Outdoor Living in Pilot Point, 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 Pilot Point homeowners in Denton County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Pilot Point
Pilot Point is one of Denton County’s oldest towns, with a 19th-century courthouse-style square, and it sits near the north end of Ray Roberts Lake in horse-ranch country, so large acreage tracts are common alongside the small historic townsite lots.
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 Pilot Point and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Denton County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Homes and Yards in Pilot Point
Pilot Point has small lots around its historic townsite and large acreage tracts in the horse country around it.
On a larger or more rural lot there is room to spread out, but the runs for power, gas and water get longer, and a septic field or well can decide where a pool may go.
Pilot Point sits on a ridge just east of Lake Ray Roberts. Where the ground slopes or rock sits close to the surface, retaining walls or rock excavation get priced at the design visit rather than discovered during the dig.
City of Pilot Point groundwater wells.
The town takes its name from a ridge that could be seen from a distance, and Dripping Springs just north of the hill drew settlers as early as 1845. James Pierson laid off the plat on February 11, 1854, the post office opened in 1855, and the Butterfield Overland Mail ran through in the late 1850s. Pilot Point incorporated on October 8, 1866, repealed its charter in 1878 and reincorporated in 1906. The Texas and Pacific Railway arrived in 1880, and Missouri Pacific tracks still run through town.
By 1914 the town had 1,371 people, its own electric plant and water works, three banks and seven churches. Population was 1,108 in the 1930s, 1,156 in the 1950s, 2,538 in 1990, 3,538 in 2000, 3,856 in 2010, 4,381 in 2020 and 4,651 in 2021. German Catholic settlement was promoted from 1891, and St. Thomas Catholic Church held its first mass on November 4, 1891.
Pilot Point sits at the junction of U.S. 377 and Farm Road 455, 18 miles north of Denton, with Lake Ray Roberts immediately west of town. In 1990 the town had two municipal parks with baseball diamonds and soccer fields and ten manufacturers, including makers of irrigation equipment and equestrian supplies. State historical markers stand for the Pilot Point Church of Christ, the Post Signal newspaper and the city itself.
What each outdoor project needs in Pilot Point, TX
How is a pool built in Pilot Point?
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 Pilot Point the permit goes through the City of Pilot Point, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Pilot Point?
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 Pilot Point the permit goes through the City of Pilot Point, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Pilot Point?
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 a Backyard Project Runs in Pilot Point
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A free design visit in Pilot Point
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 Pilot Point 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 Denton County-local if you need us later.
Pilot Point 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 Pilot Point and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Pilot Point sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Denton 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 Pilot Point 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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