Pools & Spas in Avoca
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Avoca, 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 Avoca homeowners in Jones County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Avoca
Avoca is on State Highway 6 at Farm roads 600 and 1636, eight miles southeast of Stamford in northeast Jones County. The town survived as a shipping point for livestock and cotton.
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 Avoca and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has been building since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Outdoor living we build in Avoca, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Avoca
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Avoca
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Avoca
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Avoca
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Avoca
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Avoca
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Avoca
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Avoca homes
Homes and Yards in Avoca
Founded in the early 1880s as Spring Creek, the community got a post office named Avo in 1893. When the Texas Central Railroad came in 1900, J. L. Crostwaite moved his store three miles to the track and the post office became Avoca.
For a small community lot with space to spare, a simple attached cover plus a flagstone path to a fire pit keeps cost down and use high.
Between 51 and 60 percent of Jones County land is considered prime farmland. The soils are black to sandy loam with clayey subsoils, under tall grasses and mesquite trees.
Avoca’s population reached a peak of 500 in 1908. Drought, depression, changing transportation patterns, and the appeal of neighboring towns later reduced it. The population fell to 150 in 1940 and 121 in 1980, and in 2000 it was still 121.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 93 hail reports in Jones County from 2016 to 2025, 83 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4 inches. The same records show 46 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 96 mph, and 9 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 Avoca, TX
How is a pool built in Avoca?
Rolling Plains clay swells when it is wet and shrinks when it dries, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in it. The shell, its bond beam and the deck are designed for that movement, and the deck is graded so rain runs away from the pool and the house. In Avoca the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Avoca, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Avoca?
On Rolling Plains clay a patio cover’s footings carry the whole structure, and the top of the clay is the part that moves most. Footings are taken below that movement and the slab is graded away from the house, so the roofline stays true as the ground wets and dries. In Avoca the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Avoca, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Avoca?
A pergola on Rolling Plains clay stays square only if its posts sit below the ground that moves. The footings go deeper than the seasonal swell and shrink, and the grade around each post sheds water instead of holding it. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Avoca?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Avoca is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Avoca 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.
Avoca 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 Avoca and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Avoca sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Jones 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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