Covered deck and stairs with built-in lighting at night

Deck Services / Cabanas

Cabana Builders in Calgary

A cabana is a pergola that's decided to be a room. It has a slatted or solid top overhead and louvered privacy walls on the sides you choose, so you get shade, shelter from the wind and a corner of the yard the neighbours can't see into.

Two kinds of privacy wall

Fixed louvered walls

Panels set permanently in place. Consistent shade and screening, with airflow through the slats, and nothing to adjust.

Sliding louvered walls

Panels that slide along a track, so you can open the cabana to the yard in the evening and close it off against the afternoon sun or a nosy neighbour.

Where a cabana makes sense

  • Around a hot tub, where you want cover and privacy more than a view.
  • On a deck that's overlooked by the houses behind it.
  • As an outdoor room with seating, a TV wall or an outdoor kitchen.
  • On a windy lot, where a wall on the prevailing side makes the space usable.

We frame cabanas in cedar and Douglas fir on footings below the frost line, and design them to handle Calgary's snow and freeze-thaw.

Screened outdoor room with a fireplace and lounge seating

Covered outdoor rooms we've built

Roofed, walled outdoor spaces you can use in more than one season.

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Common questions

Does a cabana need a permit?

A cabana built on a deck makes it a covered deck, which needs a building permit in Calgary whatever the height. We apply for it. See the deck permit guide.

Can a cabana go on an existing deck?

Sometimes. The posts need to carry the roof down to proper footings, so we check the structure first and may add footings.

Cabana, pergola or gazebo?

A pergola is open and mostly for shade. A cabana adds walls for privacy. If you want a fully roofed, open-sided shelter, ask us about a timber pavilion.

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