Pools & Spas in Mereta
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Mereta, 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 Mereta homeowners in Tom Green County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Mereta
Mereta, also known as Fisherville and as Lipan, is near Farm Road 1692 and Lipan Creek, eighteen miles east of San Angelo in eastern Tom Green County. A town plat was made in 1904.
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 Mereta 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 Mereta, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Mereta
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Mereta
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Mereta
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Mereta
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Mereta
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Mereta
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Mereta
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
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Homes and Yards in Mereta
The postmaster named the town in 1902 for twin sisters Meta and Reta Burns. By 1904 it had a gin, two stores, and a school.
Farm country near Mereta has room for a covered patio beside the house with a gravel border, built on footings suited to heavy clay loam.
Tom Green County has silty clay loams and stony clays, with mesquite throughout and pecans in the river bottoms. Average annual precipitation is 18.2 inches, and the growing season lasts 235 days.
Mereta’s population fell from seventy-five in 1914 to thirty in 1925. In 1931 it had three businesses and a school with three teachers, and by 1934 only ten residents were reported. The 1936 county highway map showed two churches, a post office, and a school. The population was estimated at seventy-five from the early 1940s through 2000, and the 1984 map showed a church, a business, and a park.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 189 hail reports in Tom Green County from 2016 to 2025, 168 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4 inches. 2 of those reports were logged at Mereta itself, the largest 1.75 inches. The same records show 167 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 110 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 Mereta, TX
How is a pool built in Mereta?
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 Mereta the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Mereta, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Mereta?
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 Mereta the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Mereta, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Mereta?
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 Mereta?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Mereta is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Mereta 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.
Mereta 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 Mereta and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Mereta sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Tom Green 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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