Patio covers
Open slats, filtered light, and the classic Alumawood look in wood-grain aluminum that the salt air cannot touch.
Shade that keeps the coast in view.
A lattice cover is rafters and slats with gaps between them. It softens the glare and takes the edge off the heat without closing the patio in, so a Huntington Beach patio keeps its afternoon light and a Fullerton one keeps its evening sky.
Slat spacing sets how much shade you get; we set it at the estimate for which way the patio faces and how far you are from the water. Because the roof is open a lattice does not trap heat under it, and it lets rain through, which is why inland homes usually pair it with a solid section over the table.
- Slat spacing chosen for how your patio faces
- Attached or freestanding
- Wood-grain finish in seven colors
- The most economical of the four styles
Seven colors, four edges.
Two choices shape how the cover looks from the yard: the baked-on color, and the profile cut into the end of every rafter. The finish sheds dirt, dust and stains and stands up to sun, salt and pollution, so the cover stays the color you chose.
Colors
- White
- Desert Sand
- Mojave Tan
- Latte
- Adobe
- Graphite
- Spanish Brown
Edge details
Any edge, any size, any style
- BeveledA squared end with a chamfer.
- MiteredA clean angled cut.
- CorbelThe classic stepped curve.
- ScallopedA long, sweeping curve.
Colors shown are as close as a screen allows. We bring the sample chips to your estimate.
Lattice patio covers we have built.
Backyards from our own jobs, and a few from the maker's own book.
Lattice by the pool
Lattice, white
Lattice, dark brown
Freestanding lattice on turf
Freestanding lattice
Lattice with string lights
Lattice, looking up
Freestanding lattice by a pool
Lattice, white (photo: Alumawood)
Freestanding lattice, graphite (photo: Alumawood)
The look of wood, minus the upkeep.
Alumawood is embossed aluminum. It reads as timber from the yard and asks nothing of you afterwards.
Insect-proof
Termites and carpenter bees get nothing to eat. There is no wood in it.
No painting
The color is baked on. It does not peel, so there is nothing to scrape or repaint.
Weather-resistant
Sun, wind and the occasional hard rain leave it as it was. Aluminum does not rot or rust.
Crack-resistant
It does not dry out and split the way wood does after a few inland summers and a few salt-air winters.
Stays straight
Rafters do not twist, cup or sag as the seasons turn. The lines you saw on day one stay put.
Questions about lattice patio covers.
Enough near the coast, where the marine layer does the morning and the slats do the afternoon. Inland, at two o'clock in August, it is less than you want; tighter spacing gives more, but if the patio is for summer afternoons east of the 57, look at solid or a combo.
Yes. Lattice is an open roof. If you want a dry patio through a wet January, choose solid or a combo with a solid section.
Yes. Power screens from several makers mount to the cover's beams and drop to block glare, wind and bugs, which is handy around a pool or an outdoor TV. They can go in with the cover or later.
Yes. LED lights, recessed or string style, wire into the rafters, and a ceiling fan mounts to a solid or insulated roof or to a fan beam on a lattice. Say so at the estimate and the wiring is run during the build, by a licensed electrician, to code.
Yes, with the clearances the heater's maker specifies. Alumawood is Class A fire rated. A gas or electric heater stretches the season into fall and early spring.
The cover itself is fixed, but the screens, shades, lights, fans and heaters you add to it can be tied to sun, wind and rain sensors or a smart-home hub. A screen can drop on its own when the wind gets up, and the lights can come on from your phone.
Yes. Irvine, Yorba Linda, the newer tracts in Buena Park and most of the planned communities south of the 405 have an architectural committee, and each one wants roughly the same packet: a site plan, the color, and the manufacturer's spec sheet. We prepare it, submit it, and answer the committee's questions. It is the one part of the schedule we do not control, so we start it first.
Labor and materials on the cover itself. If it stops working the way it should, we repair it at no charge. The details are on the warranty page.
Get a free patio cover or gutter estimate.
Tell us what you have in mind and where in the county. We will call to set a time, measure the space, and give you a written price.
- We call to book a visit at a time that suits you.
- We measure, talk through styles and colors, and answer your questions.
- You get a written estimate. No pressure, no obligation.