5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Building a New Patio

Those blue skies are calling, but your backyard consists of a stack of seat height cinderblocks and a bedsheet draped between two ladders. A stiff breeze rolls through and your bedsheet sun shade is gone with the wind. Friend, it’s time to build your patio. You don’t know where to start and we get that.
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5 Considerations When Building a Patio

Dek Tex | Patio Considerations
Breathe in…breathe out. Smell that? That’s cut grass and grilled meats, summer’s eau de parfum. And while we are all excited to pop outside with a glass of something frosty, this is also the time of year we’re reminded what our outdoor spaces are lacking. Before you call DekTex for your personal patio estimate, here
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Your Business Needs a Pergola. Here’s Why.

It’s a new era for the businesses we run and frequent, one that demands agility and versatility. Restaurants and bars have learned to add patio seating to accommodate safe social distancing. Schools and daycares have taken full advantage of open air recreation and education. As many enterprises move outdoors, they have leaned on commercial pergolas
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Looking Up: Update and Upgrade with a Pergola

DekTex Deck | Pergola | Madison, WI
Your patio isn’t simply a backyard addendum, it’s supplemental living space. The family pet practically lives there, a glass of wine by the firepit beats a fireplace every time, and your kids would rather take lunch outside over the formal dining room any day of the week. Think of it as a rumpus room with
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It’s Getting Hot Out Here: Achieving a Year Round Backyard

Dek Tex | Cold weather patio design
It’s that leaf raking, football watching, doggy sweater wearing, pumpkin spicing time of year, and with it comes a word we haven’t uttered in months: “Brrrr.” While the temps can feel like a pause on outdoor life, it needn’t be with patio upgrades that suit your al fresco ways. Sling a scarf over those shoulders,
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Indoor Living…Outside

As transitional temperatures approach, with chilly nights and comfortable days, the mourning of summer weather past is creeping in. The urge to flip the sign to “Closed” on our yards comes sooner than we’d like, simply because it hasn’t been designed for use over a maximum number of months. Creating more livable backyard rooms involves
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Putting Your Stamp on Outdoor Flooring

With a catchy name like DekTex, it is often assumed our entire sales portfolio is built around decking and decking only. In fact a large part of our day-to-day design and installation also involves custom hardscaping, such as patio flooring, garden paths, and decorative walkways. Not just a beautiful way to add polish and create
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Thinking Big in Micro-Yards: Outdoor Design for Smaller Spaces

For many reasons your backyard might not be the most spacious, perhaps because it is situated on a city lot, in a vintage community with diminutive layouts, or simply because your chosen landscaping dominates the square footage. At DekTex we don’t see these factors as a hindrance, and see very few roadblocks despite the dimensional
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Let Them Live! Saving Your Trees During Construction

DekTex | Middleton, Madison | Deck Builder Contractor
We are fast approaching Earth Day, and in spirit we are excited to talk Trees. Specifically, your trees, the ones you have come to love after many years of cultivation, after having carefully planned their placement for maximum beauty, shade, and wildlife habitat. Knowing a new deck will soon grace your backyard comes with rightful
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Good, Better, Best: Knowing the Difference, and Budgeting Accordingly

DekTex budget blog
Quite understandably, the primary roadblock to taking the grand leap into a deck build or upgrade relates to budget. In our experience however, the resistance is not the actual expense, so much as the uncertainty. Fear of sticker-shock, or of being laughed right out of the showroom by one’s cost and timeline expectations can deter
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