# Covered patios and pergolas in Tapatio Springs

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Tapatio Springs (78006) is a golf resort community off Johns Road west of Boerne, platted from 1981 in unincorporated Kendall County outside the city's ETJ, on Glen Rose limestone over the Trinity Aquifer; no city or county building permit applies to a deck, patio cover or fence, and the Tapatio Springs Homeowners Association and its sub-associations review the design. Klema Builders prepares the submission and builds fixed-price.

Tapatio Springs (Boerne neighborhood), ZIP 78006. Golf resort community off Johns Road, west of Boerne in unincorporated Kendall County.

## Starting price

A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Tapatio Springs, Boerne starts at $4,000, labor and materials included.

## What we build here

- [Covered Patios](https://klemabuilders.com/covered-patios): Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade.
- [Pergolas](https://klemabuilders.com/pergolas): Cedar, aluminum, louvered and bioclimatic.
- [Custom Decks](https://klemabuilders.com/decks): Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks.
- [Fencing](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing): Cedar privacy, horizontal board, and wrought iron.

## Building in Tapatio Springs

- **ZIP and place** (78006, Kendall County): Hillside and fairway lots around the Tapatio Springs Hill Country Resort, reached by Johns Road about five miles west of downtown Boerne. The original Units 1 through 11 were platted in 1981 with 332 lots on 333 acres; later units followed from 1999 to 2003 and the Heartland in 2022, about 633 platted lots in all. The resort and its 18-hole course date from 1981, redesigned by Tripp Davis in 2015. Boerne ISD.
- **Permit desk** (Kendall County Engineer, no city permit): Unincorporated Kendall County, outside Boerne's city limits and its ETJ, so the City of Boerne's permit and fence rules do not apply. The county has no residential building code and issues no building permit for a deck, pergola, patio cover or fence; the County Engineer permits septic work, floodplain work, driveways and outdoor lighting, and whether a county development permit applies to a backyard structure on a built lot is confirmed with that office for the address.
- **HOA review** (Tapatio Springs Homeowners Association): The Tapatio Springs Homeowners Association covers the community, with separate associations for the Ridge, the Highlands and the Heartland. Their review committee, guidelines and fence rules are not published online, so they are read from the declaration recorded for the lot with the Kendall County Clerk before the design is drawn, and the submission follows that document.
- **Ground and water**: Glen Rose limestone hills with thin soil, so posts and piers are core-drilled and decks step with the grade. Trinity Aquifer under the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, not the TCEQ-regulated Edwards zones. Frederick Creek runs through the original units, so creek-side lots check the floodplain with the County Engineer. Kendall West Utility runs a central sewer serving a few hundred connections with treated water applied to the golf course; other lots are on septic, and which applies is read for the lot before a post goes near a drain field.
- **Lots and homes**: Original-unit lots run under an acre with 1980s and 1990s homes, many with fairway or valley frontage, and the later units carry larger lots and newer custom homes. Ridge lots take steady south and southwest wind, which sets the post depth and bracing on a long fence and the uplift anchoring on a patio cover.
- **Lighting**: Kendall County's dark-sky rule calls for full-cutoff fixtures at 3,000 K or warmer with a county outdoor-lighting permit, so patio-cover and pergola lighting here is specified to it, and any resort or association lighting rule is read for the lot.

## Why Tapatio Springs is different

Tapatio Springs is a 1981 golf resort community in unincorporated Kendall County, outside Boerne's ETJ, so the City of Boerne's permit desk and fence rules never enter the picture; the homeowners association and its Ridge, Highlands and Heartland sub-associations review the design under declarations that are recorded rather than posted. The lots are Glen Rose limestone hillsides over the Trinity Aquifer, part on central sewer and part on septic, with Frederick Creek through the original units.

Klema Builders reads the declaration for the lot, core-drills into the rock, anchors covers for the ridge wind, specifies dark-sky lighting to Kendall County's rule, and quotes fixed-price after a free in-home consult.

## Questions and answers

### Do I need a permit for a covered patio or deck in Tapatio Springs?

Not from a city. Tapatio Springs is unincorporated Kendall County outside Boerne's ETJ, and the county has no residential building code, so no building permit is issued for a deck, pergola or patio cover. The County Engineer permits septic, floodplain and outdoor-lighting work, and the homeowners association reviews the design. Klema Builders confirms with the county whether a development permit applies to your lot and prepares the association submission.

### Who reviews a pergola or fence in Tapatio Springs?

The Tapatio Springs Homeowners Association, or the Ridge, Highlands or Heartland association if your lot is in one of those. Their committee names and rules are not posted publicly, so Klema Builders reads the declaration recorded for your lot, designs to it, and files the submission with the site plan, materials and color before the city-free build starts.

### How much does a deck, pergola or covered patio cost in Tapatio Springs?

A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Tapatio Springs, Boerne starts at $4,000, labor and materials included. Covered patios, pergolas, composite and multi-level decks are quoted fixed-price, line by line, after a free in-home consult. The written quote arrives within 3 to 5 business days.

### What about the golf course, the creek and the wind?

Fairway lots usually carry a view rule in the declaration that shapes the fence and the cover, Frederick Creek lots check the county floodplain map, and ridge lots take enough south wind that patio covers are anchored for uplift and long fences get deeper core-drilled posts. Klema Builders reads the lot's document and the terrain before the fixed price is written.

### Do you handle the permit and the design review in Tapatio Springs?

Yes. In Tapatio Springs that means the homeowners association submission under the declaration recorded for your lot, plus the county septic, floodplain or lighting permit where one applies; there is no city permit. We prepare the drawings, the site plan and the material list, file the application, and handle the back-and-forth; the permit and the review are line items in the quote. Every project starts with a free in-home consult and a fixed-price quote line by line within 3 to 5 business days, and we build across San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the I-35 corridor to Austin.

### How long does a project take in Tapatio Springs?

A cedar pergola is built in 1 to 2 weeks on site once materials and approvals are in hand. A composite or cedar deck takes 3 to 6 weeks from signed contract to walk-through once the permit clears, and a multi-level or pool deck 6 to 10 weeks. Association review is read from the declaration for the lot, and there is no city permit to wait on. The schedule is committed in writing in the contract.

### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Tapatio Springs?

A 12x12 pergola removal in Tapatio Springs, Boerne starts at $3,750, haul-away and yard grading included. Decks, patio covers, fences, sheds, hot tubs and playsets are taken down in 1 to 3 business days, hauled off and the ground graded or raked. Concrete footings and any siding or stucco repair at the ledger are handled separately. Already tore it down yourself? We haul off the pile.

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