Outdoor Kitchens in The Colony, TX
Outdoor kitchens built into The Colony backyards: gas, water, drain and power planned with the island, on footings sized for Eastern Cross Timbers ground. What the local ground and permitting change about building one here.
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What The Colony ground does to a outdoor kitchen
Eastern Cross Timbers ground drains at the surface and holds water lower down, so an outdoor kitchen’s slab is graded to move water away before it reaches the cabinetry, and the footings are taken into the clay rather than floated on the sand.
The Colony homes, and what they ask of a outdoor kitchen
The Colony was founded in 1973 as a Fox and Jacobs development of single-family homes on about 3,000 acres. In established yards the gas line, the panel and the patio are all already somewhere, and rarely where the kitchen wants to be. We price the service runs honestly before the layout is fixed.
About 23 miles of Lewisville Lake shoreline, including two peninsulas, lie inside the city. Open ground near the water tends to catch more wind, so shade structures are anchored and placed with the breeze in mind. Near the lake the wind decides where a grill can sit and how the ventilation works, which is worth settling before the island is built.
Who reviews a outdoor kitchen in The Colony
In The Colony the job is reviewed by the Building Inspections Department, and we file and follow the permit through that office ourselves.
How a Outdoor Kitchen Project Runs in The Colony
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A free design visit in The Colony
A designer comes out to the house, measures the space a outdoor kitchen 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 Eastern Cross Timbers 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 Building Inspections Department at the City of The Colony and follow it through review. 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 outdoor kitchen in order, so the footings, the masonry, the gas and water runs and the appliance set are not three different companies working around each other.
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Walkthrough and warranty
We walk the finished outdoor kitchen with you, settle the punch list and leave one warranty on the work — and we are still Denton County-local if you need us later.
Outdoor Kitchens in The Colony: common questions
Yes. In The Colony the job is reviewed by the Building Inspections Department, and Longhorn files and follows the permit through that office. Where an HOA also wants a submittal, we prepare the drawings it asks for.
Eastern Cross Timbers ground drains at the surface and holds water lower down, so an outdoor kitchen’s slab is graded to move water away before it reaches the cabinetry, and the footings are taken into the clay rather than floated on the sand.
In established yards the gas line, the panel and the patio are all already somewhere, and rarely where the kitchen wants to be. We price the service runs honestly before the layout is fixed. Near the lake the wind decides where a grill can sit and how the ventilation works, which is worth settling before the island is built.
After the design visit, the drawings and the The Colony permit come first, and that review is the part that varies. Once it clears, the same crew builds the job straight through rather than handing it between trades. We give you the schedule in writing with the firm price, before anything is ordered.
Yes. The Colony sits in Denton County, inside the Dallas–Fort Worth area Longhorn Outdoor Living has built in since 1984. Design visits in The Colony are free, and we also work in Denton, Flower Mound nearby.
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Free design visits in The Colony
Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll come measure, talk options and give you a straight number — no obligation, no pressure.
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