Patio Enclosures & Patio Covers in Midlothian, TX
Complete backyards for Midlothian homeowners in Ellis County. Pool, kitchen, shade, stone and light, designed together and built by one family-owned team.
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Building in Midlothian
What should Midlothian homeowners know before building a backyard?
Midlothian is built on the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford Shale outcrop in northwest Ellis County, the reason the city hosts major cement plants and limestone quarries, so shallow soil over chalk bedrock is common and much of the surrounding land is large rolling acreage.
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 Midlothian and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Ellis County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
The backyard in Midlothian
What we build in Midlothian, TX
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How it runs
How a Backyard Project Runs in Midlothian
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A free design visit in Midlothian
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 Blackland 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 Midlothian 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 Ellis County-local if you need us later.
Local know-how
Homes and Yards in Midlothian
From the mid-1970s, people from Dallas and Fort Worth began building homes on farmland outside Midlothian’s old town.
Bigger lots give a backyard room to breathe. The planning shifts to utility runs, drainage across open ground and, where there is one, keeping well clear of the septic field.
The Austin Chalk Escarpment runs north to south through the city. Where the ground slopes or rock sits close to the surface, retaining walls or rock excavation get priced at the design visit rather than discovered during the dig.
- County
- Ellis County
- Ground
- Blackland Prairie
- Water
- City of Midlothian
Building in Midlothian
Midlothian backyard 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 Midlothian and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Midlothian sits on Blackland Prairie ground in Ellis 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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Free design visit
Free design visits in Midlothian
Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll come measure, talk options and give you a straight number. No obligation, no pressure.
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