Best Pool Remodeling In Lake Austin, TX

Pool Remodeling Lake Austin, TX

When you decide on our Lake Austin pool remodeling company, you will meet with the professional team to discuss your details, needs, and requirements associated with your pool remodel in Lake Austin. This experienced attention guarantees that your considerations are prioritized as we modernize your pool to fit your needs.

We enjoy helping Lake Austin customers turn their current pool into something that excites them for years to come. The value of an fun, updated pool can inject new life into your home. Our significant expertise can guide you in the right direction and we offer dynamic remodel solutions you may not have considered before.

 

 

Why do Lake Austin residents Remodel their pool?

If your Lake Austin swimming pool is more than 10-15 years old, or is starting to look a little “dated” to you, then you might be interested in a pool remodel. This can be a simple update, or it can be a whole lot more. It does not matter how old your pool is, it can be updated and remodeled to look like an entertaining wonderland that will save you time and energy, and turn heads for years to come.

Our company utilizes the most modern pool technology available. Choose from different interior surfaces, decking, coping, special lighting, and water features. The overall structure of your Lake Austin pool is established but you would be surprised at how many ways you can modernize the design. Add amazing waterfalls for that lagoon appearance or add a spa as an wonderfully convenient way to address stress.

In the last 8-12 years, the pool industry has made major advances in reducing the amount of maintenance required for a Lake Austin swimming pool. Consequently, you have many other options as well:

• Salt water based chlorine generators
• Computerized automation systems for your Lake Austin pool
• Chlorine free systems
• Energy efficient heat pumps and solar heaters
• Energy efficient pumps, filters and plumbing
• Mineral systems (to stabilize the water)
• Ozonators (to reduce the use of chlorine)
• Built-in automatic Lake Austin pool covers
• Robotic cleaners

Want to modernize the look of your Lake Austin pool? There are many new options, which include:

• Tanning ledges and beach entries for your Lake Austin pool
• Waterfalls, water curtains, rain walls, weeping walls
• Aggregate-based interior finishes, such as a long life PebbleTec
• Water arches, fountains, bubblers, aerators, cuppers
• Built-in tables, underwater seating
• Raised gardens, grottos for your Lake Austin pool
• Fiber optic & LED lighting
• Mosaics and all-tile finishes
• Natural stone or custom acrylic decking
• Fire woks and fire pits for your Lake Austin pool
• Other Lake Austin options include: add a built-in spa, a vanishing edge, or convert to a perimeter overflow swimming pool.

 

Design – Remodeling your Pool in Lake Austin

Designing your Lake Austin Pool

To begin your Lake Austin pool project, it helps to first answer a few questions. The answers to the following questions enable our professional design team to create a renovation uniquely tailored to your families’ lifestyle and needs:

1. How will you use your Lake Austin pool?
2. Is your pool for swimming laps or your kids to challenge their friends to water basketball or volleyball?
3. Would you enjoy the wonderful relaxation of an amazing hot spa?
4. How many seating areas do you need to host your Lake Austin gatherings?

Pool Size, Shape and Special Features in Lake Austin

1. Shape & Size – Consider your Lake Austin property and its features. What is the best size, shape and type of your pool.
2. The View & Focal Point – What will you see from the windows inside of your home?
3. Style – What style of pool best suits you and your family?

Your Dream Pool in Lake Austin can be a Reality

1. Our first meeting will be at your Lake Austin home. We want to hear from you. We will listen to your ideas, desires, and dreams.
2. All technical considerations can be reviewed and discussed, such as city property access, permits, neighborhood approvals, and your budget.
3. A copy of your Lake Austin survey or property plot plan will be needed by our Design Team as well.
4. Be sure to share all of your ideas and thoughts. Locate and identify your favorite style pools and water features (we recommend sites such as Pinterest or Houzz).

 

Tile – Lake Austin Pool Remodeling

Tile Styles for your Lake Austin Pool

Pool tiles can transform the look of your Lake Austin pool and give it a unique custom appearance. Our experienced Design Team will assist you in choosing the shape and color of a pool tile layout. You have many options in Lake Austin … Some people prefer amazing blue tiles to line the wall of their pool. Others desire the more environmental earth tone tiles uniquely placed around their pool. We will assist you in drawing the dream vision of your Lake Austin pool every step of the way.

