Step 01
We come out and measure
On site, not over the phone. Grade, drainage, sun angle, soil, sightlines and where your city's setbacks fall. Usually about an hour, and you'll learn things about your yard.
Serving DFW & the North Texas lakes
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Custom decks, fences and pavilions built for North Texas ground.
Dallas–Fort Worth and the lakes around it. We build outdoor structures that hold up to expansive clay and hundred-degree summers. We also restore the docks on lakes where new ones can no longer be built.
- Licensed & insured
- Engineered for Blackland clay
- Dates you get in writing
- Mineral Wells to DFW & the lakes
Most of what fails out here fails underground.
North Texas sits on Blackland Prairie clay. The USDA describes it as the classic shrink–swell soil: 40 to 60 percent clay, opening cracks up to four inches wide that stay open for months in a dry year, and rated as a very high shrink–swell limitation for building.
Field instruments in North Texas have measured the zone where that soil moves with the seasons at around 11.8 feet deep. A fence post set at two feet is entirely inside it. So is a shallow deck footing. The clay grips, the ground lifts, and four years later the fence leans and the deck frame has racked.
Then there's the heat. Twenty days a year at or above 100°F, on average, which decides whether the decking you chose is something you walk on barefoot in July or something you avoid until October.
None of this is visible in a per-foot price comparison. All of it decides how the thing looks in year ten. We build for it, and we'll show you exactly what we're doing differently and why.
What we build
Four things, done properly, by crews who do only these things.
Custom Decks
Cedar, ipe, composite and multi-level builds, engineered for soil that moves.
ExploreFences & Gates
Cedar privacy, board-on-board, horizontal, ranch rail and automated wood gates.
ExplorePergolas & Pavilions
Cedar pergolas, freestanding pavilions, attached covers and louvered roofs.
ExploreBoat Dock Repair
Re-decking, structural repair, storm damage and permit transfers on existing docks.
ExploreRecent work
Every one of these is a real North Texas backyard or shoreline. Hover to look closer.
Multi-level cedar deck
Three levels stepping down a sloped lot, with engineered footings and integrated bench seating.
Restored dock and boathouse
Re-decked in marine composite with structural repair at the waterline.
Board-on-board privacy run
Four hundred feet of cedar with an automated wood entry gate.
Freestanding cedar pavilion
A pitched-roof pavilion over the pool deck, with integrated lighting and fans wired in at framing.
How working with us goes
No mystery pricing, no crews that appear and vanish, no discovering at the end that permits were your problem.
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What clients say
“They dug our fence posts deeper than the last company and explained exactly why. Something about how much this soil moves. Three summers later it's still dead straight.”
“We had three bids. Two gave us a price. These guys gave us a drawing, a material comparison and a start date, then hit it.”
“The dock permit was the part I was dreading. They'd done it on this lake before and just handled the paperwork.”
Where we work
We are based in Mineral Wells, in Palo Pinto County, and we work the whole corridor east: Weatherford, Parker County, Fort Worth and on into the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Dock repair and restoration goes wherever the lake is.
Lake work is its own discipline. Every reservoir answers to a different authority. Possum Kingdom is on our doorstep and the Brazos River Authority still permits work there, while Lewisville and Grapevine are closed to new dock construction entirely, which makes looking after the existing structures the whole job.
Palo Pinto & Parker County
- Mineral Wells, TX
- Weatherford, TX
- Willow Park, TX
- Hudson Oaks, TX
- Aledo, TX
- Annetta, TX
- Brock, TX
- Millsap, TX
- Santo, TX
- Graford, TX
- Palo Pinto, TX
- Perrin, TX
- Poolville, TX
- Peaster, TX
- Springtown, TX
- Azle, TX
- Boyd, TX
- Bridgeport, TX
- Decatur, TX
- Granbury, TX
- Benbrook, TX
Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex
- Dallas, TX
- Fort Worth, TX
- Plano, TX
- Frisco, TX
- McKinney, TX
- Allen, TX
- Southlake, TX
- Colleyville, TX
- Grapevine, TX
- Flower Mound, TX
- Highland Park, TX
- University Park, TX
- Rockwall, TX
- Prosper, TX
- Celina, TX
- Argyle, TX
- Denton, TX
- Keller, TX
- Trophy Club, TX
- Coppell, TX
Lakes
- Possum Kingdom Lake
- Lake Mineral Wells
- Lake Palo Pinto
- Lake Weatherford
- Lake Granbury
- Lake Bridgeport
- Eagle Mountain Lake
- Lake Lewisville
- Lake Grapevine
- Lake Ray Hubbard
- Cedar Creek Lake
- Richland Chambers
Questions people actually ask
What areas do you serve?
The Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex — Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Allen, Southlake, Colleyville, Grapevine, Flower Mound, Rockwall, Prosper and the surrounding cities, plus dock repair work on Lake Ray Hubbard, Lewisville, Grapevine, Eagle Mountain, Cedar Creek, Bridgeport, Richland Chambers and Possum Kingdom. If you're not sure whether you're in range, call and ask.
Are estimates really free?
Yes. We come out, measure, talk through options and give you a scaled drawing and a fixed quote at no cost. There's no obligation and nobody will chase you afterwards.
Do you build new boat docks?
No. We repair, restore and rebuild existing ones. On Lake Lewisville and Lake Grapevine that covers the whole market anyway, because the Corps of Engineers does not permit new dock construction on either lake.
Do you do ironwork fences or gates?
No. We're a woodworking company and we build in wood: cedar privacy, board-on-board, horizontal, ranch rail and wood gates with automation. If ornamental iron is what your project needs, we'll say so rather than take on work outside what we do well.
Do you handle permits and HOA approval?
Yes, as part of the job. Permit requirements differ sharply between DFW cities. Dallas exempts decks under 30 inches above grade while Fort Worth requires a permit over six inches, and lake structures answer to entirely separate authorities. Knowing which rules apply to your address is our job, not yours.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes, and we'll show you the certificates without being asked. For lake work this matters more than most people realize, because several water authorities require the contractor to carry specific coverage and name them as an additional insured before work can be approved.
Request your free design consult
Tell us what you're picturing. We'll come measure, talk through materials, and put a real number on it. No charge, no pressure.
Tell us what you're picturing.
We'll come measure, talk through materials honestly, and give you a fixed number. It costs nothing and nobody will chase you afterwards.