i30 Builders · Dallas County
Fence, Deck and Patio Cover Contractor in Rowlett, TX
Custom fences, patio covers, kitchens, baths and additions across Rowlett, TX, big or small.
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Who builds custom home projects in Rowlett, TX?
i30 Builders, a general contractor based in Royse City, TX, builds custom fences, patio covers, outdoor kitchens, concrete, decks and additions in Rowlett, 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 Rowlett requires
Rowlett regulates fences under Code § 78-313. It is a lighter-touch ordinance than Rockwall’s, with one big exception if you are on the lake.
- Permit required. Fee $40.00.
- For comparison, Greenville is $25, Rockwall and Sachse $75, Heath $150 and McLendon-Chisholm $250.
- Repairs are exempt if the work does not exceed 25 percent of the fence area. Eight feet maximum in the side or rear yard.
- 36 inches in the front yard , and key lots are capped at 36 inches in both front yards. PVC is permitted.
- So are chain link, brick, stone, stucco, wrought iron and wood pickets.
- Worth knowing because Sachse, immediately north, prohibits vinyl outright. Razor wire prohibited.
- Barbed wire and electric fencing only for large livestock.
- An 8-foot visibility triangle applies on corner lots where a street and alley meet.
- If the fence crosses a utility or drainage easement, the city requires a notarized Property Owner Fence Release Waiver . No finished-side-out rule in Rowlett’s code.
- We build finished side out anyway, because it is the right way to do it.
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 Area is not your land
If your lot backs onto Lake Ray Hubbard, the strip between your rear lot line and the water is the Take Area.
- That land is owned by the City of Dallas , leased to the City of Rowlett, and subleased to adjacent property owners.
- You must have the sublease in place before Rowlett will issue a permit for anything in it, and the city requires a survey, deed and Texas ID to set one up.
- Permits are required inside the take area for retaining walls, boat houses, piers, docks, patios, barbecue pits, play structures, gazebos and walkways.
- Separate City of Dallas permits apply to seawalls, boat docks and dredging.
- The short version: tell us before we come out.
- It changes what can legally be built 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 Rowlett fence
Rowlett’s dominant soils are Heiden clay, Houston Black, Altoga silty clay and the Ferris-Heiden complex.
- Heiden measures 13.25 percent linear extensibility over the top three feet, marginally more than Houston Black’s 13.
- Dallas County overall comes out at 63 percent high or very high for shrink-swell, the lowest of the five counties we work in. That is not as reassuring as it sounds.
- It reflects the shallower soils over chalk in the county at large, Austin, Eddy and Stephen, rather than anything good about Rowlett specifically.
- Parts of Rowlett also carry 5 to 12 percent slope classes, which matters for deck framing and for getting water away from posts rather than into them.
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 Rowlett
The rules for one project, and the one we built here.
- Pergolas and Patio Covers in Rowlett, TXWe built a permitted cedar pergola in Rowlett. Here is what the city asks for, line by line.
- Screened Porches in RowlettWe build screened porches in Rowlett and pull the permit. The city sorts structures as open or enclosed, and this is where a screened porch falls.
- Privacy Fences in RowlettWe build cedar privacy fences in Rowlett and file the permit for you. Rowlett's application comes with a waiver you sign in front of a notary, and lakefront lots get a rulebook of their own.
- Outdoor Kitchens in RowlettWe build outdoor kitchens in Rowlett and pull the permits. These are the city's rules for the trades, the gas, the slab and the flame.
- Sunrooms and Patio Enclosures in RowlettWe close in covered patios as real sunrooms in Rowlett and pull the permit. This is what the city asks for.
- Concrete Patios and Driveways in RowlettWe pour concrete patios, walks and driveways in Rowlett and pull the flatwork permit. An inspector looks at the steel before any concrete goes in.
- Kitchen Remodeling in RowlettWe remodel kitchens in Rowlett and pull the city permits for the plumbing, wiring and gas that come with them. Rowlett's inspectors look at a kitchen closely.
Our Services in Rowlett
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 Rowlett
Guides
- What Sets the Cost of a Pergola or Patio Cover in North Texas
- 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
- Removing a Load-Bearing Kitchen Wall in a DFW Home
Neighborhoods we serve in Rowlett
From Bayside, Waterview, Liberty Grove to established streets and brand-new construction, we install and repair fences and decks across Rowlett. Most of it is zoned to Garland ISD, with Rockwall ISD in the easternmost areas, along SH 66 and the President George Bush Turnpike. 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 Rowlett yard.
- Bayside
- Waterview
- Liberty Grove
- Harbor Pointe Estates
- Mariners Cove
- Lakeshore Park Estates
- Castle Hill Estates
Rowlett Questions
Home project questions in Rowlett
Do I need a permit to repair my fence in Rowlett?
Only if the work exceeds 25 percent of the fence area. Below that it is treated as maintenance.
Can I use vinyl fencing in Rowlett?
Yes. PVC is a permitted material here. Sachse, immediately north, prohibits vinyl, which causes a lot of confusion between neighbors.
I back onto the lake. Can I build a deck out there?
Not without a sublease first. The land between your rear lot line and the water belongs to the City of Dallas and is leased to Rowlett. The sublease has to be in place before the city will issue any permit for work in that strip.
How tall can my front yard fence be?
36 inches. If you are on a key lot, that applies to both front yards.
How fast can you get to Rowlett?
We are in Royse City, about 14 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 Rowlett
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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