Pools & Spas in Nemo
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Nemo, 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 Nemo homeowners in Somervell County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Nemo
Nemo is at the intersection of Farm roads 200 and 199, five miles east of Glen Rose in eastern Somervell County. The Brazos River winds through the eastern third of Somervell County.
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 Nemo 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 Nemo, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Nemo
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Nemo
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Nemo
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Nemo
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Nemo
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Nemo
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Nemo
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Nemo homes
Homes and Yards in Nemo
Settlement may have begun as early as 1858, and the place was first called Johnson Station after settler Jimmie Johnson. When postal authorities asked for a shorter name, residents chose Nemo, which one man said was Latin for no one.
Where limestone sits close to the surface, posts for a patio cover or pergola are often anchored with drilled piers, so a soil check comes before the final design.
Somervell County’s eastern half is in the Grand Prairie region, and its terrain is generally rough with outcroppings of limestone. The average annual rainfall is 32.65 inches, and the growing season is 236 days long.
As the story goes, the man who proposed the name argued that if Jimmie Johnson’s name was not good enough, then no one’s was. A post office branch was established in 1893. Nemo had thirty residents, two churches, three businesses, a school and a cotton gin. The population grew from thirty-five in 1910 to fifty-six in 1990, where it remained in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 9 hail reports in Somervell County from 2016 to 2025, 8 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2 inches. The same records show 4 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 81 mph. 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 Nemo, TX
How is a pool built in Nemo?
Grand Prairie ground is soil over limestone, so a pool excavation here often meets 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. In Nemo the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Nemo, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Nemo?
Grand Prairie limestone often sits close to the surface, which gives a patio cover’s footings rock to bear on instead of moving clay. The trade is excavation: drilling into limestone takes different equipment than augering clay, and that belongs in the price up front. In Nemo the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Nemo, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Nemo?
On Grand Prairie ground a pergola’s footings often reach limestone quickly, which makes a stable base. Getting there is the work, because shallow rock means drilling rather than augering. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Nemo?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Nemo is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Nemo 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.
Nemo 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 Nemo and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Nemo sits on Grand Prairie ground in Somervell 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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