McKinney / Patios

Patio Builder in McKinney

Paver and natural stone patios built on a real base with drainage, so they hold through McKinney's clay instead of cracking in a few seasons.

If you are looking for a patio builder in McKinney, you are building the floor of the backyard, the surface everything else sits on. We build and replace patios across McKinney, from the established lots around Stonebridge Ranch and Eldorado to the older homes near the historic downtown square and the newer builds out in Craig Ranch and Adriatica. A patio done right reads as part of the house. One done wrong cracks and tilts within a few seasons.

The thing that decides whether a McKinney patio holds is what you never see, the base. This part of Collin County sits on blackland clay, the soil that swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries, and that movement is the number one reason patios heave, sink, and crack here. A patio set on a thin bed of sand or straight on grade follows the clay up and down until it pulls apart. We dig down, compact a deep crushed-stone base in lifts, and pitch the whole surface to drain water away from the house and off the patio. Get the base and the drainage right and the rest is straightforward.

We build in two material families and tell you straight which fits your yard at the estimate. Pavers, concrete or brick, lock together over the base and ride the clay as a flexible surface, so a stone that does shift can be lifted and reset instead of jackhammered out. Flagstone and natural stone give the softer, more custom look that suits the older McKinney homes, set tight or with planted joints. Travertine stays cooler underfoot through a long summer. We bring samples to the property and lay them against your house and existing stone so you choose in daylight.

A patio is rarely the only thing. Pattern and a contrasting border turn a plain rectangle into something that looks designed, and the patio is where the rest of the backyard ties in. A fire pit set into the surface, an outdoor kitchen along one edge, or a low seat wall or retaining wall holding a level cut out of a sloped Stonebridge lot. Doing them together keeps one crew on it, carries the same stone through, and usually saves money over separate jobs.

A standard paver patio runs about $15 to $30 per square foot installed, so most McKinney patios land between $6,000 and $15,000 depending on size, material, and pattern. Flagstone and natural stone run higher. Most patios go in over 1 to 2 weeks, longer on larger builds with walls or a kitchen tied in. We give you a fixed number after measuring, not a phone guess.

We build patios across McKinney and nearby Prosper, Celina, and Allen. Want a real number for your yard? Fill out the form for a free on-site estimate. We walk the space, measure it, and quote it. Compare with our patios in Colleyville, or see everything we do in McKinney.