Outdoor Living in Kennedale, 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 Kennedale homeowners in Tarrant County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Kennedale
Kennedale is a small incorporated city wedged between Fort Worth, Arlington and Forest Hill, and Village Creek runs through it, so a meaningful share of lots back onto creek bottom and floodplain rather than open yard.
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 Kennedale 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.
Homes and Yards in Kennedale
Kennedale grew from a small settlement after the 1940s, when Fort Worth’s defense industry brought new jobs to the area.
Older neighborhoods tend to mean mature trees and tighter access, which decides how a pool gets dug, where the equipment sits and how materials reach the back of the house.
Village Creek flows through Kennedale into Lake Arlington, just northwest of town. Near a creek or river it is worth checking the flood maps early, before a pool or slab is placed.
City of Fort Worth (Kennedale is a Fort Worth wholesale drinking-water customer).
The Village Creek tribes and the Republic of Texas signed a treaty in 1843, after which settlers moved in. John D. Hudson, C.B. Teague and Oliver S. Kennedy bought land at a mineral well site in 1882, the town was platted in 1886, and around then the Fort Worth and New Orleans Railway built through. The Kennedale Brick Works was running by 1886 on the ground that is now Sonora Park; the city acquired that land in 1976. Kennedale voted to incorporate in July 1947 with 300 people, reached 500 by 1950, and laid its first city water lines in 1952 and sewer lines in the early 1960s.
The census went from 1,046 in 1950 to 3,076 in 1970, 5,850 in 2000, 6,763 in 2010 and 8,517 in 2020. The city adopted a home rule charter in 1998. Kennedale is one of the City of Fort Worth’s wholesale drinking water customers.
The fee schedule lists a residential accessory building or structure permit, minimum 100 square feet, at $100.00, a residential fence, retaining wall or screen wall at $100.00, an above-ground pool or hot tub at $200.00 and an in-ground pool at $400.00 plus plan review. Applications go through the public.mygov.us portal.
Sonora Park at 263 S. New Hope Road is the largest park at 22 acres, with a pond, fishing pier, pavilion, splash pad, nine-hole disc golf course and paved and nature trails. TownCenter Park at 405 Municipal Drive, between City Hall and the library, has an 850-foot walking path and the Veterans and 9/11 memorials.
What each outdoor project needs in Kennedale, TX
How is a pool built in Kennedale?
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 Kennedale the permit goes through the City of Kennedale, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Kennedale?
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 Kennedale the permit goes through the City of Kennedale, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Kennedale?
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 a Backyard Project Runs in Kennedale
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A free design visit in Kennedale
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 Kennedale 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.
Kennedale 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 Kennedale and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Kennedale 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 Kennedale 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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