Pools & Spas in Trent
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Trent, 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 Trent homeowners in Taylor County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Trent
Trent is on Interstate Highway 20, twenty-three miles west of Abilene in northwestern Taylor County. It served as a halfway station on the Texas and Pacific Railway, 430 miles from both Texarkana and El Paso.
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 Trent 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 Trent, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Trent
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Trent
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Trent
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Trent
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Trent
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Trent
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Trent
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Trent homes
Homes and Yards in Trent
Trent was established in 1881. When the railroad named its stations, the signboards for Eskota and Trent were swapped by mistake, so the town was named for I. R. Trent, who lived in Eskota.
Long views on a rural property are worth keeping, so we often recommend open-sided structures with slim beams instead of solid walls on every side.
Taylor County altitudes range from 1,672 to 2,410 feet above sea level. Temperatures run from an average low of 31° F in January to an average high of 96° in July.
Water comes from the City of Trent, which treats surface water.
The Trent post office began service in 1883. A tent school opened in 1885, and a three-story brick school replaced the one-room school in 1917. In the 1980s the Trent school was unique among Texas schools for having the gorilla as its mascot.
The population was estimated at 1,200 in 1928 and was reported at about 300 from the 1930s through the early 1990s. In the early 1990s Trent was an incorporated town with 320 residents and sixteen businesses. The population was 318 in 2000. The 2020 census counted 295 residents.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 118 hail reports in Taylor County from 2016 to 2025, 104 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 3 inches. 1 of those reports was logged at Trent itself. The same records show 89 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 Trent, TX
How is a pool built in Trent?
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 Trent the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Trent, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Trent?
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 Trent the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Trent, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Trent?
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 Trent?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Trent is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Trent 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.
Trent 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 Trent and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Trent sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Taylor 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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