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Depends on the day you sign and what's already in the yard. If there's good concrete or pavers there, the job is mostly fabrication and a one- or two-day install. If we're starting from grass, footings have to go in before the ground turns — and that's the part the calendar controls, not us.

Signed to installed is running 6–8 weeks right now. If footings need to go in, October 15 is the last day to sign for a 2026 install — if your concrete, pavers or deck are already down, we can sign later than that. Book the design visit and we'll tell you honestly which side of that line you're on, including if the answer is spring.

Because of what's in it. A motorized louvered roof, fan beams with puck lighting, JellyFish permanent LED and Sonance audio are all standard here — at most companies those are four separate upgrade lines on a quote that started lower.

Compare the whole number, not the starting number. And if what you actually want is a simple shade structure, tell us on the call — we'd rather point you somewhere honest than sell you something you didn't need.

In almost every case, yes. A pergola is a structure anchored to the ground, not flat work like a paver patio, so the city wants to see it — and there are setback rules about how close it can sit to your property lines. Moorhead is the same idea on the Minnesota side.

We prepare the drawings and submit the permit as part of the job. It's the step homeowners most often get wrong when they buy a kit online.

It's the reason it's 6000-series aluminum under an architectural powder coat, and the reason it's engineered here instead of cut to a catalog size in a warmer state. We'll walk you through the exact ratings — and the structural warranty — on paper at your design visit.

Aluminum also doesn't rot, warp, or need staining every other spring. There's nothing to take down in October and nothing to re-canvas in three years — which is most of why people stop considering cedar or a canopy once they've owned one.

Yes, and it's not an afterthought — we have a second base in Nevis. Detroit Lakes, Park Rapids, Walker and Brainerd are normal jobs for us, not exceptions with a minimum attached. Say so on the form and we'll line the visit up with a day we're already up there.

Per project, not per square foot. Commercial spans are longer, railings and egress have to be engineered, and occupancy load changes what the structure has to carry — a square-foot number would be a guess dressed up as a quote.

What we do instead: measure the patio, work out the seats you'd actually gain, and put that against the build cost so you can see the payback in seasons rather than guessing. The patio math above is the same calculation we run, with your numbers in it.

Yes — that's a normal commercial job, and it's usually where the pergola makes the biggest difference, because a rooftop is the first place people leave when the weather turns. The structural attachment gets engineered against the existing building, so the drawings step is longer than a backyard.

Bring us the patio and we'll tell you what it can carry before anybody spends money on design.

Completely fine, and worth starting now anyway. Spring books up over the winter and the design is free whenever you take it. Get measured, get the rendering, sit on the number through the winter, and pick your install week before the calendar fills.