 

 

Select Materials for your Lake Austin TX Pool

There is a wide range of tile styles, looks and pricing. Much of this depends on the material chosen (glass, ceramic, porcelain, etc) and the manufacturer.  We use a thin-set mortar & grout material – we use the appropriate materials for the type and size of tile you choose. Our energy is focused on ensuring the integrity of the installation and the lasting beauty of the tile.

 

 

Coping – Lake Austin Pool Remodeling

Coping allows you to customize the look of your Lake Austin pool.  The perfect coping completes the border between your pool and decking or landscaping – it is a critical accent.  There is a wide variety of materials available for coping installation. For your pool remodeling in Lake Austin, several items will dictate which material is best to use for each renovation situation: a) the thickness and width of the existing coping, b) the overall look you have in mind, and c) cost. In many cases flagstone coping is less expensive than limestone coping and is installed where a customer desires a more rugged, natural look. Limestone and travertine are used where modern, smooth lines will align with the shape of your Lake Austin pool.

 

 

Deck – Lake Austin Pool Remodeling

The deck design can transform your Lake Austin backyard appearance and create a wonderful entertainment area.

Are your decks in such bad shape that sections are falling away from the pool? If so, then pool remodeling should include upgrading your Lake Austin pool’s deck. Custom stonework, travertine, pavers, poured concrete, decorative concrete, stamped and colored concrete– we have your pool ideas covered!

Remodeling Pool Decking

Tile design and pool decking can be the backdrop for the entire pool entertainment space. Are you looking for a courtyard feel, a modern look, or a natural environment? Your decking pulls together your backyard feel. In Lake Austin, choose from flagstone, interlocking pavers, and many other options such as textured or stained concrete. Decking is a critical choice for the overall environmental feel you’re trying to achieve.

As a pool owner, you will typically spend more time on your Lake Austin pool deck than actually inside your swimming pool. During a Lake Austin pool remodel, it is important to choose a decorative concrete, stone, or wood pool deck that is attractive and provides a safe non-slip surface for entertaining and simply socializing.

Tile Decks

As part of your Lake Austin pool remodeling, there are many types of tile decks. Tile often does a great job replicating wood, stone, marble, or brick. Because tile is not difficult to install, you can make your existing deck larger if you have space.  You can find different shapes and sizes from specialty dealers, but square is the most popular.

 

Paver Decks

Pavers are very popular for Lake Austin pool remodeling. Pavers come in a number of different sizes, colors, and shapes. Brick Pavers, Concrete Pavers, and Travertine Pavers are some of the most common Lake Austin pool remodeling deck pavers. In your Lake Austin Pool Remodel, Pavers can create a range of looks to suit any pool deck. Safety is one of the key features that pool deck pavers offer. Pool deck pavers have a high wear and tear resistance and have a non-slip surface that will last a long time.

 

 

Stone Decking in Lake Austin

Stone decking is available in many shapes, sizes, and colors. It is a wonderful method for adding a natural aesthetic to your yard. For Pool Remodeling in Lake Austin, stone decking is the most popular choice for homeowners who have designed a natural-looking swimming pool with boulders and cascading waterfalls. The stone finish pool deck resurfacing is done by embedding large stones, finely cut into a layer of concrete. This type of pool deck resurfacing is probably the best type of finish, as it not only looks good but has many advantages over the other methods of pool deck resurfacing. Another great advantage of this surface is that it provides natural friction – it is almost slip-proof.

 

 

Plaster – Lake Austin Pool Remodeling

Should I Re-Plaster?

 

 

For Lake Austin Pool Remodeling, there are three questions will help you make this important decision.

#1 Do you experience water loss in your Lake Austin pool?

Water loss can occur based on any number of problems. First, cracks in a Lake Austin swimming pool structure can show up through the plaster surface. Also, water can leak through many of the points around a pool (return inlets, light fixtures, etc). If your pool is losing water from somewhere other than plumbing, resurfacing may be a good solution combined with other work.  For Lake Austin pools, we use the plaster manufacturers’ recommended product and procedure for preparation.

 

 

#2 Is your Lake Austin pool surface really rough?

As plaster gets older, or because of improper chemistry, its surface becomes rough by etching or begins scaling. In Lake Austin, our typical method of “start-up” (pool care for the first several weeks of plaster life) allows for a smooth-but-not-slick surface designed to add years of life to the plaster. It makes for a comfortable swim experience.

 

 

3# Do you like the current optics & look of your Lake Austin pool?

