Pools & Spas in Ovalo
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Ovalo, 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 Ovalo homeowners in Taylor County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Ovalo
Ovalo sits where Farm Road 614 meets U.S. Highway 83, on the Abilene and Southern Railway in southeastern Taylor County. Its oval-shaped valley was an early camping place for buffalo hunters and a stop for trail drivers headed through Buffalo Gap.
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 Ovalo 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 Ovalo, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Ovalo
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Ovalo
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Ovalo
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Ovalo
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Ovalo
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Ovalo
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Ovalo
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Ovalo homes
Homes and Yards in Ovalo
The town took its name from the Spanish word meaning oval. The Abilene and Southern Railway laid tracks nearby in May 1909 and owned half the townsite, and lots went on sale that same year.
On a wide rural lot, a freestanding pergola placed a short walk from the house can create a second outdoor room without crowding the main patio.
Taylor County is prairie covered by grasses, with some mesquite and live oak trees. Its loamy surface soils are reddish to brownish over clayey subsoils that often hold lime, and average rainfall is 23.59 inches.
In less than twelve months after lots went on sale, Ovalo had forty-six businesses and two churches, and by 1914 it had its own bank. The population was 300 in 1920 and had doubled ten years later. Students attended the one-room Bald Eagle School until 1910, when a new building went up and it became Ovalo School.
Ovalo School was consolidated into the South Taylor school during the 1947-48 school year. By 1988 the community of 200 had a post office, a Baptist church, and a combined grocery store and gas station. Landmarks such as the high school and the First State Bank of Ovalo have been torn down. In 2000 the population was reported as 225.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 118 hail reports in Taylor County from 2016 to 2025, 104 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 3 inches. 3 of those reports were logged at Ovalo itself, the largest 3 inches. The same records show 89 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 96 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 Ovalo, TX
How is a pool built in Ovalo?
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 Ovalo the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Ovalo, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Ovalo?
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 Ovalo the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Ovalo, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Ovalo?
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 Ovalo?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Ovalo is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Ovalo 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.
Ovalo 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 Ovalo and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Ovalo sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Taylor 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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