"I want more space to entertain"
Room for the whole group to sit, eat and move around — with the cooking happening right alongside.
Residential Hardscaping | Greater Houston
Hardscaping Designed Around the Way You Live Outdoors
Hardscaping creates the structure of an outdoor living space — the surfaces you walk on, the roofs you sit under and the features people gather around.
The best backyards don't treat those decisions separately. The Deck & Patio Company designs hardscapes around the way the entire backyard needs to function — today and in the future.
One backyard. One plan. Multiple possibilities.
- A patio gives you somewhere to gather.
- A cover makes it more comfortable.
- An outdoor kitchen changes how you entertain.
- A deck connects spaces.
- A fire feature gives people a reason to stay.
Start With What You Want
What Could Your Backyard Become?
You don't need to know construction terms to start. Pick the sentence that sounds most like you, and we'll point you to the right place to look next.
"I need shade"
A roof over the spaces you use most, so the patio isn't off-limits every summer afternoon.
"I want to enjoy the backyard year-round"
Covered outdoor living for the hot months and a fire feature for the cooler evenings.
"I want to connect different areas"
Decks and patios that link the house, the pool and the places people gather.
"I want an outdoor room without the bugs"
Keep the fresh air and the view while leaving the mosquitoes outside.
"I want architectural shade without a full roof"
Filtered shade and a defined space that still feels open to the sky.
Designed & Built by One Team
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Each of these can stand on its own. Most of the time, they work better together.
Custom Decks
Extend your living space outward and connect the house to the rest of the backyard.
Explore custom decks
Outdoor Kitchens
Cook where your guests are, from a simple grill island to a full outdoor kitchen.
Explore outdoor kitchens
Patio Covers & Verandas
Shade and shelter that make the patio comfortable to use for more of the year.
Explore patio covers and verandas
Screened Patios
An outdoor room that keeps the breeze and the view, without the bugs.
Explore screened patios
Arbors & Pergolas
Architectural shade and definition for a space that doesn't need a full roof.
Explore arbors and pergolas
Fire Pits & Outdoor Fire Features
A natural gathering point that keeps people outside long after dinner.
Explore fire pits and fire features
Custom Patios
The foundation for gathering, dining and moving comfortably through the backyard.
Explore custom patiosNot sure where to start?
Tell us what isn't working in the backyard and we'll help you sort out which pieces make sense.
Tell Us About Your BackyardThe Bigger Picture
The Best Outdoor Spaces Work Together
A patio, a cover and an outdoor kitchen can each be well built and still feel like three separate projects. The difference is usually in the planning.
A kitchen needs gas, water and power to reach it. A cover changes where shade falls and where rain runs. A future pool needs room. A fire feature works best where people naturally end up. Each decision affects where the others should go.
Things that shape where hardscape features belong
- Traffic flow
- Shade
- Views
- Entertaining
- Utilities
- Drainage
- Lighting
- Privacy
- Future pool placement
- Landscaping
- PatioSomewhere to gather
- CoverComfort and shade
- Outdoor KitchenA new way to entertain
- Fire FeatureA reason to stay
- LightingThe backyard after dark
- LandscapingSoftens and connects it all
- An outdoor space that feels intentional
One backyard.
One plan.
Multiple possibilities.
Don't Build Yourself Into a Corner
Plan the Backyard Before You Build the First Piece
Most backyards aren't finished in one project. You might want a patio today and a custom pool a few years from now. Or an outdoor kitchen now and a cover once the budget allows.
That's completely normal. The risk is building today's piece where tomorrow's needs to go — a patio in the pool's path, utilities run to the wrong side, or a walkway that no longer makes sense.
Thinking through those relationships first, often with whole-backyard landscape design, helps every phase fit the one before it.
A patio today
A pool later
Knowing roughly where the pool could go keeps the patio from sitting in its way.
An outdoor kitchen today
A patio cover later
Placing the kitchen with a future roof in mind means the two can come together naturally.
A deck now
Landscaping and lighting later
Planning ahead leaves room for planting beds, pathways and the wiring lighting may need.
Plan the entire backyard.
Build what makes sense now.
Leave room for what's next.
Our Work
Complete Outdoor Environments, Not Isolated Features
A few TDAPC backyards where the patio, cover, kitchen and gathering spaces were built to work as one.
