Sealed, shaded patios for McKinney's lakeside golf estates and new-build communities — installed and serviced by a local owner-led crew.
McKinney pairs established country-club neighborhoods with some of the fastest new-build growth in Collin County, and both kinds of homes share the same problem: a beautiful covered patio you can't fully use once the mosquitoes and afternoon heat arrive. Motorized retractable screens turn those patios into sealed, shade-controlled outdoor rooms at the touch of a button — a McKinney favorite from Stonebridge Ranch to Trinity Falls.
McKinney's signature neighborhoods are built around water and fairways — Stonebridge Ranch alone holds more than twenty lakes and ponds plus a country club, Towne Lake sits on Wilson Creek, and Lake Lavon is just southeast. The city runs an active West Nile program, and in 2024 it sprayed named neighborhoods within a mile of positive traps, including along Eldorado Parkway in the western country-club belt. A sealed motorized screen is what lets you actually use a lakeside or fairway patio in the evening.
McKinney's largest community, Stonebridge Ranch — over 5,000 acres and 70-plus villages — requires a Modification Application and committee approval before many exterior projects, with violations and fines for skipping it, and you have to follow the more restrictive of the master rules or your specific village's. Craig Ranch and Trinity Falls run their own architectural review too. We handle the modification submittal, coordinate the approved colors where they're required, and a retractable screen is usually an easier approval than a permanent enclosure.
McKinney's building department is explicit: patio covers, shade arbors and screened porches require a permit, while minor like-for-like electrical — such as a plug-in motor on an existing outlet — is exempt, and a new hardwired circuit is not. That makes the established homes of west McKinney around Eldorado Country Club ideal retrofit candidates, while the new-build north like Trinity Falls gets screens as a clean finishing touch on a fresh covered patio. We confirm the requirement with the City of McKinney on every job.
McKinney's building department requires a permit for patio covers, shade arbors and screened porches, and for new hardwired electrical circuits — but it specifically exempts minor like-for-like electrical such as a plug-in device on an existing outlet. Whether your screen needs a permit depends on the structure and wiring; we confirm it with the City of McKinney and handle whatever's required.
Stonebridge Ranch requires a Modification Application and Modifications Committee approval before many exterior projects, with fines for starting without it, and you follow the most restrictive of the master rules or your village's guidelines. We prepare and submit the modification for you and use approved colors where they apply.
All of McKinney — from the lakes and fairways of Stonebridge Ranch, Kings Lake and the Village of Eldorado to Craig Ranch and the new-build communities up north like Trinity Falls.
Yes. McKinney's twenty-plus community lakes, Towne Lake on Wilson Creek and nearby Lake Lavon keep mosquito pressure high, and the city sprays named neighborhoods near positive West Nile traps each summer. A sealed motorized screen keeps your patio usable at dusk.