Outdoor Living in Flower Mound, 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 Flower Mound homeowners in Denton County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Flower Mound
Flower Mound has real elevation change on a lot of its lots. Grade is the first thing we solve: retaining and drainage, then the pool, then everything that sits around it.
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 Flower Mound the job is reviewed by the Building Inspections Department, and we file and follow the permit through that office ourselves. Flower Mound requires a permit for any in-ground pool, for an above-ground pool deeper than 24 inches, and for hot tubs and spas. Our permit guide lists the office for every city we have checked.
Longhorn has built across Denton County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Homes and Yards in Flower Mound
Flower Mound is a residential suburb that grew rapidly after 1970; its 1970s planned new town on the north shore of Grapevine Lake became the Timber Creek community.
Yards from those decades are usually established, with grown trees, a fence line and an original patio that is often too small. Most projects become a retrofit, planned around what is worth keeping.
Flower Mound borders Grapevine Lake in the Eastern Cross Timbers and is named for a 12.5-acre wildflower-covered mound. Where an older oak survives on a lot, it is an asset: its root zone is marked before any digging, and its shade goes into the layout.
Town of Flower Mound buys treated water from Dallas Water Utilities and the Upper Trinity Regional Water District.
Flower Mound Presbyterian Church was founded in 1854, and Yoakley’s Store opened in 1880 with a cotton gin and post office. Grapevine Lake was built from 1952 to 1953. The town incorporated on February 27, 1961 to avoid annexation by Irving and had 275 people in 1966, 4,402 in 1980, 15,527 in 1990, and 50,702 in 2000. Timber Creek Elementary opened in 1978, Marcus High School in 1981, the library in 1985, and a new Town Hall in 2018. The mound itself is described as fifty feet high.
The town counts more than 66 miles of 8-foot paved hike and bike trails, some inside parks and others linking a series of parks.
Sprinklers may not run between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Even-numbered residential addresses water Tuesday and Friday, odd addresses Wednesday and Saturday, and HOA common areas Monday and Thursday; hand-held hoses and drip irrigation are allowed any time.
Building Inspections (972.874.6355) requires a permit to replace a fence unless only pickets of the same height and material change, for detached accessory buildings of 120 square feet or more, for any shade structure or wood deck, for pools and spas deeper than 24 inches, and for retaining walls over 4 feet including the footing; non-structural flatwork away from the driveway and foundation needs none. Removing a Specimen or Historic tree costs $250 per tree, capped at $1,000 per application, and goes before the Environmental Conservation Commission.
What each outdoor project needs in Flower Mound, TX
What does a patio cover need in Flower Mound?
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 Flower Mound the permit goes through the Building Inspections Department, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Flower Mound?
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 Flower Mound?
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 Flower Mound the permit goes through the Building Inspections Department, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Flower Mound?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Flower Mound is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the Building 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 Flower Mound
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A free design visit in Flower Mound
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 Building Inspections Department at the City of Flower Mound 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 Denton County-local if you need us later.
Flower Mound outdoor living questions
The Building Inspections Department reviews residential projects in Flower Mound. 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. Flower Mound requires a permit for any in-ground pool, for an above-ground pool deeper than 24 inches, and for hot tubs and spas.
Flower Mound sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Denton 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 Flower Mound 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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Outdoor living guides
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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.
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.
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