What it is
Patio Construction — built right.
A patio is the room of the property where the family actually lives outside. We design patios as part of the overall property system — sized to the home, sloped away from the foundation, integrated with drainage, and finished in materials that read as Hill Country at first glance. Stamped concrete, flagstone, limestone, brick, or pavers — every option has a right use.
Hill Country Relevance
Local conditions.
Hill Country patios that crack within five years almost always fail for the same three reasons: shallow base over caliche, no expansion joints for Texas heat cycles, and no drainage routing for the runoff that hits them in October storms. Every Johnson Ranch Landscape patio install addresses all three before pour day.
Materials & Process
How we build it.
- Design phase — patio sized to home, oriented to morning shade or sunset view, sloped 1.5-2% away from the foundation.
- Engineered base: 4-6" compacted base, geotextile where caliche is unstable.
- Reinforcement: rebar grid in concrete pours; polymeric sand and edge restraint on pavers.
- Drainage: channel drain at low edge, downspout integration if downspouts dump near.
- Finish: broom finish, stamped pattern with custom color, natural flagstone or limestone set in mortar, or paver pattern.
- Cure + sealer where applicable. 2-year workmanship guarantee.