Covered outdoor living
Custom pavilion planning and installation for protected Utah outdoor kitchens, dining rooms, pool areas, and gathering spaces.
Designed around the site
A pavilion is more than a frame with shingles. Cooking zones, dining tables, fireplaces, televisions, fans, lighting, furniture, walkways, and pool clearances each need enough room to work safely and comfortably. We start with how the covered area will be used, then size and place the structure around those activities.
The footprint should protect the important zones without crowding the yard, trapping smoke, blocking doors, or making the pavilion feel disconnected from the home.
Talk through your projectPitch, rafters or trusses, sheathing or purlins, underlayment, finish roofing, fascia, flashing, edges, gutters, downspouts, and snow shedding all affect pavilion performance. Matching the house visually is useful, but appearance does not replace proper slope, drainage, and roof-to-frame coordination.
Water should leave the roof without dumping onto entries, cooking areas, pool decks, foundations, or neighboring property.
A roofed structure introduces substantial gravity, snow, and wind loads. Existing patios and pool decks should not be assumed to provide suitable foundations. Utilities, excavation access, frost considerations, concrete, anchors, curing time, and finished elevations need a clear plan.
Post locations also have to respect furniture, counters, railings, doors, views, maintenance access, and the roof geometry above.
Concrete, masonry, roofing, electrical work, gas, drainage, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, fans, heaters, landscaping, and pool work may all intersect with the pavilion. Each proposal should state who owns the design, rough-ins, inspections, penetrations, finish work, and final connections.
That coordination is especially important when utilities or appliances must be placed before timber erection or concealed by later finishes.
Roofline, ridge direction, height, timber scale, brace shape, finish, and sightlines should complement the house without blocking the property’s best features. Attached and freestanding pavilions solve different conditions; attachment adds structure, flashing, and drainage questions that a freestanding layout avoids.
Views from inside the home matter too. A structure that looks balanced from the yard can still feel heavy if posts or roof edges cut across important windows.
Delivery, staging, lifting, temporary bracing, timber erection, roof work, finish touchups, cleanup, and final review should be planned as one sequence. The closeout should identify owner maintenance for roofing, drainage, timber finish, hardware, sealants, appliances, and any related systems.
Regular inspection is more useful than a generic maintenance promise because different roof faces, timber surfaces, and site exposures weather at different rates.
A clear path forward
We review dimensions, exposure, access, use, constraints, and the look you want.
Structure, materials, finish, responsibilities, approvals, and pricing are clarified.
The approved project moves through preparation, installation, cleanup, and review.
Questions before you build
These are starting points. Site conditions and project documents control the final answer.
Yes. Appliance clearances, ventilation, heat, electrical and gas work, roof materials, and local requirements need coordination for the specific kitchen.
Roof pitch, finish roofing, fascia, color, trim, and drainage can be discussed so the pavilion relates to the home while still meeting the structure’s own requirements.
Possibly, but the slab and foundations need evaluation. A normal patio slab may not be designed for pavilion post, roof, snow, and wind loads.
A pavilion has a solid roof for more consistent shade and weather protection. A pergola usually has an open or partially open overhead framework that preserves more sky and airflow.
Start with the site, the shade, and the way you want to use it.
