Outdoor Living in Boyd, 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 Boyd homeowners in Wise County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Boyd
Boyd is a small town on SH-114 in southern Wise County that sits in the bend of the West Fork of the Trinity River and has served as a Fort Worth bedroom community since the late 1950s. Most properties are rural acreage on septic rather than platted subdivision lots.
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 Boyd 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 Boyd, TX
Homes and Yards in Boyd
Boyd is a small town that began serving as a bedroom community for Fort Worth commuters in the late 1950s.
On a larger or more rural lot there is room to spread out, but the runs for power, gas and water get longer, and a septic field or well can decide where a pool may go.
Boyd settled in a bend of the Trinity River. Near a creek or river it is worth checking the flood maps early, before a pool or slab is placed.
City of Boyd wells, supplemented by surface water bought from Walnut Creek Special Utility District.
Farmers settled the site in the early 1890s in the curve of the North Fork of the Trinity River, and the place was first called Greasy Bend because the area was used to fatten hogs. When the Rock Island line reached town in 1893 it was renamed Parkhurst, then Boyd for railroad executive H. S. Boyd, and it incorporated in 1895. Cotton and livestock were the main products until the 1940s, after which Boyd became a center for melons. The population rose only from 496 to 525 between 1940 and 1960, then reached 1,041 in 1990, 1,207 in 2010 and 1,416 in 2020.
Wise County averages 800 feet above sea level, and two-thirds of it is drained by the West Fork of the Trinity River. The eastern section consists of gently rolling hills with sandy loam topsoils and brick clay subsoils, and vegetation ranges from grasses to post and live oak, cottonwood and mesquite.
The Development Department at 731 E. Rock Island Avenue, 940-433-5166, is open 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Thursday and closed Friday. It uses a Pool & Spa Permit Application, a Carport and Accessory Structure Information sheet and a Miscellaneous Permit Application, and its adopted-codes page lists amendment documents for the 2018 International Residential Code and the 2020 National Electrical Code.
James Snodgrass Park at 501 W. Hobbs Avenue has a playground, a walking trail, a pickleball court and a picnic pavilion, and the RT Brooks Youth Sport Complex at 601 W. Hobbs Avenue has baseball, softball and T-ball fields.
What each outdoor project needs in Boyd, TX
How is a pool built in Boyd?
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 Boyd the permit goes through the City of Boyd, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Boyd?
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 Boyd the permit goes through the City of Boyd, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Boyd?
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 a Backyard Project Runs in Boyd
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A free design visit in Boyd
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 Boyd 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 Wise County-local if you need us later.
Boyd 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 Boyd and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Boyd sits on Eastern Cross Timbers 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.
Where an HOA in Boyd 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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HOA Approval for a Patio Cover in Texas: DFW Guide
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