Quartz Pool Finishes in Highland Village, Texas
Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing installs quartz pool finishes in Highland Village, Texas, a lakeside city where more homes went up in the 1990s than in any other decade, by the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020–2024 survey estimates.
The city's northern edge is the Lewisville Lake shore, with Pilot Knoll Park, Copperas Branch Park and Doubletree Ranch Park among its parks, and Interstate 35E and FM 407 close by. You can ask for a free estimate at any hour; we'll go over the quartz blend and color, the City's water and the start-up after the fill.
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Highland Village homes by decade
Of Highland Village's 5,680 housing units in that survey, 1,592 were built in the 1990s, 1,215 in the 1980s and 1,146 in the 2000s, with 1,071 from before 1980; the median home dates from 1993, give or take two years. Detached single-family houses make up 95.9% of the units, owners live in 91.9% of the occupied homes, and the median home is worth $550,000.
A city that grew from a lakeside retreat
About 100 lakeside residents, many of them Dallas professionals who first came out for weekends, incorporated the city in February 1963, and its early building ran along the Lake Lewisville shore. The Handbook of Texas counts 516 residents in 1970, 3,246 in 1980, 7,027 in 1990 and 12,173 in 2000. Highland Village became a home-rule city in 1986, and the City expects about 18,000 people at build-out.
Named neighborhoods
City Council's agenda packet for July 22, 2025 ties trail work to Castlewood, Chapel Hill and a reconstruction of Highland Shores Boulevard, and the City's new-resident page names Rolling Hills Estates.
Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing will help you compare quartz with plaster or pebble for your pool.
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(469) 526-3886City water and a quartz start-up
Surface water and five wells
Highland Village buys 3 million gallons a day of treated water from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District, its primary source, and owns five wells that produce 4.2 million gallons a day, used mainly to meet summer peaks. The TCEQ rates the system a “Superior Public Water Supply”. The City disinfects its well water with chloramines, and from March 18 to April 8, 2026, while it switched temporarily to free chlorine, it used only well water.
Hardness against the start-up targets
The City's most recent water quality report, for 2025, prints its hardness: total hardness of 1.04 to 110 ppm as calcium carbonate, and calcium of 1.89 to 37.5 ppm. For its Diamond Brite quartz finish, SGM's start-up puts a sequestering agent in with the first fill, sets pH at 7.2–7.6 with alkalinity of 80–120 ppm, and keeps calcium hardness at 125 ppm or higher for the first three days, then holds it at 200–400 ppm. Calcium hardness can't exceed total hardness, so even the report's top figure sits below SGM's opening target, and a start-up on City water raises calcium rather than lowering it.
Mixing the finish with well water, or any water heavy in metals and minerals, discolors it, SGM also warns, so ask where the plaster-day mix water will come from. Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing will suggest a water test before the pool is filled.
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(469) 526-3886Soil, lake and drought phases
Mapped water makes up about 15.9% of the area inside Highland Village's Census boundary. On land, the soil survey's largest unit is the Birome-Rayex-Aubrey complex, on about 26.2%, followed by Birome fine sandy loam at 14.3%; both reach a linear extensibility of 4.5 percent, moderate on the 1980 Denton County survey's scale. Navo clay loam, on 7.2%, reaches 7.5 percent, past the survey's 6 percent line into high shrink-swell, while Gasil fine sandy loam, on 6.1%, stays low at 1.8.
The City's drought rules have four phases. Phase I applies every year from May 1 to September 30 and bars landscape watering between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; Phase IV prohibits all water use other than domestic use inside the home, outdoor use included. The City's phase summary doesn't mention pools, so ask how a refill is treated in the phase in force before a pool is drained.
Permits for pool work in Highland Village
The City's “Do I need a permit for that?” page lists pools, fences and decks, and retaining walls over 2 feet, and quotes the code's general rule: anyone who intends to construct, enlarge, alter or repair a building or structure, or its electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, must first apply to the building official for a permit. The page doesn't say whether replastering a pool or putting in a new quartz finish counts, so ask Building Inspections & Permits before the pool is drained.
