Pools & Spas in Robert Lee
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Robert Lee, 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 Robert Lee homeowners in Coke County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Robert Lee
Robert Lee, the county seat of Coke County, sits at the junction of State highways 158 and 208, where Mountain Creek meets the Colorado River thirty-one miles north of San Angelo. Spence Reservoir lies two miles west of town.
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 Robert Lee 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 Robert Lee, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Robert Lee
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Robert Lee
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Robert Lee
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Robert Lee
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Robert Lee
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Robert Lee
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Robert Lee
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Robert Lee homes
Homes and Yards in Robert Lee
Cartledge and his father-in-law, Harris, founded the town on land they owned and named it for Lee. It won the county seat from Hayrick in 1891, and the post office opened that year.
Near a river in a long-established courthouse town, a patio cover pitched to match the house and set on stone-faced piers looks settled from the start.
Coke County rises from 1,800 feet in the south to 2,600 feet in the north, where Nipple, Meadow, Horse, and Hayrick mountains stand. Annual rainfall is 20.48 inches, and the growing season lasts 226 days.
Water comes from the City of Robert Lee, which treats surface water.
By 1892 Robert Lee had 570 residents and twenty businesses, including a bank and the weekly Coke County Rustler, later the Robert Lee Observer. A rock courthouse built in 1891 was replaced in 1956, and the town incorporated in 1929. Its population stayed between 500 and 700 until the early 1950s.
The population passed 1,000 between 1952 and 1988, reaching 1,391 in 1988, then stood at 1,276 in 1990 and 1,171 in 2000. Robert Lee serves as the commercial and legal center of the county and the region’s oilfield supply center. Spence Reservoir, formerly the Robert Lee Reservoir, was completed in 1970.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 39 hail reports in Coke County from 2016 to 2025, 34 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 2.75 inches. 4 of those reports were logged at Robert Lee itself, the largest 1.5 inches. The same records show 14 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 Robert Lee, TX
How is a pool built in Robert Lee?
Rolling Plains clay swells when it is wet and shrinks when it dries, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in it. The shell, its bond beam and the deck are designed for that movement, and the deck is graded so rain runs away from the pool and the house. In Robert Lee the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Robert Lee, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Robert Lee?
On Rolling Plains clay a patio cover’s footings carry the whole structure, and the top of the clay is the part that moves most. Footings are taken below that movement and the slab is graded away from the house, so the roofline stays true as the ground wets and dries. In Robert Lee the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Robert Lee, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Robert Lee?
A pergola on Rolling Plains clay stays square only if its posts sit below the ground that moves. The footings go deeper than the seasonal swell and shrink, and the grade around each post sheds water instead of holding it. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Robert Lee?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Robert Lee is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Robert Lee 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.
Robert Lee 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 Robert Lee and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Robert Lee sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Coke 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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