Pools & Spas in Nolan
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Nolan, 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 Nolan homeowners in Nolan County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Nolan
Nolan is on Farm Road 126 in east central Nolan County. The county has very little timber, with hackberry, scrubby post oak, cottonwood, and mesquite growing along its streams.
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 Nolan 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 Nolan, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Nolan
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Nolan
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Nolan
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Nolan
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Nolan
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Nolan
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Nolan
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Nolan homes
Homes and Yards in Nolan
Nolan was established in 1928 by consolidating old Nolan, founded in 1897 five miles west, and Dora, five miles east. Each had stores, gins, churches, a post office, and a school.
Where trees are scarce, shade has to be built, and a solid-roof pavilion or louvered pergola can do the work a mature oak would do elsewhere.
Nolan County’s loamy soils are light to dark, with deep clayey or loamy subsoils and lime accumulations. Annual rainfall averages 22.19 inches, and the growing season averages 221 days.
The schools of old Nolan and Dora were consolidated and named Divide. The Dora post office closed in 1938, when Dora had dwindled to twenty-five people, and by the late 1940s it had ceased to exist. Nolan reported 131 residents in 1970, 1980, and 1990, and its post office was still working. By 2000 the population dropped to forty-seven.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 52 hail reports in Nolan County from 2016 to 2025, 47 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.75 inches. 3 of those reports were logged at Nolan itself, the largest 1 inches. The same records show 47 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 85 mph, and 1 tornado. 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 Nolan, TX
How is a pool built in Nolan?
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 Nolan the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Nolan, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Nolan?
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 Nolan the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Nolan, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Nolan?
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 Nolan?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Nolan is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Nolan 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.
Nolan 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 Nolan and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Nolan sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Nolan 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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