Pools & Spas in Snyder
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Snyder, 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 Snyder homeowners in Scurry County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Snyder
Snyder, the seat of Scurry County, is at the junction of U.S. highways 84 and 180, eighty-seven miles southeast of Lubbock in the central part of the county. It began as a trading post on the banks of Deep Creek.
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 Snyder 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 Snyder, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Snyder
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Snyder
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Snyder
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Snyder
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Snyder
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Snyder
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Snyder
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Snyder homes
Homes and Yards in Snyder
Buffalo hunter and trader William Henry (Pete) Snyder built the post in 1878, and hide dwellings earned it the names Hide Town and Robber’s Roost. Snyder drew up a town plan in 1882, and it became county seat in 1884.
Snyder’s established neighborhoods suit a patio cover with a low-slope roof and boxed beams, matched in color to the house and set on footings sized for clay subsoils.
Scurry County sits at the base of the Llano Estacado, with light to dark loam soils over reddish, clayey subsoils. Temperatures fall to an average low of 26° F in January, and the growing season averages 214 days.
Water comes from the City of Snyder, which treats surface water.
By 1892 Snyder had 600 residents, two banks, a steam gin, and two weekly newspapers. Work on the Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway began in 1907, the year the city charter was granted, and the Santa Fe laid tracks through town in 1911. The town counted 2,514 residents in 1910.
Oil was discovered on the Canyon Reef formation north of town in 1948, and within a year the population jumped from about 4,000 to more than 12,000. After the boom ended in 1951 it settled near 11,000. The Diamond M Museum opened in 1964, and Western Texas College opened in 1971. The population was 12,195 in 1990 and 10,783 in 2000.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 75 hail reports in Scurry County from 2016 to 2025, 67 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4.25 inches. 22 of those reports were logged at Snyder itself, the largest 4.25 inches. The same records show 64 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 115 mph, and 5 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 Snyder, TX
How is a pool built in Snyder?
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 Snyder the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Snyder, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Snyder?
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 Snyder the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Snyder, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Snyder?
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 Snyder?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Snyder is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Snyder 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.
Snyder 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 Snyder and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Snyder sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Scurry 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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