Outdoor Living in Springtown, 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 Springtown homeowners in Parker County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Springtown
Springtown is in northwestern Parker County and most residential property around it is acreage on septic rather than city sewer, so backyard work has to respect drain fields and well locations. Walnut Creek runs near town and the surrounding terrain is gently rolling oak woodland over Cretaceous sandstone and limestone.
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 Springtown and follow it through review, so the schedule doesn’t stall on paperwork.
Longhorn has built across Parker County and the wider Metroplex since 1984, and every project starts with a free design visit and a firm price.
Homes and Yards in Springtown
Springtown is a small town that grew after 1960 as Fort Worth commuters moved in.
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.
Springtown was founded on a creek fed by numerous springs, which gave the town its name. Near a creek or river it is worth checking the flood maps early, before a pool or slab is placed.
City of Springtown treats its own surface water and also uses city wells.
Captain Joseph Ward settled on a creek fed by natural springs in 1856 and platted the town square in 1859 as Littleton’s Springs. Early settlers counted roughly twenty-five active springs, concentrated around Smith Springs, Malone Springs and Kinnard Springs, and residents petitioned for the name Springtown in the mid-1870s. The city incorporated in 1884, and the Springtown Tabernacle on the Square was built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The population was 2,062 in 2000, 3,064 in 2020 and 5,716 in 2026. Springtown is on State Highway 199, 27 miles northwest of Fort Worth.
The majority of Springtown’s water comes from Eagle Mountain Lake through an agreement with the Tarrant Regional Water District, drawn at an intake near Azle, and two municipal wells supplement it. The city’s own treatment plant has a capacity of 1 million gallons per day, and the city averages about 400,000 gallons per day. Outdoor watering with sprinklers is prohibited from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day from June 1 through September 30, while hand-held hoses and soaker hoses are allowed.
All permit applications and inspection requests go through City Hall, 102 East Second Street, (817) 220-4834, which coordinates plan review and inspections with the contracted inspector, Bureau Veritas, under the 2018 International codes and the 2017 National Electrical Code.
Springtown Park is a 33-acre park with a walking and jogging trail, an 18-hole disc golf course and a creek bed with a newly discovered set of dinosaur tracks, and the City owns nearly 60 additional acres of parkland for future expansion.
What each outdoor project needs in Springtown, TX
How is a pool built in Springtown?
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 Springtown the permit goes through the City of Springtown, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Springtown?
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 Springtown the permit goes through the City of Springtown, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Springtown?
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.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Springtown
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A free design visit in Springtown
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 Springtown 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 Parker County-local if you need us later.
Springtown 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 Springtown and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Springtown sits on Eastern Cross Timbers ground in Parker 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 Springtown 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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