Pool Remodeling and Renovation in Flower Mound, TX

New finish, tile and coping together

Pebble Technology International lists the problems that usually start a remodel: leaks, cracks, mottling, mildew or algae, hollow pool walls, and loose pebbles or tiles. In a remodel, it says, the finish and the waterline tile are usually completed at the same time. A pebble pool finish is the most durable surface the National Plasterers Council knows, and pool coping repair and replacement renews the edge that keeps water from getting behind the shell.

Adding a spa

The International Swimming Pool and Spa Code governs residential spas through its spa chapter: water no deeper than 4 feet from the design waterline, seats no deeper than 28 inches, a floor slope no steeper than 1 in 12, and incoming makeup water no hotter than 104°F. Hot tubs and spas need a Town permit, and for structural questions the American Shotcrete Association suggests a local engineer familiar with pools and spas. More on adding a spa to an existing pool.

Tanning ledges, steps and benches

For a backyard pool, the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code gives each stair tread a 10-inch minimum depth and at least 240 square inches of walking surface, keeps risers other than the top and bottom ones to 12 inches or less, and puts underwater seats, benches and swimouts no more than 20 inches below the design waterline. The Town's own stair and swimout-stripe amendments cover public pools, such as apartment and HOA pools, not backyard ones. Ledge depths and bubblers are covered under tanning ledge and pool step additions.

Waterfalls, scuppers and bubblers

Pentair says waterfalls usually sit in the bond beam just above the tile line or in a raised wall above it, and that the wall thickness, the tile or stone thickness and the weight of the covering all need planning. Custom Molded Products' scupper instructions set each scupper 1/8 inch off level, tipped toward the pool, so the water clears the lip. Flow rates and filters are on the page about pool water features and waterfalls.

Making a diving pool shallower

Converting a diving pool makes it what the code calls a Type O nondiving pool, which may not carry diving equipment. The 2021 model code sets a residential shallow end at 33 inches to 4 feet deep, and where the deep area stays over 5 feet, it needs its own way in and out. See diving pool conversion.

Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing can price a remodel with any mix of these in one free estimate.

Pools built with the 1980s and 1990s homes

Of Flower Mound's 28,789 housing units, 11,597 were built in the 1990s and 4,381 in the 1980s, according to the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 American Community Survey. The Town's subdivision records date Timber Creek, the former Flower Mound New Town, from 1973 to 1994, Glenwick Estates to 1990, the Villages of Northshore and the older Northshore PUD from 1979 to 1998, the Estates at Tour 18's first sections to 1994 and Stone Hill Farms from 1997 to 2000. SGM, a finish maker, says most traditional plaster shows significant wear by the 5 to 7 year mark.

HOA review for additions

Wellington's Architectural Control Committee must approve adding a pool, an outdoor kitchen, a firepit, a patio cover or an arbor, and Town approval doesn't count as its approval; the committee has up to 30 days to review, usually about 5 to 10. The Town enforces only its own ordinances, not HOA rules or deed restrictions.

Setbacks, easements and soil

Flower Mound keeps pools, spas and their decks out of front yards and easements and at least five feet from side and rear property lines, and a pool closer to a building's foundation than 3 feet, or than its own depth, needs a sealed engineered design. USDA soil ratings put about a third of the town's land on soils Very limited for homes because they shrink and swell.

We take on remodels across the towns we serve, and our page on pool remodeling in Coppell covers that town. Ask Flower Mound Pool Resurfacing what your HOA and the Town will want to see.