Hardscaping + Landscaping
The Hardscape Creates the Space. Landscaping Brings It Together.
Structures give a backyard its shape, but they can look unfinished on their own. Thoughtful landscaping is what makes them feel like they belong. It can:
- Soften new structures
- Frame patios and seating areas
- Create privacy
- Connect pools and outdoor rooms
- Improve the views from inside
- Add nighttime dimension with lighting
Because we do both, the planting around a new patio or cover can be considered from the start — especially when a project begins with landscape design.
Local Conditions
Built Around Houston Outdoor Living
A backyard here gets used for most of the year — and it has to handle long, hot summers and heavy rain along the way. Good hardscape design takes that into account from the start.
If there's a pool, or will be one, the relationship between the water and the covered areas matters too: where the shade is, how far it is to the kitchen and how people move from one to the other.
Heat & sun exposure
Where the afternoon sun lands shapes where people will actually want to sit.
Shade that follows your schedule
A cover or pergola is most useful when it shades the space at the times you use it.
Heavy rainfall
Hard surfaces change how water moves, so it helps to think about where it will go.
Drainage
Patios, decks and pool areas should be planned alongside the way the yard drains.
A long outdoor season
Many months of outdoor living make comfortable, usable space worth planning well.
Pools and covered areas
Shaded seating, kitchens and pathways work best when they relate to the water.
How It Works
From Conversation to Construction
01
Talk
Tell us what you want to change. Every project begins with a complimentary consultation.
02
Explore
We look at the backyard, existing features, how you use the space and what you may want to add later.
03
Design
A coordinated plan with design drawings, an exact itemized proposal and material selections at our Design Center.
04
Build
Permits and HOA approvals handled, then construction managed with the larger backyard in mind.
See It Before You Decide
Explore Materials and Possibilities at Our Design Center
Pavers, stone, decking, tile and finishes are easier to choose when you can see and touch them. Our Design Center gives you a place to compare options and talk through how the pieces of your backyard could come together.
Learn about the Design Center experience
Greater Houston
Residential Hardscaping for Greater Houston Homes
The Deck & Patio Company designs and builds residential hardscapes and outdoor living spaces for homeowners throughout Greater Houston, including Spring, The Woodlands, Conroe, Montgomery, Tomball and surrounding communities. Whether you're looking for a hardscape contractor for a single patio cover or an outdoor living contractor to plan the whole backyard, the conversation starts the same way: with how you want to use the space.
Tell Us What You'd Like to ChangeHelpful Answers
Hardscaping Questions
Hardscaping is the built part of a backyard — the surfaces, structures and features that give it shape. For us that includes decks, patios, patio covers and verandas, screened patios, arbors and pergolas, outdoor kitchens and fire features. Landscaping is the living part: planting, trees and the softer elements around those structures.
Yes, and that's often where the best results come from. When a patio, cover, kitchen and fire feature are designed together, the layout, shade, utilities and traffic flow can all be worked out at once instead of fitting each new piece around the last one.
Absolutely. Many homeowners build what makes sense now and add more later. Planning the whole backyard first helps make sure today's project doesn't end up in the way of what you want next.
In many cases, yes. Whether it makes sense depends on the existing patio — its size, condition and how utilities would reach a kitchen. We'll look at what you have during the consultation and talk through the options honestly.
Yes. Covered seating, patios, outdoor kitchens and fire features can all be planned around an existing pool, with attention to how people move between the water, the shade and the house.
Yes. The Deck & Patio Company also provides landscaping — including landscape design, installation, outdoor lighting, privacy landscaping and pool landscaping — so the planting around a new hardscape can be planned as part of the same backyard.
Yes. At our Design Center you can see and compare pavers, stone, decking, tile and finishes in person and talk through how different features could work together before making final decisions.
We design and build for homeowners throughout Greater Houston, including Spring, The Woodlands, Conroe, Montgomery, Tomball and surrounding communities.
Start With the Conversation
You Don't Need the Whole Backyard Figured Out.
Maybe you know you want more shade.
Maybe you need somewhere to entertain.
Maybe you're thinking about a pool someday.
Or maybe you just know the backyard isn't working.
Start with the conversation.
Call (832) 286-1261