Pools & Spas in Farmersville
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Farmersville, 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 Farmersville homeowners in Collin County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Farmersville
Farmersville is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 380 and State Highway 78 in east Collin County. In its early days it was a major railroad shipping point for cattle and bois d’arc posts.
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 Farmersville the job is reviewed by the Planning & Development Services (Building, Permitting & Inspections), 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 built across Collin 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 Farmersville, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Farmersville
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Farmersville
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Farmersville
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Farmersville
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Farmersville
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Farmersville
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Farmersville
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Farmersville homes
Homes and Yards in Farmersville
Farmersville was founded about 1849 by settlers who named the community after their principal occupation. William Gotcher donated the site of the present town square in 1859, and the town incorporated in 1873 with John S. Rike as first mayor.
In a town built around an old square, porches and patio covers with simple painted posts and traditional pitched roofs blend well with the older houses nearby.
Collin County’s temperatures range from an average high of 96° F in July to an average low of 34° in January. Bois d’arc, oak, elm, ash, pecan, and post oak trees grow along its streams.
Water comes from the City of Farmersville, which treats surface water.
The First National Bank at Farmersville and the Farmersville Times were both founded in 1885 and were still operating in 1988. An Onion Festival was held each year from 1935 until World War II, and Old Time Saturday began in the fall of 1980. Audie Murphy lived and worked in Farmersville for a time before entering the Army.
Farmersville is a charter member city of the North Texas Municipal Water District and owns its own electrical system. In 1988 the Farmersville Independent School District had over 900 students on three campuses. The population was 2,640 in 1990 and 3,118 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 310 hail reports in Collin County from 2016 to 2025, 265 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 5.25 inches. 8 of those reports were logged at Farmersville itself, the largest 2 inches. The same records show 108 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 85 mph, and 9 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 Farmersville, TX
How is a pool built in Farmersville?
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 Farmersville the permit goes through the Planning & Development Services (Building, Permitting & Inspections), and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Farmersville?
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 Farmersville the permit goes through the Planning & Development Services (Building, Permitting & Inspections), and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Farmersville?
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 Farmersville?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Farmersville is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the Planning & Development Services (Building, Permitting & Inspections) 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 Farmersville
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A free design visit in Farmersville
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 Planning & Development Services (Building, Permitting & Inspections) at the City of Farmersville 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 still Collin County-local if you need us later.
Farmersville outdoor living questions
The Planning & Development Services (Building, Permitting & Inspections) reviews residential projects in Farmersville. 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.
Farmersville sits on Blackland Prairie ground in Collin 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 Farmersville 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.
Other cities we build in near Farmersville
Every town we serve in Collin County · See all 334 cities we serve
Outdoor living guides
Hardscaping
Outdoor Flooring for a Frisco Backyard: Pick by Zone
One yard, five jobs for the ground: dining, cooking, swimming, play and the dog. Here is how to match a surface to each zone, and what Frisco’s clay, heat and city rules change.
Patio Covers
Outdoor Kitchen Countertop Materials in Frisco, TX
Granite, porcelain, quartzite and quartz all behave differently in Frisco sun, freezes and clay. Here is a pick by exposure, a sealing test, and what the base under the stone needs.
Patio Covers
HOA Approval for a Patio Cover in Texas: DFW Guide
The HOA and the city are two separate approvals, and the HOA usually comes first. Here is the packet a DFW committee wants, how long it takes, why it says no, and how to answer a denial.
Free design visits in Farmersville
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