Pools & Spas in Santa Anna
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Santa Anna, 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 Santa Anna homeowners in Coleman County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Santa Anna
Santa Anna is at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and U.S. highways 283, 67, and 84, eight miles southeast of Coleman in southeast central Coleman County. Twin mountains just north of town served as a landmark for early surveyors and settlers.
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 Santa Anna 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 Santa Anna, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Santa Anna
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Santa Anna
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Santa Anna
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Santa Anna
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Santa Anna
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Santa Anna
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Santa Anna
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Santa Anna homes
Homes and Yards in Santa Anna
The town took its name from the twin peaks, named for the Comanche chief Santa Anna, and was first called Gap. The Santa Fe Railroad arrived in 1886, and stores in the gap moved to the tracks.
In a town with an older downtown, a patio cover in muted colors and traditional materials tends to suit nearby homes better than a stark modern frame.
The southern half of Coleman County holds the Santa Anna Mountains at 2,000 feet, Speck Mountain at 1,520 feet, and Parks Mountain. The county’s average growing season is 235 days.
Water comes from the City of Santa Anna, which treats surface water.
Emma Banister became the first woman sheriff in Texas after her husband’s death. Santa Anna incorporated in 1906 and had 1,453 people and a city water system in 1910. Sand from the nearby mountains proved to be 98.5 percent silica, and the town began shipping it for glass in 1911. Texas Ranger Park was created in 1936.
Around 1930 the Texas Glass Company opened, employing sixty people and making 52,000 glass bottles a day until it closed in 1936. The population was 1,883 in 1930, 1,535 in 1980, and 1,249 in 1990. In the 1990s town industries included the Stempel office furniture plant and Art Fabrics. The population was 1,081 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 83 hail reports in Coleman County from 2016 to 2025, 77 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4.5 inches. 14 of those reports were logged at Santa Anna itself, the largest 3 inches. The same records show 23 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 96 mph, and 4 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 Santa Anna, TX
How is a pool built in Santa Anna?
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 Santa Anna the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Santa Anna, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Santa Anna?
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 Santa Anna the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Santa Anna, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Santa Anna?
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 Santa Anna?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Santa Anna is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Santa Anna 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.
Santa Anna 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 Santa Anna and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Santa Anna sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Coleman 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 Santa Anna
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