Pools & Spas in Quinlan
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Quinlan, 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 Quinlan homeowners in Hunt County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Quinlan
Quinlan is on State Highway 34, four miles west of Lake Tawakoni and twelve miles south of Greenville in south central Hunt County. The town grew considerably after the mid-1960s, largely because of its proximity to the lake.
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 Quinlan and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Hunt 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 Quinlan, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Quinlan
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Quinlan
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Quinlan
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Quinlan
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Quinlan
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Quinlan
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Quinlan
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Quinlan homes
Homes and Yards in Quinlan
The site was first called Roberts, on land Governor O. M. Roberts sold to the Texas Central Railroad in 1882. In 1892 the Texas Midland moved its depot 1½ miles north to the new town of Quinlan, named for railroad official George Austin Quinlan.
Close to a big lake, outdoor living often centers on a shaded patio and grill area built with materials that hold up to sun, humidity and steady use.
Hunt County’s elevation ranges from 450 feet in the southeast to 700 feet in the northwest. Its upland soils are mostly loamy or clayey and loamy, and the growing season varies from 218 to 247 days.
Water comes from the City of Quinlan, which treats surface water.
Settlers moved quickly into Quinlan, some bringing businesses from Roberts, and a post office opened in 1894. By 1914 the town had 600 residents and twenty businesses, including a bank and a weekly newspaper. In 1925 it had an elementary school, a high school and thirty-five businesses and handled a cotton harvest of some 5,000 bales.
Quinlan had 512 residents and thirty businesses in 1933 and 621 people and twenty-two businesses in 1964. It had 900 residents in 1976 and 1,002 in 1988, when it had fifty-one businesses. The population was 1,360 in 1990 and 1,370 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 73 hail reports in Hunt County from 2016 to 2025, 59 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.5 inches. 5 of those reports were logged at Quinlan itself, the largest 1.75 inches. The same records show 32 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 85 mph, and 2 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 Quinlan, TX
How is a pool built in Quinlan?
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 Quinlan the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Quinlan, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Quinlan?
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 Quinlan the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Quinlan, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Quinlan?
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 Quinlan?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Quinlan is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Quinlan 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.
Quinlan 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 Quinlan and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Quinlan sits on Blackland Prairie ground in Hunt 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 Quinlan
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Hardscaping
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Patio Covers
Outdoor Kitchen Countertop Materials in Frisco, TX
Granite, porcelain, quartzite and quartz all behave differently in Frisco sun, freezes and clay. Here is a pick by exposure, a sealing test, and what the base under the stone needs.
Patio Covers
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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