Rear courtyard with French doors, an iron balcony and a covered patio

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Patio Covers and Porches in Rio Grande City, TX

The edge of your 1980s slab decides whether posts can stand on it, so we measure its thickness first. We size the cover for your Sunday table and grill.

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We build patio covers, carports and covered porches in Rio Grande City. Our base is in town, so drive time is zero and the measure visit is quick to set. A 12 by 20 foot attached cover takes 3 to 5 working days once the footings cure.

Local conditions02

What houses in Rio Grande City actually deal with

A cover in this city has no travel line on the estimate, because zone 1 is where the trucks already are. What moves the number is the clear span you want between posts, whether the slab underneath can carry them, and which panel goes on top.

Most houses in town have a bare slab out back. Sun lands on it from noon until dark, and it holds that heat well past sundown.
Eight months of the year that slab is unusable in the afternoon. That is the length of season a cover actually buys back, which is why these jobs get measured for shade first and for looks second.
Few homes here were built with a garage. The carport over the driveway is the structure people ask about first.
A slab poured in the 1980s is often thin at the edge or already cracked through. We measure the edge thickness at the measure visit, because that one number decides whether posts can stand on it at all.
Spring storms decide how a cover here is held down, not how it looks. Every post on our jobs lands in concrete poured for that post, and that is the line people are most tempted to cut.
The back slab here is where the family eats on a Sunday. The cover gets sized for a table and a grill, not for a photograph.

Permits and requirements

Roofing over the patio adds covered area to the property, and that is what puts a patio cover into permit territory in most cities. Rio Grande City sets its own rule, and we read it against your address before quoting.
Your lot also carries a setback from the rear line that the posts have to respect. We confirm that distance before anything is dug, not after.

County: Starr County
Drive time from Rio Grande City: This is our base
Zone: 1 · Base
Languages: English and Spanish

From the build site03

Which homes has David Aceves helped build?

Homes built by Cuates Construction, with David Aceves on the build. Look at the covered patios, the posts and beams and the concrete underfoot: David plans a porches and patio covers job with that same eye.

Covered patio with a stone outdoor kitchen next to the breezeway between house and garage

Covered upstairs balcony with a tongue and groove wood ceiling and a tile floor

Two-story rear elevation with a covered back porch and a covered balcony above it

The four homes, room by room

Questions we get04

What people in Rio Grande City ask us

We have no garage. Is a carport worth it in Rio Grande City?

For most houses in town, yes. It keeps the truck out of a sun that cooks a dashboard. It also takes the first hit in a hail event. A carport goes up faster than an attached cover, because nothing ties into your roof.

Our slab is from the 1980s and it has a crack. Do we need a new pour?

Usually not. A crack that has sat still for years is one you can build around, and the posts simply take their own footings outside the slab edge. What matters is whether the two sides of the crack have settled to different heights, because that means the ground under it is still moving and a new cover would move with it. We check that with a straightedge while we measure.

Can you do the front porch and the back cover in the same job?

Yes, and doing both at once saves a second mobilization. The front usually gets a shingled roof so it follows the house line. The back gets panel, because shade matters more there than looks. One estimate carries both, each on its own line.

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