Patio cover installation in Chino CA - shade that fits the way your patio faces

As a national planning guide, an installed solid or lattice patio cover usually costs about $20 to $60 per square foot across the US. Solid covers cost more than open wood lattice, which is the low-cost way to get shade, and solid wood sits at the top of that range. Your written estimate gives you the figure for your own patio.

For most Chino yards I'd go aluminum, because termites can't eat it, it won't burn and it needs almost no care, which is why it's so common in California. Wood looks warmer, but it needs sealing from time to time and can draw termites, so pick it only if you like the look enough to keep up with it.

Let the sun decide, because the way your patio faces sets how much cover is worth paying for. A west-facing patio takes the hottest afternoon sun and suits a solid roof, an east-facing one does fine with lattice or an open pergola, and a south-facing one sees sun all day and needs heavy coverage. North-facing patios seldom need shade, though a solid cover keeps the winter rain off.

Not to Chino's standard patio cover without more work, because that design isn't meant to be enclosed and closing it in calls for added engineering. The city's standard is one option, and other designs may be possible with an engineered analysis, which is why walls belong in the first conversation. If a closed room is the goal, look at patio enclosures too.

In Chino, the Development Services Department processes building and planning permit requests, and we take care of that side for you, as the steps above lay out. The city's zoning rules also control where a structure can go on your lot and how big it can be. Parts of southern Chino, including areas of The Preserve and near Prado Dam, sit in fire hazard severity zones, and the fire district says new construction or additions in its high and very high zones have to meet building standards for wildland areas, so we look that up early. We're based in Chino and work in the cities around it.

In California, aluminum, metal, vinyl or canvas patio covers fall under the state's awning contractor license, while patio enclosures and carports fall outside it. For a lattice cover attached to the house, ask whether the contractor holds a B general building, C-5 framing and rough carpentry, or C-27 landscaping license. We're fully licensed and insured.