberglass, and anything not rated for outdoor exposure.
- If the fence is wood, every wood element, posts included, must be pressure treated with ACQ, copper azole or MCQ, or be untreated cedar or redwood.
- Two fences may not run back to back closer than five feet apart.
- Fences have to stand up to a 70 mile per hour wind and may not lean more than 20 degrees, and masonry columns over four feet need an engineer’s stamped design.
- Easements are where the expensive surprises are: no fence goes in any easement without prior written approval from the agencies that hold it, and inside a utility, surface drainage or maintenance easement the fence has to be ornamental iron with removable sections, its bars three to 3-15/16 inches on center and two inches clear of grade.
- Nothing may be attached to a subdivision’s masonry screening wall.
Source: Read from the city’s own code of ordinances, fee schedule and permit handouts on 8 October 2026. Codes and fees change and city staff interpret them, so we confirm for your address before we pull the permit.
Decks, arbors and patio covers
Murphy builds to the 2021 International Residential Code, in force since 1 March 2024, with local amendments that strip out most of the model code’s permit exemptions.
- Decks are on the city’s list of projects that need a permit, and the amendments drop the small-deck exemption, so in Murphy every deck is permitted work.
- The deck permit is $100.00, and the plan has to show the deck’s dimensions, height, stairs and means of support, its materials, and the size and spacing of every post, joist and girder.
- Arbors, gazebos, patio covers and pergolas need a permit too, $100.00 under the fee schedule’s arbor and patio cover line.
- A freestanding arbor, gazebo or pergola stays at least five feet from the side and rear lot lines, and no accessory building goes in a dedicated easement.
- Attach one to the house and it has to meet the house’s own setbacks instead, which in the SF-11 district, for example, means a 20 foot rear yard.
- Lot coverage counts both: SF-11 caps the house and accessory buildings together at 35 percent of the lot.
- For an arbor, pergola or gazebo the city asks for two site plans, a foundation or pier plan, a roof framing plan, elevations and a typical cross section.
- Accessory buildings run in three tiers: up to 120 square feet, five feet off the side and rear lines and 12 feet tall at most; up to 500 square feet, five feet and 16 feet; over 500, ten feet and 24 feet.
- In Windy Hill Farms phases 2, 3, 4 and 6 and in Rolling Ridge Estates, an accessory building also needs a brick or stone exterior of at least 75 percent.
- Retaining walls must be stone, brick or other masonry, and anything over four feet has to be designed and sealed by a Texas registered engineer.
- The HOA is a separate approval again: Murphy’s code says a fence permit does not constitute or supersede it, and the city tells every applicant to check deed restrictions and covenants before building.
Two thirds of Murphy is Houston Black
Murphy sits in southeastern Collin County, and clipped to its city limits the USDA soil survey puts about 68 percent of the city on Houston Black clay, the Texas state soil, with Heiden clay adding another 13 percent.
- Of the ground the survey rates, 88 percent is high or very high for shrink-swell across the top three feet, and 84 percent sits in the very high band.
- That is higher than Collin County as a whole, which comes out at 74 percent on the same method, and higher than Plano next door at 68.
- The USDA describes Houston Black as very deep and very slowly permeable, and when it dries it opens cracks half an inch to four inches wide that reach 12 inches deep or more and stay open 90 to 150 cumulative days in most years.
- Murphy’s code sets post depth by fence height, two feet for a six foot fence, and on ground this active we treat that as the floor it is rather than the target.
Source: Soil figures computed by us from USDA-NRCS SSURGO map units clipped to the city limits, rated by linear extensibility over the top 36 inches, the method that returns the 74 percent this site publishes for Collin County; 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 Murphy
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
Neighborhoods we serve in Murphy
From Maxwell Creek North, The Timbers and The Ranch to Hunters Landing, Rolling Ridge Estates and Windy Hill Farms, we build fences, decks and patio covers across Murphy, which the city describes as sitting midway between Plano and Wylie on FM 544. Murphy is split between Plano ISD and Wylie ISD. The city keeps a map of its HOAs, and its fence code says plainly that a permit does not stand in for HOA approval.
- Maxwell Creek North
- The Timbers
- The Ranch
- Hunters Landing
- Glen Ridge Estates
- Rolling Ridge Estates
- Windy Hill Farms
- The Aviary
- Daniel Crossing
- Murphy Farms
Murphy Questions
Home project questions in Murphy
How deep do fence posts have to go in Murphy?
It depends on the height, and it is in the ordinance: 18 inches for a fence four feet or lower, two feet for a six foot fence, and three feet for a fence eight feet or taller.
When does a fence repair need a permit in Murphy?
When you replace 15 linear feet or more, or five or more posts. The repair also has to match the rest of the fence in material and color. The residential fence permit is $100.00.
What kind of wood does Murphy allow in a fence?
Wood pressure treated with ACQ, copper azole or MCQ, or untreated cedar or redwood. The rule covers every wood element of the fence, posts included.
Do I need a permit for a small deck in Murphy?
Yes. Murphy’s amendments to the residential code drop the small-deck exemption, and decks are on the city’s list of work that needs a permit. The deck permit is $100.00.
Can I fence my front yard?
Only on a lot of an acre and a half or more, and then no taller than four feet and at least half open. On a standard lot the required front yard stays unfenced.
My back yard has a utility easement. Can it be fenced?
Only with written approval from whoever holds the easement, and then in ornamental iron with removable sections. A wood privacy fence does not go in a Murphy utility or drainage easement.
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