Pools & Spas in Palo Pinto
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Palo Pinto, 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 Palo Pinto homeowners in Palo Pinto County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Palo Pinto
Palo Pinto, the seat of Palo Pinto County, is on U.S. Highway 180 and Farm Road 4, twelve miles southwest of Mineral Wells in the central part of the county. Settlers came in 1855 for the fertile Brazos River valley soil.
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 Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Palo Pinto
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Palo Pinto
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Palo Pinto
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Palo Pinto
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Palo Pinto
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Palo Pinto
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Palo Pinto
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Palo Pinto homes
Homes and Yards in Palo Pinto
An 1856 act called for a county seat named Golconda, and its post office opened in March 1858. The town was renamed Palo Pinto that year. Joseph H. Dillahunty was the first postmaster and ran the first general store.
In a county seat as old as Palo Pinto, native stone on columns or an outdoor fireplace can tie a new patio to the look of the town’s older buildings.
The county’s broken, hilly land ranges from 800 to 1,450 feet above sea level, and the Brazos River drains it. Rainfall averages 30.13 inches a year, and temperatures run from 33° F in January to 96° F in July.
Water comes from Palo Pinto WSC, a water supply corporation, which treats surface water.
The first courthouse cost $300 and was built in 1857, and James H. Baker opened the first school in 1858. Palo Pinto became a ranching center in the 1870s, and a native sandstone courthouse replaced the first one in 1881. James C. Son started the county’s first newspaper there in 1876. The town was the only one in the county in 1880, when the Texas and Pacific Railway bypassed it.
Even so, Palo Pinto had 400 residents in 1891, along with a flour mill, a bank, a hotel, and a gin. A bridge replaced the Brazos ferry in 1895, and a new courthouse was built in 1940. The population reached 550 by 1947. In 1990 the still unincorporated town had 350 residents and eight businesses, and in 2000 it had 411.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 47 hail reports in Palo Pinto County from 2016 to 2025, 41 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.5 inches. 3 of those reports were logged at Palo Pinto itself, the largest 1.5 inches. The same records show 32 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 85 mph, and 9 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 Palo Pinto, TX
How is a pool built in Palo Pinto?
Western Cross Timbers ground is sandy to loamy soil over clay or rock, in rolling, wooded country. A pool dig may meet rock, and water runs along the layer below the sand, so excavation and drainage are priced and planned before the shell. In Palo Pinto the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Palo Pinto, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Palo Pinto?
In the Western Cross Timbers a post hole can pass through sand into clay or rock. Patio cover footings are sized for what lies under the topsoil, and the slab is graded so water does not run toward the house. In Palo Pinto the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Palo Pinto, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Palo Pinto?
On Western Cross Timbers ground a pergola’s posts need footings set into firm ground below the sandy topsoil, with the grade around each post shedding water so wooden posts stay dry at the base. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Palo Pinto?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Palo Pinto is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Palo Pinto 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.
Palo Pinto 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 Palo Pinto and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Palo Pinto sits on Western Cross Timbers ground in Palo Pinto 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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