Outdoor Living in Rhome, 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 Rhome homeowners in Wise County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Rhome
Rhome is a small railroad-era town at the junction of US 81/287 and SH 114 in southeastern Wise County, where much of the residential land is acreage tracts and ranchettes on septic rather than platted city lots. Terrain is gently rolling with post oak and mesquite cover typical of the Cross Timbers.
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 Rhome and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Wise 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 Rhome, TX
Homes and Yards in Rhome
Rhome had become a residential community for Fort Worth commuters by the late 1980s. Much of its residential land is acreage and ranchettes on septic rather than city lots.
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.
The City of Rhome, which uses its own wells plus surface water bought from Walnut Creek Special Utility District.
Missourians founded Prairie Point in the late 1850s at the crossroads of two stagecoach lines, and by the early 1860s it was the second largest settlement in Wise County. After the Peace Party Conspiracy of 1862, in which five residents were hanged after a trial in Decatur, the settlement was virtually deserted by 1863. The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway laid tracks nearby by 1882, and the town was renamed Rhome in 1883 for Colonel Byron Crandall Rhome, credited with bringing the first Hereford cattle to Wise County. By the early 1890s it had 175 residents and two flour mills, one of them the first roller mill in the county.
Highway 81 was built through Rhome in 1939 and the city incorporated in 1942. Population stayed between 400 and 600 from 1925 to 1980, reached 634 in 1988, and was 551 in 2000, 1,522 in 2010 and 1,630 in 2020. The city sits on U.S. 287/81 about twelve miles southeast of Decatur.
The city permit office at 261 School Road, open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday until noon, lists an Accessory Structure Permit, a Carport Application, a Building Permit Packet and an Irrigation Permit, with fees set in Chapter 15 of the city code. The Water and Wastewater department operates the city’s pump stations and well sites. The city’s parks are Rhome Family Park and Veterans Memorial Park, and a master parks plan begun in 2019 was presented to the council on October 22, 2020.
What each outdoor project needs in Rhome, TX
How is a pool built in Rhome?
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 Rhome the permit goes through the City of Rhome, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Rhome?
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 Rhome the permit goes through the City of Rhome, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Rhome?
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.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Rhome?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Rhome is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the City of Rhome 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.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Rhome
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A free design visit in Rhome
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 Rhome 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 Wise County-local if you need us later.
Rhome 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 Rhome and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Rhome sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Wise 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 Rhome 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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HOA Approval for a Patio Cover in Texas: DFW Guide
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