Pools & Spas in Alvord
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Alvord, 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 Alvord homeowners in Wise County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Alvord
Alvord is on U.S. Highway 287/81, ten miles northeast of Decatur in northeast Wise County. Watermelon farms and livestock ranches once surrounded the town, until the Great Depression reduced their number.
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 or county office that covers Alvord and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Wise County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Outdoor living we build in Alvord, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Alvord
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Alvord
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Alvord
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Alvord
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Alvord
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Alvord
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Alvord
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Alvord homes
Homes and Yards in Alvord
Settlement began in the early 1880s at a place first called Nina. In 1882 it took its present name in honor of the president of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company, and a post office opened that year.
On a country lot near a small town, an L-shaped patio cover that wraps the back of the house can shade both a seating area and an outdoor kitchen.
Eastern Wise County has gently rolling hills with sandy loam topsoils and brick clay subsoils, and the county’s average elevation is 800 feet. Temperatures vary from an average low of 33° F in January to an average high of 96° F in July.
Water comes from the City of Alvord, which draws on groundwater.
By the time it incorporated in 1890, Alvord had become a prosperous retail center for area farmers. In 1925 it had 1,376 residents, a high school, an elementary school, four churches and a weekly newspaper, and it was the site of a Magnolia Petroleum Company pumping station. The population was 821 in 1940, 865 in 1990 and 1,007 in 2000, when the town had sixty-two businesses.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 115 hail reports in Wise County from 2016 to 2025, 94 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4.5 inches. 12 of those reports were logged at Alvord itself, the largest 2.75 inches. The same records show 58 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 85 mph, and 8 tornadoes. That is why a patio cover’s roof panels, fasteners and posts here are chosen for hail and wind, not only for shade.
What each outdoor project needs in Alvord, TX
How is a pool built in Alvord?
Grand Prairie ground is soil over limestone, so a pool excavation here often meets rock rather than shrink-swell clay. That is a cost we would rather price honestly at the design visit than discover halfway through the dig. In Alvord the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Alvord, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Alvord?
Grand Prairie limestone often sits close to the surface, which gives a patio cover’s footings rock to bear on instead of moving clay. The trade is excavation: drilling into limestone takes different equipment than augering clay, and that belongs in the price up front. In Alvord the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Alvord, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Alvord?
On Grand Prairie ground a pergola’s footings often reach limestone quickly, which makes a stable base. Getting there is the work, because shallow rock means drilling rather than augering. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Alvord?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Alvord is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Alvord and sits on footings designed for the ground under it. We match the roofline and the exterior to the house so it reads as part of it. More on sunrooms and patio enclosures.
Alvord 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 or county office that covers Alvord and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Alvord sits on Grand Prairie ground in Wise 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.
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Hardscaping
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Patio Covers
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Patio Covers
HOA Approval for a Patio Cover in Texas: DFW Guide
The HOA and the city are two separate approvals, and the HOA usually comes first. Here is the packet a DFW committee wants, how long it takes, why it says no, and how to answer a denial.
Free design visits in Alvord
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