Pools & Spas in Lawn
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Lawn, 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 Lawn homeowners in Taylor County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Lawn
Lawn is at U.S. Highway 84, Farm Road 604, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, twenty-four miles south of Abilene in southeastern Taylor County. The present town stands at the site once known as Jim Ned.
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 Lawn 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 Lawn, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Lawn
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Lawn
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Lawn
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Lawn
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Lawn
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Lawn
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Lawn
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Lawn homes
Homes and Yards in Lawn
A community now called Old Lawn was established in 1894, but the Santa Fe Railroad bypassed it in 1909 and it quickly declined. The new town of Lawn was founded nearby in 1910, when its post office opened.
On open ranch-country land, a solid-roof patio cover with deep overhangs blocks hard afternoon sun and gives shelter from sudden storms.
Taylor County’s prairie is covered by grasses with some mesquite and live oak. Natural resources include oil and gas, stone, clays, sand, and gravel, and the average growing season lasts 225 days.
Water comes from the City of Lawn, which treats surface water.
Lawn is part of the Jim Ned Consolidated Independent School District. Its population peaked at 650 in 1929, then averaged about 300 for the next sixty years before rising to 445 in 1988. The town had four churches and six businesses in 1986, and its population was 358 in 1990 and 353 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 118 hail reports in Taylor County from 2016 to 2025, 104 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 3 inches. 4 of those reports were logged at Lawn itself, the largest 2.5 inches. The same records show 89 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 96 mph, and 5 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 Lawn, TX
How is a pool built in Lawn?
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 Lawn the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Lawn, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Lawn?
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 Lawn the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Lawn, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Lawn?
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 Lawn?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Lawn is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Lawn 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.
Lawn 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 Lawn and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Lawn sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Taylor 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.
Other cities we build in near Lawn
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