Outdoor Living in Weatherford, 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 Weatherford homeowners in Parker County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Weatherford
Weatherford is the Parker County seat about thirty miles west of Fort Worth, and the land around it rises into hills with elevations well above the Trinity basin, so shallow soil over rock is common and excavation often hits limestone. The city has a large 19th-century courthouse-square district plus extensive newer acreage development along the I-20 and US 180 corridors.
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 Weatherford 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.
Outdoor living we build in Weatherford, TX
Most asked for in Weatherford: pergolas, outdoor kitchens.
Homes and Yards in Weatherford
Weatherford is Parker County’s historic county seat and grew steadily for about thirty years starting in 1940.
Next to an older house with real character, materials and rooflines are chosen to suit the house. It is also worth confirming whether the lot sits in a local historic district before designing anything visible from the street.
Weatherford sits on the divide between the Trinity and Brazos valleys, with Lake Weatherford just outside the city limits. Where the ground slopes or rock sits close to the surface, retaining walls or rock excavation get priced at the design visit rather than discovered during the dig.
The City of Weatherford, which treats its own surface water, including water from Lake Benbrook.
Weatherford was incorporated in 1858, and the Texas and Pacific Railway reached the town in 1880. The population was 8,093 in 1950, 11,750 in 1970, 14,804 in 1990, 19,000 in 2000, 25,250 in 2010 and 33,710 in 2021. U.S. Highways 180 and 80 intersect in the city, and Interstate 20 passes its southern edge.
The City adopted a year-round watering schedule on April 9, 2024 that limits sprinklers to no more than twice a week, with no outdoor watering between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.: Wednesdays and Saturdays for residential addresses ending in 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8, Thursdays and Sundays for addresses ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9, and no sprinklers on Mondays. In Stage 1 pools and hot tubs should not be filled, drained or refilled except for maintenance, and foundations may be watered up to 2 hours per day by hand-held hose or by soaker or drip within 24 inches of the foundation; Stage 3 prohibits all outdoor watering and the filling of pools.
The Building Division at 548 Santa Fe Drive, 817-598-4284, requires permits for accessory structures over 200 square feet and for fences, and plan review usually takes 2 to 3 business days against the 2021 codes. The fee schedule lists a fence permit at $75, a residential accessory building at $100 plus $0.30 per square foot, a swimming pool at $250 and an irrigation system at $75.
Chandor Gardens, a 3.5-acre estate in Weatherford’s Historic District, is run by the city and reached at 817-598-4334.
What each outdoor project needs in Weatherford, TX
How is a pergola built to last in Weatherford?
On Fort Worth Prairie ground a pergola’s footings usually reach limestone quickly, which makes for a stable base. Getting there is the work: shallow rock means drilling rather than augering, and it is worth knowing before anyone quotes a post count. More on pergolas.
What does a patio cover need in Weatherford?
Fort Worth Prairie limestone sits close to the surface, which is good news for a patio cover: footings bear on rock instead of moving clay. The trade is excavation: drilling a footing into limestone takes different equipment than augering clay, and that belongs in the price up front. In Weatherford the permit goes through the City of Weatherford, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pool built in Weatherford?
Fort Worth Prairie ground is shallow soil over limestone, so a pool excavation here often means rock rather than shrink-swell clay. That is a cost we would rather price honestly at the design visit than discover halfway through the dig, and it is the single biggest variable on this side of the metroplex. In Weatherford the permit goes through the City of Weatherford, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
How a Backyard Project Runs in Weatherford
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A free design visit in Weatherford
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 Fort Worth Prairie 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 Weatherford 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.
Weatherford 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 Weatherford and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Weatherford sits on Fort Worth Prairie 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 Weatherford 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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HOA Approval for a Patio Cover in Texas: DFW Guide
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