Pools & Spas in Blackwell
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Blackwell, 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 Blackwell homeowners in Nolan County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Blackwell
Blackwell is on State Highway 70, Farm Road 1170, and the Santa Fe tracks, three miles northwest of Oak Creek Reservoir. The town lies in both Nolan and Coke counties.
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 Blackwell 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 Blackwell, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Blackwell
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Blackwell
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Blackwell
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Blackwell
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Blackwell
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Blackwell
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Blackwell
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Blackwell homes
Homes and Yards in Blackwell
The plat filed in 1906 named the town James, but Texas already had a town by that name. After the post office opened in March 1907, postmaster D.T. Hunt added his friend James Blackwell Henslee’s middle name to the list, and it was approved.
A trading town like Blackwell has plenty of yard space, so a detached shade cover over a concrete slab can sit wherever the afternoon shadow falls best.
Southern Nolan County has plateaus traversed by valleys, with the western end of the Callahan Divide. Annual rainfall averages 22.19 inches, and the county has very little timber beyond hackberry, post oak, cottonwood, and mesquite along streams.
Blackwell grew as a trading center for parts of Nolan, Coke, and Taylor counties. Its first school opened in 1907, and a consolidated high school was organized in 1929. Businesses included a gin, a drugstore, a grocery, and a telephone office that opened in 1910. The town had 500 residents and thirteen businesses in 1945, 286 residents in 1980, and 360 in 2000, before falling to 258 in 2020.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 52 hail reports in Nolan County from 2016 to 2025, 47 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.75 inches. 4 of those reports were logged at Blackwell itself, the largest 2 inches. The same records show 47 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 85 mph, and 1 tornado. 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 Blackwell, TX
How is a pool built in Blackwell?
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 Blackwell the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Blackwell, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Blackwell?
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 Blackwell the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Blackwell, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Blackwell?
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 Blackwell?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Blackwell is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Blackwell 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.
Blackwell 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 Blackwell and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Blackwell sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Nolan 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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