Pools & Spas in Wingate
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Wingate, 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 Wingate homeowners in Runnels County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Wingate
Wingate is on Farm Road 53, thirteen miles northwest of Winters in northwest Runnels County. A modest buffalo-ranching industry was launched there by Vester Parrish in 1961.
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 Wingate 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 Wingate, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Wingate
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Wingate
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Wingate
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Wingate
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Wingate
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Wingate
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Wingate
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Wingate homes
Homes and Yards in Wingate
Wingate was named for W. J. Wingate, a Ballinger attorney. Pioneer families named Durham and Phillips settled there in 1890, a school opened in 1891, and a post office followed the next year.
On ranch-style lots, a broad covered patio with an outdoor kitchen can serve as the gathering point for family visits without moving the crowd indoors.
Three-quarters of the land in Runnels County is well adapted to cultivation. The growing season is usually 228 days, with the last freeze around March 30 and the first around November 13.
The post office was set up one mile south of the site of present Wingate, with Mary McKandles as postmistress. A bank opened in 1917, and in the 1920s the community had eight businesses and a high school. Wingate had 250 people and ten businesses in 1940, and its population was 216 in 1980 and 1990.
NOAA’s Storm Events Database lists 67 hail reports in Runnels County from 2016 to 2025, 64 of them an inch across or larger, with stones up to 4 inches. 12 of those reports were logged at Wingate itself, the largest 2.5 inches. The same records show 22 damaging thunderstorm wind reports, with gusts up to about 90 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 Wingate, TX
How is a pool built in Wingate?
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 Wingate the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Wingate, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Wingate?
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 Wingate the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Wingate, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Wingate?
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 Wingate?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Wingate is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Wingate 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.
Wingate 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 Wingate and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Wingate sits on Rolling Plains clay ground in Runnels 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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