Pools & Spas in Silver
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Silver, 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 Silver homeowners in Coke County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Silver
Silver is in northwestern Coke County, linked to Robert Lee by State Highway 208. It began in the 1870s as a ranching community and stayed very small until an oil discovery in 1946 changed it.
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 Silver 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 Silver, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Silver
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Silver
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Silver
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Silver
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Silver
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Silver
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Silver
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Silver homes
Homes and Yards in Silver
Thomas Wiley established the first post office in 1890, and a one-room school opened the same year. The post office closed in 1907 because of drought and reopened in 1908.
Where open ranchland surrounds the house, a freestanding steel shade structure with a metal roof suits the setting and needs little upkeep in a dry climate.
Native grasses in Coke County include mesquite grass, needlegrass, sideoats, bunchgrass, and crabgrass. January lows average 29° F, July highs average 97°, and the growing season lasts 226 days.
Silver’s population was reported as ten from 1910 to 1940. In 1946 the Sun Oil Company found oil on Allen Jameson’s property, and by July 1949 it had fifty-nine producing wells in the Jameson oilfield. A rail spur came from Maryneal, and Silver grew to an estimated 1,000 residents, most of them in company camps.
Oil production declined in the mid-1960s, and the company ended most of its operations there. Silver had sixty people in 1980, and by 1986 it had a trucking firm, a welding shop, and a Sun Oil field office, while the old school complex had become a hog farm. In 2000 it had sixty residents and six businesses.
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. 5 of those reports were logged at Silver itself, the largest 2 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 Silver, TX
How is a pool built in Silver?
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 Silver the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Silver, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Silver?
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 Silver the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Silver, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Silver?
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 Silver?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Silver is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Silver 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.
Silver 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 Silver and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Silver 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.
Other cities we build in near Silver
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