Pergolas in The Colony, TX

Pergolas built for The Colony yards, with footings sized for Eastern Cross Timbers ground and slats laid out for the sun this patio actually gets. What changes about a pergola here, and what the city reviews.

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Building in The Colony

What The Colony ground does to a pergola

In the Eastern Cross Timbers the sand drains and the clay beneath it does not, so a pergola post can sit in a hole that holds water after a storm. The footing detail and the grade around each post are what keep the base of a wooden post dry.

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The houses here

The Colony homes, and what they ask of a pergola

The Colony was founded in 1973 as a Fox and Jacobs development of single-family homes on about 3,000 acres. Yards here are usually established, so a pergola gets planned around trees and an existing patio rather than onto an empty slab. Where the shade already falls decides where the structure earns its place.

About 23 miles of Lewisville Lake shoreline, including two peninsulas, lie inside the city. Open ground near the water tends to catch more wind, so shade structures are anchored and placed with the breeze in mind. Out near the water there is more wind across open ground, so anchoring and slat direction are decided for the breeze, not just the sun.

Permits and water

Who reviews a pergola in The Colony

In The Colony the job is reviewed by the Building Inspections Department, and we file and follow the permit through that office ourselves.

How it runs

How a Pergola Project Runs in The Colony

1
A free design visit in The Colony
A designer comes out to the house, measures the space a pergola has to fit, walks the access a crew would need, and talks through what you want it to do. You leave with a firm price. On Eastern Cross Timbers ground, that is also when the grading, drainage and movement details get decided rather than improvised on site.
2
Drawings, permit and HOA
We file the permit with Building Inspections Department at the City of The Colony and follow it through review. Where an HOA wants a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.
3
One crew, one schedule
The same team builds the whole pergola in order, so the footings, the posts, the beams and the finish are not three different companies working around each other.
4
Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the finished pergola with you, settle the punch list and leave one warranty on the work — and we are still Denton County-local if you need us later.

Questions from The Colony

Pergolas in The Colony: common questions

Yes. In The Colony the job is reviewed by the Building Inspections Department, and Longhorn files and follows the permit through that office. Where an HOA also wants a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.

Yards here are usually established, so a pergola gets planned around trees and an existing patio rather than onto an empty slab. Where the shade already falls decides where the structure earns its place. Out near the water there is more wind across open ground, so anchoring and slat direction are decided for the breeze, not just the sun.

After the design visit, the drawings and the The Colony permit come first, and that review is the part that varies. Once it clears, the same crew builds the job straight through rather than handing it between trades. We give you the schedule in writing with the firm price, before anything is ordered.

Yes. The Colony sits in Denton County, inside the Dallas–Fort Worth area Longhorn Outdoor Living has built in since 1984. Design visits in The Colony are free, and we also work in Denton, Flower Mound nearby.

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