For your Lake Austin pool remodeling project, consider your pool an open canvas on which you can customize the look of your pool. We offer many aggregate finishes in a wide variety of attractive and resilient options that may suit your taste in style and color.

For concrete or gunite pools in Lake Austin, plaster is the most desirable finish. It comes in several forms and many color choices. When applied properly, and no underlying structural problems, plaster provides a barrier between the structure of the pool and the water in which you swim.

Our Lake Austin Pool Remodeling Process

Our Lake Austin pool remodeling team is committed to building you a quality pool that will bring you years of pleasure and add to the value of your home. We have created this rigorous pool remodeling process. We strive to be the most professional company in the industry.

 

 

Step 1 – Project Design & Proposal – Lake Austin

The first step in the remodeling process is an initial meeting between the client and one of our trained design technicians. During this meeting in your Lake Austin home, our designer will find out what you are looking for in the overall pool and landscape layout. All of our pools are designed specifically for each individual Lake Austin customer. The technician will then take a detailed survey of the proposed area to include your Lake Austin home and lot dimensions, positioning, building setbacks, location of utilities, and accessibility to the construction site. Within a few days, our design technician will have a fully prepared plan and proposed construction cost for the pool organized for you to review.

Step 2 – Approvals & Permits– Lake Austin

We will acquire the permit for the remodel of the pool and decking. Permits for electric and gas utility hook-ups shall be obtained by the person contracted to do said work. All plans must comply with Lake Austin and state building codes. We will call for all applicable inspections, including footer, plumbing, and electrical bonding.

Step 3 – Excavation & Demolition– Lake Austin (as needed)

For our Lake Austin pool remodels, we generally use small front end loaders in order to precisely trim back the pool walls and to provide added maneuverability within the pool and around the construction site.

Step 4 –Plumbing Stub-out & Steel – Lake Austin (as needed)

The Lake Austin pool shell is reinforced with Grade 60 #3 steel rebar, placed horizontally and vertically. The horizontal and vertical bars are placed 8″ on center to a depth of five feet. Rough plumbing is done immediately following steel installation. This entails the installation of skimmers, main drains, light niches, return line “stubs” and pre-plumbing of raised spas.

Step 5 – Gunite Installation – Lake Austin (as needed)

For Lake Austin pool remodels, the pool floor consists of concrete with a compressive strength of 4000 psi, and is a minimum thickness of six inches. The walls of the pool consist of a mixture of sand and cement (gunite) that is applied through a hose with highly pressurized air to achieve a compressive strength of 4000 psi because of its superior structural strength.

Step 6 – Coping & Tile – Lake Austin

At this stage of your Lake Austin pool remodel, you will choose a decorative tile for the pool. We have a large selection of different tiles for you to choose from. No matter what colors, textures and materials are being used for the project, we will have something to fit your taste.

Step 7 – Equipment Setup – Lake Austin

One of our Lake Austin experienced installers will come to the site and plumb in all of the filtration equipment for the pool. This includes water feature pumps and other optional equipment.

Step 8 – Gas & Electric – Lake Austin (as needed)

We are now ready for Electric & Gas. Electrical conduits for pool equipment power and pool lights should be run and ready. The breaker box at the location of the pool equipment should be installed and ready for the equipment to be set as well. Gas lines to the pool heater or heaters should also be run to the equipment location.

Step 9 – Deck Layout Finalization & Pour – Lake Austin

Your Lake Austin deck is a minimum of four inches thick and reinforced with steel rebar approximately 18” on center. For most pools, any stone or brick work should be completed before the decking is poured.

Step 10 – Site Cleanup – Lake Austin

Your pool remodel in Lake Austin is now almost complete. We will now remove all miscellaneous construction materials from the construction site and prepare the pool interior to be finished.

Step 11 – Finishing Pool – Lake Austin

The Lake Austin pool interior is coated with your choice of materials. Options include standard white finish, Pebble Tec finish, or one of the many Diamond-Brite brand coatings. Upon completion of the  coating, we begin filling the pool with water. This is the final stage of construction!

Step 12 – Startup & Instruction – Lake Austin

Once your Lake Austin pool is full, a service technician will come out to your home to check the installation and start all pool and/or spa equipment. Once the equipment has been started up and the pool is operational, our service manager will set up a time to come to your Lake Austin home and show you maintenance operations. This includes everything you will need to know about routine maintenance on your amazing new pool!