i30 Builders · Residential
Fence, Deck and Patio Cover Contractor in Rockwall County, TX
Custom fences, patio covers, kitchens, baths and additions across Rockwall County, TX, big or small.
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Who builds custom home projects across Rockwall County, TX?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds custom fences, patio covers, outdoor kitchens, concrete, decks and additions across Rockwall County, 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 county itself requires
Rockwall County does not permit fences on unincorporated land. Its own subdivision regulations specifically exclude “customary fences” from the definition of a structure.
- But there are three county-level requirements that do apply, and one of them applies to us rather than to you. Contractor registration.
- Every contractor working in Rockwall County must register with the county and show a Texas state license and driver’s license. We are registered. Floodplain permit.
- Any construction or development within a mapped floodplain or Area of Special Flood Hazard needs a county permit. A fence in a floodplain triggers this. Residential construction notice.
- Required for new residential construction and expansion.
- The county is explicit that this is a notice, not a permit, and does not constitute approval.
- Rules and fees change, so we confirm for your address before we pull anything.
Source: Read from published county and city documents on 22 August 2026.
City by city, and they are not the same
We have read four of this county’s fence ordinances end to end, and the fee alone ranges from $75 to $250.
- Royse City is our home city and has its own page. City Fence permit Royse City: our home city.
- We pull permits here constantly and confirm the current fee at the counter Confirmed per job Rockwall: cedar required, no paint, no new chain link, pickets face out.
- A permit is needed for larger repairs too $75 Fate: metal posts required on all residential fences.
- Screening fences are usually HOA property $75 Heath: lakefront fences must be 75% open to protect lake views.
- 18 in. minimum post depth $150 McLendon-Chisholm: highest in the area.
- Chain link and barbed wire still permitted $250 Read from each city’s published code and adopted fee schedule on 22 August 2026.
- Heath’s $150.00 comes from its Master Fee & Rate Schedule 2026-2027, effective 1 October 2026; the $100.00 before it, and lower figures from older city forms, still circulate online.
- Fees change, so we confirm for your address before we pull the permit.
- Full detail for every city we cover, including post specs and material rules, is in our city-by-city permit guide .
The soil, which is the real story here
Rockwall County has the highest shrink-swell exposure of any county we work in. 95 percent of the ground the soil survey rates in this county is high or very high for soil movement across the top three feet, which is exactly the depth a fence post occupies.
- The county is 39.5 percent Houston Black clay, the Texas state soil.
- The USDA measures it moving about 13 percent of its length between wet and dry, and documents cracks half an inch to four inches wide at twelve inches deep that stay open 90 to 150 cumulative days in most years.
- For comparison, Kaufman County comes out at 74 percent high or very high and Hunt County at 89 percent, and both of those have a sandy loam surface that makes the ground feel more stable than it is. Rockwall County has no such disguise.
- The clay is right at the surface and it is the most active in the region.
- That is why we set posts deeper than a lot of outfits do, and why a cheap quote in this county usually means shallow holes.
- It is also why Heath and Fate, both inside this county, write post depth and post material into their ordinances.
- Rockwall County is one of five we cover from Royse City.
- Compare every city on our permit guide , or see the whole service area .
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.
Our Services in Rockwall County
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 Rockwall County
Towns we cover in Rockwall County
Rockwall County Questions
Home project questions in Rockwall County
Do I need a permit for a fence outside city limits in Rockwall County?
No. The county’s own regulations exclude customary fences from the definition of a structure. Your deed restrictions and HOA still apply, and a fence in a mapped floodplain does need a county floodplain permit.
Does my contractor need to be registered with the county?
Yes. Rockwall County requires contractor registration countywide, with a Texas state license and driver’s license. Worth asking any bidder about theirs. We are registered.
Is the soil really worse here than in the next county over?
Yes, measurably. Rockwall County is 95 percent high or very high for shrink-swell in the top three feet, against 74 percent in Kaufman and 89 percent in Hunt. It is also 39.5 percent Houston Black clay, one of the most expansive soils in the country.
Which city in this county is the most expensive to permit?
McLendon-Chisholm at $250.00. Heath is $150.00, and Rockwall and Fate are $75.00 each. Rockwall also charges $100.00 for a deck or patio cover, and its fence contractors register with the city for another $100.00.
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