Pools & Spas in Tye
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Tye, 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 Tye homeowners in Taylor County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Tye
Tye is at the Missouri Pacific line, State Highway 84, and Farm Road 707, eight miles west of Abilene and just north of Dyess Air Force Base in northern Taylor County.
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 Tye 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 Tye, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Tye
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Tye
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Tye
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Tye
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Tye
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Tye
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Tye
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Tye homes
Homes and Yards in Tye
The Texas and Pacific Railway laid out the community in 1881 as Tebo, and its post office later took the name Hinds, or Hines. In 1901 the town was renamed for John P. Tye, the first postmaster and a Methodist minister.
On a modest lot near a growing city, a pergola with louvered panels or a partly screened patio can add privacy along with shade.
Taylor County covers 917 square miles of grassy prairie with some mesquite and live oak, at altitudes from 1,672 to 2,410 feet. Temperatures range from an average low of 31° F in January to an average high of 96° in July.
Water comes from the City of Tye, which treats surface water.
During World War II the Tye field was built just south of the community for the Army Air Corps and briefly served as Abilene’s airport. It was reactivated as Abilene Air Force Base in 1956 and renamed Dyess Air Force Base later that year. Tye incorporated in the mid-1950s.
The population grew from about forty in 1925 to 100 in 1940, then to 521 in 1960, 857 in 1970, and 1,088 in 1990. In the 1980s trucking and oil were important to the local economy, and in 2000 Tye had 1,158 residents and fifty-five businesses.
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. 12 of those reports were logged at Tye itself, the largest 2 inches. 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 Tye, TX
How is a pool built in Tye?
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 Tye the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Tye, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Tye?
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 Tye the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Tye, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Tye?
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 Tye?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Tye is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Tye 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.
Tye 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 Tye and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Tye 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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