Pools & Spas in Doole
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Doole, 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 Doole homeowners in McCulloch County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Doole
Doole is on Farm Road 503, a half mile east of the Concho county line and twenty-four miles northwest of Brady in northwestern McCulloch County. It grew up as a ranching community around Crossroads School, which moved there in 1908.
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 Doole 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 Doole, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Doole
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Doole
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Doole
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Doole
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Doole
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Doole
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Doole
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Doole homes
Homes and Yards in Doole
The settlement was first called Gansel, but the postal service would not accept that name. Around 1911 residents named their post office for David Doole, Jr., the Brady postmaster who had advised them.
Ranch country around Doole suits a simple open-sided shade structure, set where it catches the breeze and anchored firmly in the sandy upland ground.
McCulloch County lies on the Edwards Plateau at 1,350 to 2,000 feet, with land that runs from rolling to hilly. Soils range from deep black loam in the valleys to sand in the uplands, and rainfall averages 25 inches.
Five stores and a cotton gin stood at the site by 1910, and the school remained the center of community life. Doole reported twenty-five residents in 1914. By the 1940s it had grown to 250 people, with a school, a church, and ten businesses. After World War II the community declined, largely because small family farms were consolidated, and the population fell to forty in the mid-1960s before it was reported as seventy-four from 1970 to 1990.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 100 hail reports in McCulloch County from 2016 to 2025, 91 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4 inches. 1 of those reports was logged at Doole itself. The same records show 24 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 96 mph, and 6 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 Doole, TX
How is a pool built in Doole?
Edwards Plateau ground is often thin, stony soil over limestone. A pool dig here can mean cutting rock rather than moving clay, so the excavation method and the haul-off are priced before the shell, and the deck is graded so runoff does not sit on rock that will not absorb it. In Doole the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Doole, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Doole?
On the Edwards Plateau a patio cover’s footings may reach limestone a short way down. Footings are designed for what the hole actually finds, rock or deeper valley soil, and the slab is graded so water runs away from the house. In Doole the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Doole, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Doole?
Pergola posts on thin, stony Edwards Plateau soil are set on footings anchored to the rock or taken into firm ground, with the grade around each post shedding water so the base stays dry. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Doole?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Doole is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Doole 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.
Doole 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 Doole and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Doole sits on Edwards Plateau ground in McCulloch 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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