A pool or spa permit there calls for three sets of plans with the electric company's stamp, three stamped surveys showing the pool and setbacks, a notarized letter saying where excavated dirt will go outside City limits, a letter signed by the homeowner and the pool contractor on pool and fence requirements, and erosion-control and drainage plans. The City's 2019 building permit fee update lists a pool or in-ground spa at $200.
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(469) 526-3886Parks along Lewisville Lake
The City's parks department maintains over 335 acres of parkland at 19 sites, plus 23.6 acres of multiuse trails; the City Trail runs 2.73 miles. Pilot Knoll Park, 65 to 85 acres depending on the lake level, has 55 RV and tent campsites, a boat ramp and dock, and the Poindexter and Hickory Creek Trail equestrian trails. Copperas Branch Park, about 75 acres on the shore and leased from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has a boat ramp and a beach and swim area.
Doubletree Ranch Park sits on part of the ranch land of Robert DuVall, the first mayor, in an area local lore calls a hideout of the outlaw Sam Bass, and today has nearly a mile of trails, a splash pad and a fishing pond. To the west, Copper Canyon shares the city's border; its spa and pool rules are covered in adding a spa to a pool in Copper Canyon.
Quartz beside plaster, pebble and tile
On the National Plasterers Council's ratings, quartz is a 10 to 15 year surface, traditional white plaster lasts 5 to 8 years and pebble 12 to 18, and the Council describes quartz as a silicate-based mineral, one of nature's hardest, that doesn't react with pool chemicals. Typical Dallas–Fort Worth prices for 2026 put quartz plaster at $6,500 to $10,000, published figures rather than our prices.
Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing also handles pebble and polished finishes, pool replastering, waterline tile and coping, and drain and acid wash. For the neighboring town of Hickory Creek, see fiberglass pool repair in Hickory Creek.
Steps to a quartz finish
Look and test
The pool is measured, and the fill water is tested against the start-up targets of the finish chosen.
Ask the City
Building Inspections & Permits says whether the work needs a permit, before the pool is drained.
Prepare the old surface
SGM requires its Bond Kote bonding system wherever quartz goes over an existing finish, though stripping the old finish first by sandblasting or chipping may make the bond coat unnecessary.
Trowel and expose
SGM recommends slick troweling; standard Diamond Brite is then exposed by washing the paste off with soft brushes and water, and SGM’s Quartz Series by an acid wash instead.
Fill and start up
A sequestering agent goes in with the first fill, and calcium is brought up to the start-up level for three days, then held at 200–400 ppm.
Care after day 28
SGM’s warranty terms ask for a Langelier Saturation Index of 0.0 to +0.3 and brushing with nylon, never stainless steel.
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(469) 526-3886Quartz pool finish questions answered
What is quartz aggregate pool finish?
A cement-based pool finish with quartz in the mix. In SGM's Diamond Brite, polymer-modified cement binds quartz aggregate and insoluble coated quartz; NPT's ColorScapes pairs ceramic-coated colored quartz with white marble and white cement, plus NPT's Lobo modifier. Quartz, unlike the marble in white plaster, stays insoluble even in strong acid, SGM says, and polymer-modified cement adds hardness and bonding and lets less water in.
What is the most expensive type of pool finish?
Tile. National figures from 2025 call tile resurfacing the costliest option, at $8,000 to $30,000 or more, with glass the priciest tile and porcelain and ceramic the cheapest. Around Dallas–Fort Worth, a tile interior runs $15,000 to $40,000 or more in typical 2026 prices.
Plan a quartz pool finish in Highland Village
Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing answers calls and estimate requests 24/7. Tell us the pool’s size and current finish, and any quartz colors you have in mind.