About Southern Patio Enclosures
Family-owned, commercial-only, and building for the operators who have already replaced one enclosure that didn't last.
Who We Are
Southern Patio Enclosures started from a problem we kept seeing: restaurants paying twice for patio enclosures that wore out too fast. Mark Chandler, our owner and founder, built the company around commercial-grade systems made for daily service, and we turned down residential work entirely.
We work from Buda, Texas. Our job records show installs in 39 states: single restaurants, hotel rooftops, event venues, and rollouts such as Lazy Dog's 36 patios and Chuy's 32 locations. Our own crews do the installs, and the same team handles service after the sale.
Mark handles design review, shop drawings and order placement. Tom Taylor, our sales manager, reads every request that comes in and assigns the rep for your area. Every opening is measured on site at the design consultation before anything is built.
The team
- Tom TaylorSales Manager. Reviews every inbound request and assigns the rep. (512) 782-8787
- Ty GardnerDFW, Oklahoma, Austin & Central Texas.
- Kevin TomalonisThe Carolinas & Southeast.
- BrianProject management. Takes over at conversion and runs the job to completion.
- JerrethSenior designer: design consultations and motorized service.
- GeraldSenior designer: design consultations and manual service.
- Mark ChandlerOwner and founder. Design review, shop drawings, and order placement.
- FloridonService. Runs service calls and warranty work.
Our Commitment
To Quality
Our team has more than 50 years of combined experience with commercial patios. We work directly with every client, and every enclosure is built to the openings we measured on your site.
To Customer Service
Southern Patio Enclosures is family-owned and operated, so we believe clients should be treated like members of that same family. We don't know another way to do it. When you become part of the SPE family, we're committed to your project from start to finish: advice, help, and answers throughout the process and after it.
Where we draw the line
- Commercial B2B only. Restaurants, hotels, hospitality groups, event venues, and chains. Never residential.
- We do not build roofs, awnings or patio covers. The roof or structure must exist or be in the drawings. Where it needs a simple addition to carry the enclosure, we add powder-coated aluminum posts and headers.
- $10,000 installed minimum, flexible for true multi-site rollouts.
- All vinyl is NFPA 701 flame retardant.
- We'll tell you no. Single small jobs far from our primary service areas are generally declined unless they stack or are part of a rollout.
How we write this site
Our team writes these pages, with help from AI tools, and checks them against our own job records and photos. The jobs, sizes, dates and photos you see here come from our job files. If something doesn't match what you see on a patio we built, call us at 512-782-8787 and we'll fix it.
Ready to turn your patio into year-round revenue?
Tell us about your space and we'll come back with a design and a number. Commercial projects only. $10,000 minimum, installed.