Custom patio covers for Las Vegas, built right since 2014.

Finding a company that can properly construct a patio cover on a second story balcony is very difficult, so allow me to save you some time: Call Las Vegas Outdoor Shade and Patio.

Our west-facing upstairs room off the balcony gets direct full sun and cooked like a ceramic kiln in the summer. AC could never keep up. I wanted shade for the room and a covered respite where I could sit and enjoy a breeze without risk of spontaneously combusting in my lounge chair.

I contacted seven companies and most didn't want to do it, while others would but tried to steer me away from getting city permits (BIG red flag...you don't want to bypass this step, because an unpermitted structure attached to your home is likely not properly engineered and both a legal liability and a major dent to your home's value if you ever sell). I gave up and figured it just wasn't doable, until my wife showed me an ad for this company.

Armando met with us and walked us through options, designs, colors, tradeoffs, and the overall process. …

Armando pulled our house blueprints from the county, coordinated engineering, and obtained the required city permits. Note: The actual cost for engineering and permits was refreshingly reasonable because he doesn't inflate those costs. In fact, the cost was actually LESS than the companies that wanted us to skip the permits.

The project then commenced. The crew opened up the balcony floor and reinforced the internal framing to support the weight of patio cover posts and hold them in place for when those insane winds rip across the valley. If not properly anchored, high winds impart on the roof the same lift effect that enables airplanes to fly...yet another reason to engineer and permit your project. They then patched, textured, and repainted the ENTIRE balcony floor and it looked even better than before they started. The patio cover roof attaches to the house frame structure and they handled the re-stucco work, et al. We couldn't be happier with the final result. It looks great and the room is significantly cooler during the day. It also didn't budge during the recent wind storms.

Now to answer the question, "Would I call on this company again?" The answer is "yes," and I already have. I'll upload photos for Phase 2 when that project is completed.