Outdoor Living in Aledo, TX
Outdoor living is the covered patio, pool, kitchen, stone and lighting that make a backyard part of the home. Longhorn designs and builds them together for Aledo homeowners in Parker County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Aledo
Aledo is a small incorporated city surrounded by much larger unincorporated Parker County acreage in the Aledo ISD area, so a lot of the work here is on one-acre-plus lots with septic systems rather than city sewer. The terrain rolls and carries scattered post oak and live oak cover typical of the Cross Timbers.
That ground decides how a slab, a pool shell or a footing has to be built here. Here is what it does to a patio.
We file the permit with the City of Aledo and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Parker County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Homes and Yards in Aledo
Aledo grew quickly starting in the mid-1970s as nearby Fort Worth expanded.
On an acre-plus lot there is room to spread out, but the runs for power, gas and water get longer, and the septic field decides where a pool can go.
City of Aledo, using city wells plus treated surface water bought from the City of Fort Worth.
Aledo began in 1879 as a Texas and Pacific station called Parker Station and took its present name in 1882. About 150 people lived there by the mid-1880s, 400 by the early 1920s, and the city incorporated in 1963. It had 1,027 residents in 1980, 1,726 in 2000 and 4,858 in 2020; the city’s own 2025 estimate is 5,521. The Front Street district is the walkable downtown, and a new Aledo Municipal Complex will house City Hall.
Parker County is undulating to hilly land, with elevations from 700 to 1,200 feet above sea level. The sandy loams of the Cross Timbers part of the county drain to the Brazos River, while the Grand Prairie parts drain to upper tributaries of the Trinity.
The city runs a mandatory year-round watering schedule. No outdoor watering is allowed on Monday; addresses ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 water Wednesday and Saturday, addresses ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 water Thursday and Sunday, and non-residential locations water Tuesday and Friday. Outdoor watering is not allowed between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., handheld hoses, drip irrigation and soaker hoses may be used at any time, and runoff onto streets or driveways is prohibited.
Development Services says permit requirements for fences, sheds and accessory structures vary with the type, size and location of the structure, and it asks owners to contact the department before beginning construction. Applications go through the GovWell portal, and setbacks are in the Unified Development Code. The permit technician is at 817-441-7016, ext. 4201.
What each outdoor project needs in Aledo, TX
What does a patio cover need in Aledo?
Eastern Cross Timbers loam is easier to dig than clay, but it sits on clay, so a post hole that looks clean at three feet can still be in moving ground at five. Footings are sized for what is under the sand, not what the auger came through first. In Aledo the permit goes through the City of Aledo, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Aledo?
In the Eastern Cross Timbers the sand drains and the clay beneath it does not, so a pergola post can sit in a hole that holds water after a storm. The footing detail and the grade around each post are what keep the base of a wooden post dry. More on pergolas.
How is a pool built in Aledo?
Eastern Cross Timbers ground is sandier loam over clay, which digs more kindly than the black prairie but drains onto a layer that does not. On a pool that shows up as water travelling under the deck, so the drainage and the backfill detail matter as much as the shell. In Aledo the permit goes through the City of Aledo, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Aledo
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A free design visit in Aledo
A designer comes out to the house, measures the space a backyard project has to fit, walks the access a crew would need, and talks through what you want it to do. You leave with a firm price. On Eastern Cross Timbers ground, that is also when the grading, drainage and movement details get decided rather than improvised on site.
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Drawings, permit and HOA
We file the permit with the City of Aledo and follow it through review, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork. Where an HOA wants a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.
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One crew, one schedule
The same team builds the whole backyard project in order, so the slab, the structure, the electrical and the finish work are not three different companies working around each other.
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Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the finished backyard project with you, settle the punch list and leave one warranty on the work, and we are still Parker County-local if you need us later.
Aledo outdoor living questions
Almost always, for pools and for anything attached to the house, including patio covers, sunrooms and enclosures. Longhorn files the permit with the City of Aledo and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Aledo sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Parker County. The ground decides how a slab, a pool shell or a footing has to be built, so we plan the drainage and the footings for it at the first visit rather than after something moves.
Where an HOA in Aledo asks for a submittal, we prepare the drawings and details it wants, alongside the city permit, so the approval runs in parallel with the design rather than after it.
Yes. Many homeowners start with one piece, such as a pool or a patio cover, and add the rest later. We plan the whole space up front so the gas, power, water and drainage for later phases are in place from the start.
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