Outdoor Living in Krum, 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 Krum homeowners in Denton County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Krum
Krum sits on open former farmland on US 380 northwest of Denton; it stayed a small agricultural town for most of its history, so nearly all of its current housing is recent subdivision construction on flat, largely treeless prairie lots.
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 Krum and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
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 Krum
Krum stayed a small farm town until the 1970s, when Dallas–Fort Worth sprawl brought suburban homebuyers. Most of its homes today are recent subdivision builds on flat, open former farmland.
On a new Krum lot the yard usually starts close to bare, with a builder’s patio and no shade, so it is practical to design the whole yard at once, with the shade structure planned first.
The City of Krum, which uses its own wells plus Upper Trinity Regional Water District water delivered through Denton.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe built its line through western Denton County in 1884, and in the fall of 1886 L. L. Finley sold the railroad 200 acres for a townsite. The depot and section house were done by 1887, the post office came in 1888, and the one-room schoolhouse was moved in from North Hickory Creek in 1891. In 1900 the railroad shipped at least half a million bushels of wheat from Krum, and the county history records the village as the reputed largest inland wheat market in the United States that year.
Growth peaked around 1925 at about 750 people, fell below 300 in the Depression and stayed between 300 and 400 into the 1970s. Interstate 35 access and suburban growth then took the count from 605 in 1978 to 917 in 1982, 1,542 in 1990, 4,157 in 2010 and 5,483 in 2020.
The western half of Denton County, where Krum lies seven miles northwest of Denton, is Grand Prairie with black soil, while the Eastern Cross Timbers through the center of the county are sandy. The Trinity Sands lie about 700 to 1,200 feet down, and in places artesian water is reached at 100 feet. The city’s 2018 Water and Wastewater Master Plan sets the basis for designing and financing water facilities and projects demand at build-out. The Upper Trinity Regional Water District, created by the state in 1989, is organized by the cities and utilities it serves in the Denton County area.
What each outdoor project needs in Krum, TX
What does a patio cover need in Krum?
Fort Worth Prairie limestone sits close to the surface, which is good news for a patio cover: footings bear on rock instead of moving clay. The trade is excavation: drilling a footing into limestone takes different equipment than augering clay, and that belongs in the price up front. In Krum the permit goes through the City of Krum, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pool built in Krum?
Fort Worth Prairie ground is shallow soil over limestone, so a pool excavation here often means 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, and it is the single biggest variable on this side of the metroplex. In Krum the permit goes through the City of Krum, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
How is a pergola built to last in Krum?
On Fort Worth Prairie ground a pergola’s footings usually reach limestone quickly, which makes for a stable base. Getting there is the work: shallow rock means drilling rather than augering, and it is worth knowing before anyone quotes a post count. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Krum?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Krum is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the City of Krum 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 Krum
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A free design visit in Krum
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 Fort Worth Prairie 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 Krum 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 Denton County-local if you need us later.
Krum 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 Krum and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Krum sits on Fort Worth Prairie 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 Krum 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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