i30 Builders · Rockwall County
Fence, Deck and Patio Cover Contractor in Rockwall, TX
Custom fences, patio covers, kitchens, baths and additions across Rockwall, TX, big or small.
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Who builds custom home projects in Rockwall, TX?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds custom fences, patio covers, outdoor kitchens, concrete, decks and additions in Rockwall, 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 Rockwall requires
Rockwall regulates fences under the Unified Development Code. It is one of the more prescriptive codes in this area and it catches people out, so here is what it actually says.
- A permit is required. The fence permit fee is $75.00.
- Fence contractors also have to register with the city, which is a separate $100.00. Repairs need a permit too.
- Replacing 25 feet or more of fencing, or five or more posts, requires a fence repair permit. Most nearby cities exempt repairs entirely. Rockwall does not.
- Eight feet maximum, six feet minimum for solid fencing. Both ends are specified.
- Front yard fences are prohibited without an exception from the Planning and Zoning Commission.
- If one is granted, wood caps at 42 inches and metal at 48 inches, both at 50 percent transparency. Solid fencing must be cedar. Spruce is prohibited. Minimum half-inch thick pickets. New chain link is prohibited.
- An existing chain link fence may be replaced with vinyl-coated, four to six feet, in the same location. Pickets face out. Cedar pickets go on the public side. Posts and framing face your house. Do not paint it. Painting fences is prohibited. Decks and patio covers are $100.00.
- Worth flagging because the city’s own deck handout still says $75.00 and cites a building code edition Rockwall replaced in 2023. The adopted fee schedule governs.
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.
The Take Line changes what you can build
Lake Ray Hubbard forms the west edge of the city, and lakefront lots behind the take line are a different situation entirely.
- That ground is leased, and building on it requires a Residential Sublease Agreement with the City.
- Inside the Take Line Overlay the limits are tight.
- Fences are capped at 48 inches and must be wrought iron or black tubular steel.
- Decks are capped at 24 inches above grade and 1,000 square feet, in composite.
- Patios are capped at 12 inches and 1,000 square feet, in natural stone.
- If you are on the water, tell us before we come out.
- It changes what we can legally build and it changes the paperwork, and we would rather find that out in the driveway than after you are attached to a design.
The ground under a Rockwall fence
Rockwall County is 39.5 percent Houston Black clay, the Texas state soil and one of the most expansive in the country.
- Across the whole county, 95 percent of the ground the USDA soil survey rates is high or very high for shrink-swell in the top three feet, which is exactly where a fence post lives.
- The USDA measures Houston Black 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 staying open 90 to 150 cumulative days in most years.
- None of that cares whether your pickets are cedar or composite.
- What decides whether a fence is straight in year six is how deep the posts go and what they are set in.
- Rockwall has no sandy lid to disguise the clay, unlike Kaufman and Hunt counties. Here it is right at the surface.
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 Rockwall
The rules for one project, and the one we built here.
- Patio Covers and Pergolas in Rockwall, TXSize caps, setbacks, the Take Line and the outdoor kitchen rules, from Rockwall's own code.
- Room Additions in RockwallWe design and build room additions in Rockwall and pull the permit. Here is what the city charges and checks.
- Primary Bath and Shower Renovations in RockwallWe remodel bathrooms in Rockwall, from a guest bath to a full primary suite. Here are the city permit lines that come with one.
- Privacy Fences in RockwallWe build cedar privacy fences in Rockwall and pull the fence permit. Rockwall's code is strict, and this is what it asks for.
- Kitchen Remodeling in RockwallWe remodel kitchens in Rockwall, from a new island and counters to taking the room down to the studs. Here is what the city asks for.
- Outdoor Kitchens in RockwallWe build outdoor kitchens in Rockwall and pull the permits. This is what the city asks of the gas line, the wiring, the slab and the fire.
- Fire Pits and Outdoor Fireplaces in RockwallWe design and build fire pits and outdoor fireplaces in Rockwall and pull the permits. Rockwall sets the size of a pit and where it can sit, so the design starts there.
- Sunrooms and Patio Enclosures in RockwallWe turn covered patios in Rockwall into sunrooms you can sit in through August, and we pull the permit. Here are the city rules that shape the room.
Our Services in Rockwall
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
Guides
- Do You Need a Fence Permit in Rockwall, Royse City or a Nearby City?
- Composite vs. Wood Decking in North Texas: Heat, Clay and Upkeep
- 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
- What Sets the Cost of a Pergola or Patio Cover in North Texas
Neighborhoods we serve in Rockwall
From Chandlers Landing, Caruth Lakes and Stone Creek to established streets and brand-new construction, we install and repair fences and decks across Rockwall. Many newer subdivisions run their own architectural review on top of the city permit, so there are usually two sets of rules to satisfy. We help you confirm both before we start.
- Chandlers Landing
- Caruth Lakes
- Stone Creek
- Breezy Hill
- The Shores
- Ladera Rockwall
- Saddle Star
Rockwall Questions
Home project questions in Rockwall
Do I need a permit to repair my fence in Rockwall?
Often yes, and this surprises people. Replacing 25 feet or more of fence, or five or more posts, requires a fence repair permit. Smaller repairs do not. We handle the permit either way.
Can I put a fence in my front yard?
Not without an exception from the Planning and Zoning Commission. If you get one, it is 42 inches for wood or 48 inches for metal, and it has to be 50 percent transparent. Solid front yard fences are not permitted at all.
Does the fence have to be cedar?
For solid fencing in Rockwall, yes. The code specifies cedar and prohibits spruce. New chain link is also prohibited, though an existing chain link fence can be replaced with vinyl-coated in the same location.
What does a deck permit cost in Rockwall?
$100.00 under the adopted fee schedule. The city’s own deck handout still says $75.00, but that handout dates to 2019 and cites a code edition Rockwall replaced in 2023. The $75.00 figure is the current fence fee, which is what makes the stale handout look right.
My fence leans after every dry summer. New fence or new posts?
Usually posts. Rockwall County ground is rated high or very high for movement across 95 percent of the area the soil survey rates, and that movement is what pushes posts out of plumb. If the pickets and rails are sound, posts are the cheaper fix.
How fast can you get here?
We are in Royse City, about ten miles east. Call (469) 721-0146. We call back within one business day, walk and measure with you, and put one price in writing within five business days of the walk.
Get a written estimate in Rockwall
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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