Pools & Spas in Cooper
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Cooper, 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 Cooper homeowners in Delta County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Cooper
Cooper is the county seat of Delta County, at the junction of State highways 24 and 154, some twenty-four miles southwest of Paris. The county around it is bounded by the North Sulphur River and the South Sulphur River.
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.
In Cooper the job is reviewed by the Building Permits and Inspections Department, and we file and follow the permit through that office ourselves. Our permit guide lists the office for every city we have checked.
Longhorn has been building since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Outdoor living we build in Cooper, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Cooper
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Cooper
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Cooper
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Cooper
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Cooper
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Cooper
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Cooper
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Cooper homes
Homes and Yards in Cooper
Cooper was founded in 1870 and named for L. W. Cooper of Houston, a sponsor of the bill to organize the county. The Texas Midland Railroad spurred its growth, and it emerged as the market center for the new county.
In an older county seat, a porch-style patio cover with simple columns and roofing that matches the house keeps an addition in step with the original home.
Delta County covers 278 square miles of the Blackland Prairies at 400 to 500 feet above sea level. The climate is warm and moist, and temperatures range from an average low of 31° F in January to 95° in July.
Water comes from the City of Cooper, which treats surface water.
Cooper incorporated with aldermanic government in 1881 and had 300 residents by 1885. By 1896 it had 1,000 people, a bank, a hotel, two steam cotton gins and corn mills, and two weekly newspapers, the Delta Courier and the People’s Cause. Its population reached a reported high of 2,563 by 1925.
In 1970 Cooper reported sixty businesses, including seed-cleaning plants and some thirty-eight dairies. In the early 1990s it was a commercial and shipping center for the surrounding farm region, with seventy businesses in 1991. The population was 2,150 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 8 hail reports in Delta County from 2016 to 2025, 8 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2 inches. 2 of those reports were logged at Cooper itself, the largest 1.25 inches. The same records show 7 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 81 mph, and 2 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 Cooper, TX
How is a pool built in Cooper?
Blackland Prairie clay swells through a wet spring and shrinks hard by August, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in ground that moves around it. Here that means the shell, the beam and the deck are engineered for that movement from the drawing stage, and the flatwork gets its control joints placed on purpose rather than wherever the pour ends. In Cooper the permit goes through the Building Permits and Inspections Department, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Cooper?
Blackland Prairie clay lifts and drops with the season, so a patio cover’s footings are the whole job. Posts set in shallow pads move with the top of the soil and take the roofline with them; footings taken below the active zone, tied to a slab that drains away from the house, do not. In Cooper the permit goes through the Building Permits and Inspections Department, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Cooper?
On Blackland Prairie clay a pergola’s posts are what decide whether it still stands square in five years. The clay moves most in the top few feet, so footings go deeper than the movement rather than resting in it, and the slab underneath gets its own drainage plan. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Cooper?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Cooper is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the Building Permits and Inspections Department 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.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Cooper
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A free design visit in Cooper
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 Blackland Prairie 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 Building Permits and Inspections Department at the City of Cooper and follow it through review. 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 a phone call away if you need us later.
Cooper outdoor living questions
The Building Permits and Inspections Department reviews residential projects in Cooper. Pools and structures attached to the house, such as patio covers, sunrooms and enclosures, almost always need a permit. Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection.
Cooper sits on Blackland Prairie ground in Delta 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 Cooper 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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