Outdoor Living in North Richland Hills, 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 North Richland Hills homeowners in Tarrant County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills is a post-war northeast Tarrant County suburb that is essentially built out with 1960s-1990s housing, and its terrain rolls noticeably, draining into the Big Fossil Creek system rather than lying flat.
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 North Richland Hills and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Tarrant County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Outdoor living we build in North Richland Hills, TX
Homes and Yards in North Richland Hills
North Richland Hills began in the early 1950s as a subdivision of a dairy farm, and its first homes were restricted to brick and masonry construction.
On older lots, big shade trees, narrow side gates and aging utility lines are common, so crew access and where the old lines run get checked at the first visit.
The City of North Richland Hills, which buys water from Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority’s Tarrant County Water Project and also has its own wells.
The area stayed agricultural until 1950, when Clarence Jones developed his farm into a residential area and named it after a successful development to the south. The city incorporated by election on April 25, 1953 and had about 7,000 people by 1958. Census counts were 8,662 in 1960, 16,514 in 1970, 30,592 in 1980, 45,895 in 1990, 55,635 in 2000, 63,343 in 2010, 69,917 in 2020 and 70,209 in 2021.
North Richland Hills sits in northeastern Tarrant County, eight miles west of DFW International Airport and eight miles northeast of downtown Fort Worth, on State Highways 26, 183 and 820. A municipal complex built in 1960 and expanded in 1987 housed the police and water departments and city administration, and a second civic center of 87,000 square feet held the library and the Parks and Recreation Department. In the 1980s employers included Tandy Advanced Products and Ohio Sealy, and the city boundary ran through the northeast campus of Tarrant County Junior College.
What each outdoor project needs in North Richland Hills, TX
What does a patio cover need in North Richland Hills?
Eastern Cross Timbers loam is easier to dig than clay, but it sits on clay, so a post hole that looks clean at three feet can still be in moving ground at five. Footings are sized for what is under the sand, not what the auger came through first. In North Richland Hills the permit goes through the City of North Richland Hills, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in North Richland Hills?
In the Eastern Cross Timbers the sand drains and the clay beneath it does not, so a pergola post can sit in a hole that holds water after a storm. The footing detail and the grade around each post are what keep the base of a wooden post dry. More on pergolas.
How is a pool built in North Richland Hills?
Eastern Cross Timbers ground is sandier loam over clay, which digs more kindly than the black prairie but drains onto a layer that does not. On a pool that shows up as water travelling under the deck, so the drainage and the backfill detail matter as much as the shell. In North Richland Hills the permit goes through the City of North Richland Hills, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in North Richland Hills?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in North Richland Hills is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the City of North Richland Hills 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.
How a Backyard Project Runs in North Richland Hills
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A free design visit in North Richland Hills
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 Eastern Cross Timbers 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 North Richland Hills 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 Tarrant County-local if you need us later.
North Richland Hills 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 of North Richland Hills and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
North Richland Hills sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Tarrant 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.
Where an HOA in North Richland Hills asks for a submittal, we prepare the drawings and details it wants, alongside the city permit, so the approval runs in parallel with the design rather than after it.
Yes. Many homeowners start with one piece, such as a pool or a patio cover, and add the rest later. We plan the whole space up front so the gas, power, water and drainage for later phases are in place from the start.
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Outdoor living guides
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Outdoor Kitchen Countertop Materials in Frisco, TX
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HOA Approval for a Patio Cover in Texas: DFW Guide
The HOA and the city are two separate approvals, and the HOA usually comes first. Here is the packet a DFW committee wants, how long it takes, why it says no, and how to answer a denial.
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