SERVICES / OUTDOOR TECHNOLOGY
FSI installs outdoor displays, audio, and smart home integration for Puget Sound homeowners. Wired during construction. Controlled from one place.

the difference
Cables on the outside of the frame. A TV not rated for outdoor use. Speakers in the wrong spots. This is what happens when technology gets handed off to a sub who was never on site during the build. FSI scopes the full technology layer with the structure. Everything is concealed, integrated, and controlled from one place.

Not every product sold for outdoor use is built for the Pacific Northwest. FSI specifies displays, speakers, and control systems that hold up in cold, wet conditions and perform the way your investment deserves.

Your outdoor display should still work in two years.
Standard indoor TVs have no UV protection, no weatherproofing, and limited brightness for daylight viewing. They fail outdoors within two seasons. FSI specifies outdoor-rated displays only because the display needs to survive direct moisture, temperature swings, and Pacific Northwest UV exposure.
Every display is matched to your space's sun exposure and viewing angles before it is ordered. You get a screen specified for where it is going, not just one that fits the budget.

Your outdoor audio should cover the full space, not just one corner.
Speakers mounted after the structure is finished end up in the wrong spots. The result is one loud corner and dead zones across the rest of the space. FSI positions speakers for even coverage across the full footprint and wires everything during construction.
Patio ceiling speakers, landscape in-ground speakers, amplifier setup, and smart home integration are all handled by one team. No exposed cable runs. No mismatched apps. Everything integrated before FSI leaves.

Your outdoor space should be controlled from the same app you already use.
Five separate systems from five separate vendors is not smart home integration. It is five apps and five remotes. FSI integrates every outdoor component into some of the top smart home platforms—Lutron, Josh ai, Control4, Bond, or Sonos. Don't currently have a smart home system? FSI helps you find the right solution to fit your needs.
Screens, audio, lighting, and heaters all run from one interface. FSI handles the full integration in-house because the outdoor AV team and the smart home team are the same people.
WHAT YOU ACTUALLY GET
Available bundled with a new build or as a standalone install on an existing structure.
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Most contractors install indoor TVs outdoors. They fail within two seasons. FSI specifies outdoor-rated displays only. Matched to your sun exposure and viewing angles before anything is ordered.
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Speakers positioned for even coverage across the full space. Not one loud corner. Every speaker wired during construction. No exposed cable runs after the fact.
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Control4, Savant, Lutron, Crestron, Sonos. Every outdoor system in one platform. Screens, audio, and lighting controlled from the same interface you use indoors. FSI handles the full integration in-house.
From the first site visit to the final walkthrough, FSI manages every trade and every detail of your outdoor space.
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Most contractors build one piece of the space. FSI can design and build the entire outdoor room — pergola, kitchen, screens, heaters, lighting, and AV — as one cohesive system, coordinating with vetted contractors if needed.
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No contractor coordination. No missed handoffs. No blame-shifting when something does not fit. FSI manages every trade, employs the people doing the work, or subs out to vetted partners.
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FSI has been operating in this market since 2005. This climate, these jurisdictions, these materials. Not a new dealer figuring it out. A team with over 340 completed projects.
From First Call to Finished Space

Hosting crowds? Movie nights? Background music and lighting only? FSI asks the right questions to specify the right system for how you actually use the space.

Every component specified before anything is ordered. Display placement, speaker positioning, lighting zones, and smart home integration all mapped out. You see the full plan first.

Complete pricing for every component. Bundled with the main project or standalone. One price. No surprises.

Every component installed, wired, and integrated with your smart home. No exposed cables. No mismatched apps. One commissioned system before FSI leaves.

Every system activated before FSI leaves. App setup confirmed. Sound, screens, and smart controls all running from one place.
QUESTIONS?
Yes — all landscape lighting and pergola lighting installed by FSI can be integrated with Control4, Savant, Lutron, and other major smart home platforms for automated, scene-based, and app-controlled operation. Lighting zones are programmed to match how the space is used — entertainment lighting for hosting, ambient lighting for evenings, security lighting on a schedule, and pathway lighting triggered at sunset. When lighting is integrated with the rest of the outdoor system, you control the full outdoor experience from one interface: screens down, heaters on, speakers on, lighting to the entertainment scene. FSI handles the lighting installation, the programming, and the integration into the existing smart home system in one engagement.
Yes — FSI's team has 20 years of experience integrating with Control4, Savant, Lutron, Crestron, Sonos, and other major smart home platforms. This is not a new capability added to support outdoor living projects — it is the founding expertise FSI was built on before entering outdoor living. When MagnaTrack screens, infrared heaters, outdoor speakers, and landscape lighting are added to your existing smart home, they are integrated into the existing system, not added as separate apps or separate controllers. Your outdoor space appears in the same interface you already use for interior lighting, shading, and climate. The programming is handled by FSI's team during installation and commissioning, and a final walkthrough confirms every outdoor system is operating correctly before FSI leaves.
Yes — this is FSI's most significant operational advantage in the outdoor living market. FSI's founding team built 20 years of alarm system, low-voltage wiring, and smart home integration experience before installing their first pergola. The outdoor structure and the technology layer are not handled by separate teams. FSI's team understands how the pergola is framed, where the cable channels run inside the posts and beams, what the electrical capacity of the structure is, and how every technology component needs to be positioned relative to the structure's geometry. The outdoor living contractor who subcontracts technology to an AV company that has never been on site produces cable runs on the outside of the frame, heaters wired to the wrong breaker, and speakers placed for subcontractor convenience rather than listening position. FSI owns both the structure and the technology installation, which is why the finished result looks and performs differently.
Yes — FSI holds a general contractor license, which means FSI is legally authorized to manage permit applications for every trade in the project scope — structural, electrical, gas connections, and mechanical. FSI pulls the permits, coordinates with inspectors, and ensures all work passes inspection and is closed out properly before the project is complete. This is one of the practical differences between working with a licensed GC and working with a pergola dealer or outdoor kitchen company that coordinates multiple subs. A GC license means one entity is accountable for the full scope, one entity pulls permits for all trades, and one entity manages the inspection and sign-off process. Customers are not managing permit applications, chasing inspector callbacks, or coordinating between separate contractor permits. FSI handles it all.
Yes — FSI produces full 3D design renderings for complete outdoor living package engagements. You see the finished space before any work begins — the pergola footprint on your specific property, the kitchen position and configuration, the screen placement, the lighting locations, and the material selections all rendered in three dimensions. The 3D design is produced after the on-site property walkthrough and before the final proposal is delivered. It serves two purposes: it confirms the design is what you are imagining, and it confirms the scope is matched to the proposal numbers. FSI does not begin fabrication or installation until the design and proposal are approved. The investment in the design process eliminates the mismatch between expectation and delivery that is the most common source of client dissatisfaction in outdoor construction projects.