Pools & Spas in Goree
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Goree, 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 Goree homeowners in Knox County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Goree
Goree is at the junction of U.S. Highway 277 and Farm Road 266, eighty-four miles north of Abilene in the southeastern corner of Knox County. The present town grew up when the Wichita Valley Railroad was completed in 1906.
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 Goree 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 Goree, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Goree
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Goree
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Goree
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Goree
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Goree
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Goree
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Goree
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Goree homes
Homes and Yards in Goree
Settlers arrived about 1886, and Bill Benedict built a store and post office by 1887. The post office, first named Riley Springs, was renamed for Robert Goree, a Confederate veteran and Knox County pioneer.
In cotton and wheat country, a covered patio facing away from the afternoon sun, with a slab sloped for drainage, makes a farm home’s backyard usable all summer.
Knox County covers 854 square miles of level to rolling, mesquite-covered plains cut by hilly ranges and eroded breaks. Its soils run from black waxy to sandy loam, and rainfall averages 24.64 inches a year.
Water comes from the City of Goree, which treats surface water.
Goree was incorporated in 1906, the year the railroad track was finished, and Norris and Red Price built a gin there that year. The town had 614 residents in 1920 and 425 in 1940, when it had thirty-five businesses. The 1950 census listed 640 people.
After 1950 Goree declined in both businesses and population. Centered in a farming area that raises chiefly cotton, maize, and wheat, it had six businesses and 524 residents in 1980. The population was 412 in 1990 and dropped to 321 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 38 hail reports in Knox County from 2016 to 2025, 30 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 3 inches. 3 of those reports were logged at Goree itself, the largest 2.25 inches. The same records show 55 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 100 mph, and 4 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 Goree, TX
How is a pool built in Goree?
Rolling Plains clay swells when it is wet and shrinks when it dries, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in it. The shell, its bond beam and the deck are designed for that movement, and the deck is graded so rain runs away from the pool and the house. In Goree the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Goree, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Goree?
On Rolling Plains clay a patio cover’s footings carry the whole structure, and the top of the clay is the part that moves most. Footings are taken below that movement and the slab is graded away from the house, so the roofline stays true as the ground wets and dries. In Goree the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Goree, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Goree?
A pergola on Rolling Plains clay stays square only if its posts sit below the ground that moves. The footings go deeper than the seasonal swell and shrink, and the grade around each post sheds water instead of holding it. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Goree?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Goree is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Goree 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.
Goree 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 Goree and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Goree sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Knox 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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