Pools & Spas in Winters
Gunite pools and spas planned with the deck, shade and kitchen.
Outdoor Living in Winters, 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 Winters homeowners in Runnels County, with one family-owned team.
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Before you build in Winters
Winters is on U.S. Highway 83, Farm roads 1770 and 53, and the Missouri-Pacific Railroad in north central Runnels County. The first settlers lived in Bluff Creek Valley, a mile southeast of the present town.
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 Winters 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 Winters, TX
Outdoor Kitchens in Winters
Stone islands, built-in grills, fridges and a real vent hood, under cover.
Patio Covers in Winters
Solid-roof shade over the patio. It’s the simplest way to use it year-round.
Pergolas in Winters
Fixed or louvered, built to your slab, the yard’s centerpiece.
Sunrooms in Winters
Glass walls under a solid roof. Real square footage, light all day.
Patio Enclosures in Winters
Screened rooms: the breeze and the view, none of the mosquitoes.
Hardscaping in Winters
Travertine, pavers, seat walls and fire pits, with drainage solved first.
Landscaping & Lighting in Winters
Water-wise planting, irrigation and lighting for North Texas.
Outdoor living ideas for Winters homes
Homes and Yards in Winters
The C. N. Curry and C. E. Bell families settled the area in 1880. A cowboy, Jack Mackey, suggested naming the town for rancher and land agent John N. Winters, and the Abilene and Southern Railway arrived in 1909.
A screened porch addition can extend an older home’s living space while leaving its front elevation unchanged, which suits established streets.
Runnels County soil is black waxy and sandy loam, mostly shallow to moderately deep over limy earth, red beds, or limestone. The average rainfall is twenty-two inches, two-thirds of it from April through September.
Water comes from the City of Winters, which treats surface water.
The post office opened in 1891, and the population was 163 the next year. A brass band organized in 1901 by Charles Tipton Grant toured West Texas for years. The town incorporated in 1909, the year a cottonseed oil mill became its first major industry. A public library was built in 1964.
Manufactured items include air conditioning equipment, metals, lenses, outdoor lighted signs, and aircraft parts. Annual events include a show sponsored by the West Texas Shetland Pony Breeders Association. The population was 3,061 in 1980 and 2,905 in 1990, and in 2000 Winters had 140 businesses and 2,880 inhabitants.
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. 4 of those reports were logged at Winters itself, the largest 1.75 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 Winters, TX
How is a pool built in Winters?
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 Winters the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Winters, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on pools.
What does a patio cover need in Winters?
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 Winters the permit goes through the city or county office that covers Winters, and Longhorn files it and follows it through inspection. More on patio covers.
How is a pergola built to last in Winters?
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 Winters?
A sunroom or screened enclosure in Winters is attached to the house, so it is permitted through the city or county office that covers Winters 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.
Winters 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 Winters and handles the inspections, so the schedule does not stall on paperwork.
Winters 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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