The fastest-growing town in Colorado
Timnath had 625 residents in 2010. Today it has more than 10,000 — the fastest growth of any town in the state — and essentially all of its housing is post-2010, master-planned new build: WildWing's lakeside estates on Timnath Reservoir, Timnath Ranch, the larger lots of Serratoga Falls around Kitchel Lake, Trailside on Harmony. The town even publishes its own metro-districts page and neighborhoods map, because that's simply how Timnath was built.
A town where nearly every house is new is a town where nearly every backyard is unfinished. That's the Timnath project in one sentence: the first real deck for a house that shipped without one.
Builder-basic, meet the actual plan
Production builders deliver a slab stoop or the smallest platform that passes inspection. What we build instead is designed as one piece: a composite deck sized for the household, railing chosen to keep the open plains-and-reservoir sightlines rather than fence them off, and shade planned in from the start — because these lots won't have tree canopy for another twenty years. For evenings and shoulder seasons, an outdoor kitchen or a covered section is what turns the deck into the room that gets used most.
Wind off the water and the plains
Timnath sits at about 4,870 feet on open ground east of Fort Collins, along the Poudre corridor and the reservoir — and open water plus open plains means wind with nothing to slow it down. For a pergola or patio cover, the governing load is uplift: wind pulling the roof upward, not snow pressing down. Engineered post bases, exposure-rated hardware, and footings sized for the load are what keep a cover attached through a spring windstorm, and they're not optional at this exposure.
Hail, sun, and the composite-first case
This is hail alley — Colorado runs second in the nation for hail claims — under a high-altitude sun that grays and checks softwood in a few seasons. Capped composite takes both without an annual refinishing weekend, which is why it leads our recommendation for nearly every Timnath build. If you want the honest trade-offs, our composite vs. hardwood comparison doesn't oversell either side.
Clay soils, real footings
Front Range expansive clay swells when wet, shrinks when dry, and heaves shallow footings out of level a little more each year — a particular risk on young lots where the ground is still settling. Every deck we build stands on caisson footings drilled to full frost depth, 30 to 36 inches. It's invisible at the reveal and decisive in year ten.
A town that checks the drawings
Timnath takes permitting seriously: Building Services requires full construction drawings for decks, publishes its own deck guide, runs applications through the CommunityCore portal, and adopted the 2024 codes effective January 1, 2026. Metro-district design review usually comes first. None of that slows us down — permit-grade drawings are our standard deliverable — and we manage both packets and every inspection. Our permit guide covers the general process.
Honest about the drive
Timnath is roughly an hour and ten minutes from our Centennial shop, in the same corridor as our work in Fort Collins and Greeley. Distance shapes how we schedule crews and deliveries — never your price, and never the guarantee behind the work.
Start with the cost calculator for a real number, then tell us what you're planning.