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Old 04-26-2015, 06:22 PM
 
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Looking for 15x15. Just looking to build the covered area on existing concrete pad, columns, roof, attached to two story home in 75093 electrical for fan(s).
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Old 04-26-2015, 06:53 PM
 
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Don't know the size but my son mentioned about $6K a year ago, north of Dallas.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:02 AM
 
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I did mine a few years ago, but I had a u-shaped area between second story and garage, and I added a covered patio there. It was $2000. It involved some cuts in the house roof to tie in and adding a single electrical outlet for a ceiling fan. It has a flat roof because my electrical line runs at an angle across it.
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Old 04-27-2015, 08:31 AM
 
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We built one on our last house up in Dallas (Richardson) and it was 10X12 and cost $10k. We used the patio that was already there. Are architectural drawings were only $300 because we knew a guy, but when you tie it into your actual roof/house, you have to present real drawings to the city for the permit, at least in Richardson. We also had to get them stamped with a Civil Engineer's approval (that was free because we knew a guy for that too) of the plans to make sure it would hold the weight of the roof.

A "real" covered patio, where it looks like an extension of the house, is not cheap.
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:12 AM
 
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A "real" covered patio, where it looks like an extension of the house, is not cheap.

Mine required permits, that's a good point, but really it was no big deal in Plano. It was 20 minutes worth of effort, pay some money, and post-build the inspector was there for 10 minutes.

"Hold the weight of the roof"? Was yours under occupied space or something? It's not difficult to design a patio that will hold the weight of the roof, as exterior walls that a patio will tie into are load bearing. Those dinky little buildings you can buy at Home Depot for way less than $10k accomplish that.
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Old 04-27-2015, 09:19 AM
 
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Mine required permits, that's a good point, but really it was no big deal in Plano. It was 20 minutes worth of effort, pay some money, and post-build the inspector was there for 10 minutes.

"Hold the weight of the roof"? Was yours under occupied space or something? It's not difficult to design a patio that will hold the weight of the roof, as exterior walls that a patio will tie into are load bearing. Those dinky little buildings you can buy at Home Depot for way less than $10k accomplish that.
You said you put a flat roof on the house. That's not matching the house nor the roof pitch. We drilled into the side of our house and attached the roof of the patio to our house with matching pitch of the existing roof. That's how you make a covered patio look like it's supposed to be there. That takes a lot of roof framing to support the weight of the shingles, as shingles are heavy. The current patio wasn't strong enough, thick enough, to support the weight so the posts all had to be put right on the edge of the patio, except one on the actual patio.

Here's a picture.How much to have a covered patio built in DFW?-coverpatio.jpg
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