Western Timber Frame™ designs, engineers, and builds custom timber frame pergolas, pavilions, and outdoor living structures across Murray, Utah. Every structure is engineered to the specific lot: its soil, its grade, its snow and wind load, and the way you use the space.
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Designed and Built in Utah — Delivered to Murray
Our structures are made in Utah — designed, engineered, and CNC-cut at our facility in Payson, about an hour away. Every one of the 7,000+ structures we’ve delivered nationwide since 2008 started as raw timber on that shop floor.
For a Murray buyer, that means an in-person consultation, timber cut in-state, and real joinery you can drive to before you commit. We’ve built across the Salt Lake Valley, including the cabana in neighboring Taylorsville pictured on this page, and nearby in Midvale, Holladay, and Millcreek.
It’s also why the U.S. Small Business Administration named us the 2026 SBA Utah District Manufacturing Small Business of the Year.
Designing Timber Structures for Murray’s Climate & Lifestyle
Murray sits around 4,300 feet on the valley floor, close to the 4,239-foot reference Salt Lake City uses for its 28 psf snow figure. Murray’s Building Division design criteria list a 28 psf ground snow load and a 30-inch frost line depth, and NOAA’s 1991–2020 climate normals for nearby Salt Lake City International show an average July high of 94°F and about 52 inches of snow a year.
Murray’s Building Division reviews patio covers, decks, and carports through its plan submittal checklist, which asks for a site plan, framing details, and Planning & Zoning approval first. In the R-1-8 zone, the accessory structure code keeps detached structures in the side or rear yard, at least 6 feet behind the house, 10 feet from a home on the next lot, and 1 foot from property lines, with one story and a 20-foot peak. All accessory structures together can cover no more than 25 percent of the rear yard. We work through those requirements with you during design, before a single beam is cut.
Our standard engineering starts at 115 mph. Where the project requires a higher design wind speed, the structure is engineered for that requirement. We also engineer to your lot’s real snow load, soil, and exposure.
Neighborhoods we design for:
Historic homes near downtown
Older homes in the Downtown Residential and Hillside historic districts, where a new structure should suit the house and its era.
Corner lots
Corner lots, where Murray’s code sets its own height, setback, and coverage limits for structures in the corner side yard.
Smaller lots
Smaller lots in the R-1-6 zone, where an attached patio cover can reach partway into the rear yard if it stays open on three sides.
Murray Park covers 63 acres, with an arboretum and rose garden, an outdoor pool, rental pavilions, and an amphitheater tucked between the cottonwoods and the creek. On the west side, Murray’s section of the Jordan River Parkway runs about five miles, with a paved trail, an equestrian trail, and canoe launches. A timber structure earns its place here by fitting established neighborhoods and standing up to real snow, wind, and sun.
Structures We Build in Murray
Every structure is a Custom-Engineered Kit — purpose-built for your space, architecture, and lot.
Custom Pergolas: Best Fit For Murray
With July highs averaging near 94°F, a Murray patio needs shade that actually works. A pergola has to deliver real shade and read as a permanent part of the home, not a mail-order add-on, whether it sits behind a historic home near downtown or on a smaller lot. That’s where custom engineering separates from a catalog cover.
Many aluminum and light-frame pergola kits provide significantly less coverage, while our ShadePrint™ approach measures actual coverage and can reach 80–85%, varying by orientation and time of day. Unlike metal, timber has low thermal conductivity, so it doesn’t heat the skin as quickly in the sun and surfaces stay more comfortable to the touch. Engineered for Murray’s summer sun and winter snow, the Dovetail Difference® interlocks the timbers without metal brackets or exposed fasteners, with no visible hardware to loosen. Add lighting and power through TimberVolt® — engineered in, not bolted on.
The same craftsmanship scales up: businesses, schools, and event venues across the Salt Lake Valley use commercial timber pavilions to turn a patio into a year-round, instantly recognizable space.
Our Timber Frame Design & Build Process in Murray
Design Consultation
In person or remote, designed around your lot, home, and views.
Engineering for Murray Conditions
Engineered to your lot’s soil, grade, snow load, and wind, based on the specific conditions of your property. We provide engineering documentation to support permitting and stamped drawings prepared by a licensed engineer where the project and jurisdiction require them.
Fabrication & Quality Control
Every timber is cut in-house at our own Payson shop, on CNC machinery we own and run ourselves — not sent out to a third-party fabricator. That means the same team that engineers your Murray structure also cuts it, with one line of control and accountability from design to delivery.
Warranty Coverage
Every Western Timber Frame structure carries a limited structural warranty. Length runs from 3 years on Deck Structures to 25 years on the 12K Series, based on the series you purchase.
Delivery & Installation Support
Ships as a Custom-Engineered Kit with complete instructions; DIY-friendly, or we can coordinate installation support.
We build around local permitting, including Murray’s accessory structure setbacks, patio cover plan review, and rear-yard coverage limits.
Also Serving the Areas Around Murray
We serve homeowners and businesses across:
FAQs About Timber Structures in Murray, Utah
What Our Clients Say About Us
2026 SBA Utah District Manufacturing Small Business of the Year
National recognition for excellence in craftsmanship, client service, and small business leadership.
National Timber Frame Expertise, Built in Utah
With 28 Best of State Awards, multiple Inc. 5000 honors, an HGTV Design Excellence Award, the 2026 SBA Utah District Manufacturing Small Business of the Year, and 7,000+ structures built nationwide since 2008, Western Timber Frame designs and builds custom, structural, real-wood timber structures for homeowners and commercial clients who want true craftsmanship, not off-the-shelf catalog designs.
Send us your project details, and we’ll design a structure purpose-built for your Murray property.