We want to add a cover to our back patio. Any recommendation on companies? We are thinking of doing it DIY but wanted to see what kind of quotes we could get.

It's a basic rectangular design and would be about 24' x 12'. Simple. Corrugated tin roof. 6x6 posts, 2x6 joists, etc. Something like this.




The corner has three roof lines that meet and not sure how to handle that. The roof line in front of the doors would be cut back to at least flush to the longer eave. Maybe it needs to go all the way back flush to the house.



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that looks great - but also looks to be 100x more complex than what OP is wanting to do.

That does look great. Also a lot more than what we want to do.

We got a couple quotes for relatively simple 12 x 16 cover. one was $12,000 with all their discounts, the other was $9,000. So we are going to DIY it and use the roof risers to get some extra headroom.

how come your patio don't block the sun?

Edit: Never mind on asking for price - I saw you said how much it cost. Confirmed for us the guy who came out was crazy.

We have a 30X10 concrete patio with a rotting pergola and some very random columns. It's western facing so needs to be extended to help with the sun and it needs a whole new cover - we want a full roof on it.

We had a landscape designer come out this week and he said $20,000 to do the concrete and $20,000 for the covering. That seemed realllllly high to me but what do I know? We hoped to hire him to draw up a cohesive plan for the backyard that we would implement in phases - hiring some out and DIY the other parts.. But then he just emailed us today and quoted $3,000 just for the blueprints. So I guess we are back to square one.

Nice work Obi Wan. Somebody did it right instead of half assed. That Big Ass Fan (or Big Ass Fan clone) does wonders for keeping the outside area pleasant and goes a long way towards keeping flying insects at bay. $25k ain't cheap, but when they do the job right it virtually eliminates long term problems, and for my money, the peace of mind knowing you won't have to go back and fix stuff they mess up is worth every penny.