Outdoor Living in Euless, 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 Euless homeowners in Tarrant County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Euless
Euless is a Mid-Cities suburb wedged between SH 183, SH 360 and the west side of DFW International Airport, and most of its housing stock dates from the 1960s-1980s airport-era buildout on modest rectangular lots. Bear Creek and the Bear Creek/Villages of Bear Creek greenbelt run through the city, and the native post oak cover of the Eastern Cross Timbers survives in those creek corridors.
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 Euless and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Tarrant County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Homes and Yards in Euless
Euless grew mainly from the 1950s onward, spurred by Airport Freeway and later DFW Airport.
Older neighborhoods tend to mean mature trees and tighter access, which decides how a pool gets dug, where the equipment sits and how materials reach the back of the house.
Euless lies north of the West Fork of the Trinity River near Big Bear and Little Bear creeks. Near a creek or river it is worth checking the flood maps early, before a pool or slab is placed.
Trinity River Authority’s Tarrant County Water Supply Project.
The community began by 1845 at the confluence of Big Bear and Little Bear creeks, and in 1881 Elisha Adam and Julia Euless built a home and cotton gin nearby. Bird’s Fort had been established in 1841 just south of the present city limits, and the Euless School was erected in 1913. The village incorporated in 1951, disincorporated in 1952 over water and sewer taxes, and reincorporated in 1953.
There were perhaps 300 people in Euless and Tarrant at the end of the 1940s. The paving of old State Highway 183 and Farm Road 157 in the early 1950s and the opening of Amon Carter Field in 1953 set off growth, to over 4,200 in 1960 and 19,300 in 1970. The completion of Airport Freeway and the airport then drove land prices out of reach for most of the 1970s, so the population rose only to 24,000 in 1980 before passing 38,000 in 1990. In 1967 residents voted 211 to 133 to merge with Bedford, but Bedford voters refused.
The Trinity bottoms lie just south of town. In 1988 the airport’s plan for a new west side runway set off a conflict with Euless over property worth $100,000,000. The city describes itself as committed to tree planting and beautification, which it marks with the annual Arbor Daze fair launched in 1989.
What each outdoor project needs in Euless, TX
What does a patio cover need in Euless?
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 Euless the permit goes through the City of Euless, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Euless?
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 is a pool built in Euless?
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 Euless the permit goes through the City of Euless, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Euless
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A free design visit in Euless
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 Euless 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 Tarrant County-local if you need us later.
Euless 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 Euless and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Euless sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Tarrant 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 Euless 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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