A pavilion is the difference between "we eat outside when the weather's nice" and "we eat outside." Real posts, real timber, a real roof: an outdoor room that keeps its appointments regardless of the forecast.
The premium outdoor room
Shade cloth and umbrellas are furniture; a pavilion is architecture. Ours are stick-built with exposed timber framing (posts, beams, and rafters you're meant to look at), sized to your patio or the one we pour with it, and roofed like a house: underlayment, drip edge, shingles or metal matched to your home. It's the structure the backyard organizes itself around from the day it goes up.
What we build into pavilions
- Custom sizing: from a 10x12 dining cover to 20x24 gathering spaces; sized to the table, the grill, and the crowd
- Roof styles: gable, hip, or single-slope, in shingles matched to the house or standing-seam metal
- Exposed timber framing with sized spans and honest joinery, stained or painted; the good bones are the aesthetic
- Ceiling fans and lighting on circuits run during the build: fans for August, dimmable light for evenings
- Outdoor kitchen and grill-station integration: counters, utilities, and clearances planned in, not squeezed under later
- Patio and deck integration: anchored to sound existing concrete, engineered onto decks, or built with new hardscape as one project
- Pool-side placement with the wet-area electrical codes handled correctly (pairs naturally with a pool house)
Typical uses
Outdoor dining rooms that laugh at pop-up storms. Grill stations and full outdoor kitchens where the cook finally gets shade. Pool-side lounges. Hot-tub covers. The backyard TV room for football season. Big-family gathering space that the house can't hold and the weather can't cancel.
What drives the price
Footprint and roof complexity lead: a hip roof costs more than a gable of the same size, and metal roofing more than shingles. Then the electrical package (fans, lights, kitchen circuits) and whatever hardscape we're building or building on. Timber grade and stain are visible line items. Itemized quote, free, and we'll flag which upgrades earn their keep for how you'll actually use it.
Build process
Site visit first: sun path, drainage, sight lines from the kitchen window, and what the pavilion should anchor to. Then design and permits where required, footings and posts, timber framing, roof, electrical, and finish stain. Most pavilions are hosting dinner within a few weeks of the first post hole.