Pools & Spas in Sulphur Springs
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Sulphur Springs, 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 Sulphur Springs homeowners in Hopkins County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Sulphur Springs
Sulphur Springs is the county seat of Hopkins County, at the junction of Interstate 30 and State highways 11, 19, and 154 in the central part of the county. Cooper Lake State Park is among its local attractions.
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 Sulphur Springs 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 Sulphur Springs, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Sulphur Springs
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Sulphur Springs
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Sulphur Springs
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Sulphur Springs
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Sulphur Springs
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Sulphur Springs
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Sulphur Springs
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Sulphur Springs homes
Homes and Yards in Sulphur Springs
First known as Bright Star, the site was a camping place for teamsters hauling goods west from Jefferson. It became the county seat in 1870 and was renamed Sulphur Springs in 1871 to promote its mineral springs as a health resort.
Near a historic courthouse square, traditional details such as painted columns and a roof that matches the house help a new patio cover stay in character.
The climate in Hopkins County is humid and subtropical. Temperatures range from an average low of 32° F in January to an average high of 95° F in August.
Water comes from the City of Sulphur Springs, which treats surface water.
By 1885 Sulphur Springs had a high school, mills, furniture factories, foundries, three hotels, an opera house, and about 2,500 residents. After the courthouse burned in 1894, a granite and limestone Romanesque Revival courthouse designed by James Riely Gordon was built. The population topped 5,000 by 1914.
The city had 10,642 residents and 298 businesses in 1970, 14,062 residents in 1990, and 14,551 in 2000. Industries have included work clothing, mattresses, dairy equipment, and high-pressure valves. Attractions include the Hopkins County Museum and Heritage Park, with its historic houses, and the Music Box Gallery of more than 150 music boxes.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 33 hail reports in Hopkins County from 2016 to 2025, 29 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 3 inches. The same records show 25 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 96 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 Sulphur Springs, TX
How is a pool built in Sulphur Springs?
Blackland Prairie clay swells through a wet spring and shrinks hard by August, and a pool shell is a rigid object sitting in ground that moves around it. Here that means the shell, the beam and the deck are engineered for that movement from the drawing stage, and the flatwork gets its control joints placed on purpose rather than wherever the pour ends. In Sulphur Springs the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Sulphur Springs, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Sulphur Springs?
Blackland Prairie clay lifts and drops with the season, so a patio cover’s footings are the whole job. Posts set in shallow pads move with the top of the soil and take the roofline with them; footings taken below the active zone, tied to a slab that drains away from the house, do not. In Sulphur Springs the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Sulphur Springs, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Sulphur Springs?
On Blackland Prairie clay a pergola’s posts are what decide whether it still stands square in five years. The clay moves most in the top few feet, so footings go deeper than the movement rather than resting in it, and the slab underneath gets its own drainage plan. More on pergolas.
Can a sunroom or screened enclosure be added in Sulphur Springs?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Sulphur Springs is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Sulphur Springs 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.
Sulphur Springs 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 Sulphur Springs and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Sulphur Springs sits on Blackland Prairie ground in Hopkins 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 Sulphur Springs
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