Pools & Spas in Paris
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Paris, 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 Paris homeowners in Lamar County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Paris
Paris is the county seat of Lamar County, on U.S. highways 271 and 82 in the central part of the county. It stands on the upland that separates the tributaries of the Red and Sulphur rivers.
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 Paris 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 Paris, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Paris
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Paris
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Paris
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Paris
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Paris
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Paris
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Paris
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Paris homes
Homes and Yards in Paris
Merchant George W. Wright founded the town by donating fifty acres in February 1844, and Thomas Poteet, one of his employees, named it for Paris, France. Railroads arrived from 1876, and Paris has long been a railroad center.
For an established home in a county seat, a patio cover detailed to match existing trim and roof color helps new work read as part of the original house.
Elevations in Lamar County range between 400 and 635 feet. Northern Lamar County drains into the Red River, while the southern half drains southeast into the North Sulphur River.
Water comes from the City of Paris, which treats surface water.
Paris was incorporated on February 3, 1845, and had 700 residents on the eve of the Civil War. Major fires in 1877 and 1916 forced the city to rebuild. On April 2, 1982, a tornado destroyed more than 1,500 homes and left eight dead and 3,000 homeless. From 1984 through the early 1990s, local businesses invested nearly $7 million in renovating downtown.
Paris Junior College was established in 1924, and its jewelry technologies department was recognized internationally. In the early 1990s the city was a regional medical center for northeast Texas and southeast Oklahoma, with industries such as Campbell Soup and Kimberly-Clark. The population was 24,699 in 1990 and 25,898 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 55 hail reports in Lamar County from 2016 to 2025, 43 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.75 inches. 10 of those reports were logged at Paris itself, the largest 1 inches. The same records show 26 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 90 mph, and 8 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 Paris, TX
How is a pool built in Paris?
Blackland Prairie clay swells through a wet spring and shrinks hard by August, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in ground that moves around it. Here that means the shell, the beam and the deck are engineered for that movement from the drawing stage, and the flatwork gets its control joints placed on purpose rather than wherever the pour ends. In Paris the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Paris, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Paris?
Blackland Prairie clay lifts and drops with the season, so a patio cover’s footings are the whole job. Posts set in shallow pads move with the top of the soil and take the roofline with them; footings taken below the active zone, tied to a slab that drains away from the house, do not. In Paris the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Paris, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Paris?
On Blackland Prairie clay a pergola’s posts are what decide whether it still stands square in five years. The clay moves most in the top few feet, so footings go deeper than the movement rather than resting in it, and the slab underneath gets its own drainage plan. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Paris?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Paris is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Paris 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.
Paris 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 Paris and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Paris sits on Blackland Prairie ground in Lamar 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.
Other cities we build in near Paris
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Free design visits in Paris
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