Openings, decks and shade in Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County
Decks and Patio Covers in Santa Clarita
Palmcrest Contractors builds Santa Clarita decks and patio covers, with wide engineered openings and ember-resistant materials where a lot needs them.
A deck or patio comes first in Santa Clarita when the back door opens onto bare ground or a cracked slab with nothing overhead. Fixing that outdoor floor gives the house a second living room. Some parts of the city sit in mapped fire hazard zones, so before we draw anything we confirm whether your lot faces ember-resistance rules for the boards, the posts and the cover.
Building the outdoor floor
We start with the ground. Footings are sized for the deck height and the soil, and if the lot slopes, the frame steps with it on taller posts. On a flat lot, a low deck or a paver patio can sit nearly level with the door sill so the room runs straight out. Boards are chosen for how they handle hard sun and dry wind on an inland valley lot, and fasteners stay hidden wherever the surface will be walked on barefoot.
Opening the wall behind it
Once the outdoor floor is planned, the wall behind it can widen. An engineered header carries the load over a sliding or folding door, and the new opening lines up with the cover beam outside so the two read as one frame. Metal or fire rated covers suit a lot in a mapped hazard area, and tempered glass goes into the door panels. The City of Santa Clarita building department checks the deck, the cover and the structural change, and we take the drawings through plan check and each inspection that follows.
What we build in Santa Clarita
Every service below is available here, from a wider opening at the back of the house to a full remodel.
Open up your house in Santa Clarita
Tell us which wall, room or yard you have in mind, and we will arrange a measure.