Outdoor Living in Hurst, 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 Hurst homeowners in Tarrant County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Hurst
Hurst incorporated in 1952 and grew directly with the Bell Helicopter plant on its border, giving it a housing stock dominated by 1960s-70s single-story ranch homes on modest lots. The city is fully built out between SH 183, SH 121 and Precinct Line Road, so most backyard work is retrofit within existing fenced lots rather than new-construction.
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 Hurst 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.
Outdoor living we build in Hurst, TX
Homes and Yards in Hurst
Hurst is a Mid-Cities bedroom community that grew fast in the 1950s and 1960s and was nearly built out by the 1970s.
On older lots, big shade trees, narrow side gates and aging utility lines are common, so crew access and where the old lines run get checked at the first visit.
Hurst lies just north of the West Fork of the Trinity River. Near a creek or river it is worth checking the flood maps early, before a pool or slab is placed.
City of Hurst buys treated water from the City of Fort Worth and also has city wells.
Hurst had perhaps 100 residents in 1940 and no more than twenty people downtown before that. Bell Aircraft announced its helicopter plant in 1951, and that year residents voted 36 to 24 to incorporate, partly to block annexation by Fort Worth and partly to secure a water supply. Blocked from growing south by Fort Worth, the city annexed in other directions between 1956 and 1958. By 1958 an estimated 8,500 people lived there, about half commuting to Dallas and 40 percent to Fort Worth.
The census count went from 10,165 in 1960 to 27,215 in 1970 and 31,420 in 1980, by which point the town had almost reached the limits of possible expansion. Counts since have moved slowly: 33,574 in 1990, 36,273 in 2000, 37,337 in 2010 and 40,413 in 2020. The Bell Helicopter workforce topped 11,000 during the Vietnam War, and North East Mall opened in 1972, doubling retail sales within a month.
The city lies north of the West Fork of the Trinity River, whose wooded bottoms south of town were mined for sand and gravel from the early 1900s and in round-the-clock operations by the 1920s. The Eastern Cross Timbers that cover this part of Tarrant County carry deep loamy soil that supports blackjack and post oak. Hurst buys treated water as one of the City of Fort Worth’s wholesale drinking water customers.
What each outdoor project needs in Hurst, TX
How is a pool built in Hurst?
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 Hurst the permit goes through the City of Hurst, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Hurst?
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 Hurst the permit goes through the City of Hurst, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Hurst?
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.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Hurst?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Hurst is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the City of Hurst 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 Hurst
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A free design visit in Hurst
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 Hurst 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.
Hurst 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 Hurst and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Hurst 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 Hurst 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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