Pools & Spas in Gustine
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Gustine, 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 Gustine homeowners in Comanche County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Gustine
Gustine is in southeastern Comanche County. The first settlement, Old Evergreen, stood about three-quarters of a mile northeast, and the town moved in the early 1890s to a newly opened road between Comanche and Hamilton.
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 Gustine 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 Gustine, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Gustine
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Gustine
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Gustine
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Gustine
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Gustine
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Gustine
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Gustine
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Gustine homes
Homes and Yards in Gustine
Settlers named Blankenship and Odell came to the area about 1873. The post office opened on January 6, 1888, with Samuel Gustine, the town’s namesake, as first postmaster, and the first store went up in 1889.
In a small farm town on dark loam, a pergola anchored to concrete footings and a patio laid on a compacted base handle the soil’s seasonal swelling.
Gustine lies in the dark waxy and dark loam soils of the Grand Prairie in southern Comanche County. The county’s elevations range from 650 to 1,700 feet, and annual rainfall averages 18.45 inches.
Water comes from the City of Gustine, which draws on groundwater.
By 1895 Gustine had eight or ten homes, a school, a cotton gin, a corn mill, and a general store. The Cotton Belt line arrived in 1911, and by 1914 the town had three churches, two banks, a newspaper, and 900 people. Gustine incorporated the next year.
The population was 409 in 1940 and fell to a low of 324 in 1980. By 1986 Gustine had 416 people, a bank, eight other businesses, and a post office, with an economy built on cattle, goats, hogs, grain, peanuts, pecans, and fruits. It had 430 residents in 1990 and 457 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 18 hail reports in Comanche County from 2016 to 2025, 18 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4.25 inches. The same records show 22 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 78 mph. 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 Gustine, TX
How is a pool built in Gustine?
Grand Prairie ground is soil over limestone, so a pool excavation here often meets rock rather than shrink-swell clay. That is a cost we would rather price honestly at the design visit than discover halfway through the dig. In Gustine the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Gustine, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Gustine?
Grand Prairie limestone often sits close to the surface, which gives a patio cover’s footings rock to bear on instead of moving clay. The trade is excavation: drilling into limestone takes different equipment than augering clay, and that belongs in the price up front. In Gustine the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Gustine, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Gustine?
On Grand Prairie ground a pergola’s footings often reach limestone quickly, which makes a stable base. Getting there is the work, because shallow rock means drilling rather than augering. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Gustine?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Gustine is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Gustine 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.
Gustine 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 Gustine and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Gustine sits on Grand Prairie ground in Comanche 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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