# Pergola and deck removal in Encino Park Canonical page: https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/encino-park Encino Park (78259) was built by Denton Development from the late 1970s into the 1990s at US 281 and Evans Road, annexed by San Antonio in 1985, over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone; its original cedar decks and pergolas are now thirty to forty years old. Klema Builders takes them down and hauls them off, prepares the Encino Park Homeowners Association ACC submission for what replaces them, and builds fixed-price. Encino Park (San Antonio neighborhood), ZIP 78259. US 281 north of Loop 1604 at Evans Road. ## Starting price A 12x12 pergola removal in Encino Park, San Antonio starts at $3,750, haul-away and yard grading included. ## What we build here - [Removal & Haul-Away](https://klemabuilders.com/removal): Decks, pergolas, sheds, fences, hot tubs, haul-away. - [Pergolas](https://klemabuilders.com/pergolas): Cedar, aluminum, louvered and bioclimatic. - [Covered Patios](https://klemabuilders.com/covered-patios): Match-the-house roofs for year-round shade. - [Custom Decks](https://klemabuilders.com/decks): Composite, cedar, multi-level and pool decks. ## Building in Encino Park - **ZIP and place** (78259): Off US 281 north of Loop 1604 at Evans Road, inside San Antonio city limits in Council District 9 since the 1985 annexation. Denton Development started the neighborhood in the late 1970s; the utility district formed in June 1980, 340 homes stood by 1983 and the community pool opened that summer. Sections include Forest Village, the Forest, the Ridge and the Hollows, with Village at, Vistas of, Terraces at and Woods of Encino Park as later sub-associations. Encino Park Elementary, opened 1989, was North East ISD's first school north of 1604. - **Permit desk** (City of San Antonio Development Services): Per the city's exempt-work list, a small uncovered, detached deck under 30 inches, an uncovered patio under 30 inches and a detached accessory structure up to 300 square feet typically need no permit; an attached pergola, patio cover or covered deck does, and Information Bulletin 151 sets the deck threshold at 300 square feet or 30 inches. Under Information Bulletin 106 no demolition permit is needed to take down a fence, deck, shade structure or shed under 300 square feet. A new fence, or repair of more than a quarter of one, takes a fence permit. - **HOA review** (Encino Park Homeowners Association): Not gated. The association's Architectural Control Committee reviews modifications, additions and architectural changes, so a new pergola, patio cover, deck or fence goes to the ACC before it is built. The neighborhood's units carry differing covenants, and a 2025 vote to standardize them did not pass, so the rules are read from your unit's document before the design is drawn. - **Ground**: Edwards Aquifer recharge zone: West Elm Creek at Encino Rio is a mapped recharge stream and the Encino Rio well is a recharge monitoring site. Soil is shallow stony clay over limestone, so post holes are augered into rock and the clay layer moves with the seasons, which is why thirty-year-old ledgers and posts here are often out of plumb. - **Lots and homes**: Quarter-acre lots with single-story brick ranch homes in the original sections and two-story homes in the later ones, mostly built between 1985 and 1995, slab on grade, under mature live oaks. - **Backyard structures**: The cedar decks, pergolas and shade arbors that came with these houses are at or past thirty years. Rot at the post bases, a ledger pulling from the brick and gray, checked rafters are the usual finds. Our most recent Encino Park job, in September 2026, was a cedar pergola takedown. ## Why Encino Park is different Encino Park was one of the first neighborhoods north of Loop 1604, built from the late 1970s into the 1990s and annexed in 1985, which makes it the first big block of San Antonio backyards where the original cedar structures are simply worn out at the same time. The recharge-zone geology under it, stony clay over rock, is the reason so many of those decks lean. Klema Builders takes down the old structure in one to three business days, hauls it off and grades the yard, then prepares the ACC submission and the city permit for the pergola, patio cover or deck that replaces it, all on a fixed-price quote after a free in-home consult. ## Questions and answers ### Do I need a permit to take down an old pergola or deck in Encino Park? Typically no. Under City of San Antonio Information Bulletin 106 a fence, deck, shade structure or shed under 300 square feet needs no demolition permit. The takedown takes 1 to 3 business days, the wood is hauled off and the yard graded or raked. If a new structure replaces it, the Encino Park ACC and, for anything attached or covered, the city permit come next. ### What does it cost to take down an old pergola or deck in Encino Park? A 12x12 pergola removal in Encino Park 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. ### Does the Encino Park HOA have to approve a new pergola or patio cover? Yes. The Encino Park Homeowners Association's Architectural Control Committee reviews modifications and additions, and each unit's covenants set the details, since the neighborhood has never standardized them. Klema Builders reads your unit's document, prepares the submission with the site plan, materials and color, and files the city permit for anything attached or covered once the committee signs. ### Why is my thirty-year-old deck out of level? Encino Park sits on shallow stony clay over Edwards limestone. The clay swells and shrinks with the seasons and lifts posts that were set shallow or without a proper footing in the 1980s, while the ledger bolts corrode in the brick. The fix is rarely a repair; the replacement deck gets posts drilled to rock, a flashed ledger and stainless or coated hardware. ### Do you handle the permit and the design review in Encino Park? Yes. In Encino Park that means the ACC submission to the homeowners association for the new structure, and the city permit for anything attached, covered, over 30 inches, or wired for lights. 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 much does a deck, pergola or covered patio cost in Encino Park? A 16x30 basic wood deck with handrails in Encino Park 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. ### Does the recharge zone change a backyard project here? It changes drainage and how much slab you add. Encino Park is on the Edwards recharge zone, so patios are graded to drain to the yard, never toward a sinkhole or the creek, and large new slabs are checked against the city's aquifer rules. A pergola over an existing patio or an elevated deck adds no impervious cover at all. ### How long does a project take in Encino Park? 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. A takedown alone is 1 to 3 business days. A replacement adds ACC review, typically 2 to 4 weeks, and city permit review of 1 to 3 weeks for anything attached or covered. The schedule is committed in writing in the contract. ## Nearby pages - [Decks in Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/decks/stone-oak) - [Fencing in Stone Oak](https://klemabuilders.com/fencing/stone-oak) - [Sonterra and Rogers Ranch](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/sonterra-rogers-ranch) - [Cibolo Canyons](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/cibolo-canyons) - [Champions Ridge](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio/champions-ridge) - [San Antonio](https://klemabuilders.com/locations/san-antonio) ## Contact - Phone: (210) 974-1420 (Monday to Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM) - Email: hello@klemabuilders.com - Based in: San Antonio, TX - Service area: San Antonio, the Texas Hill Country and the I-35 corridor to Austin - Free in-home consult, fixed-price quote line by line within 3 to 5 business days. - Get a quote: https://klemabuilders.com/get-quote