Houston Pool Remodeling

Of all the Houston landscaping ideas available, Exterior Worlds has found that luxury swimming pools are one of the most popular. Our clients want their landscapes to be uniquely their own, a touchstone of their aesthetics and sensibilities. In particular, with a swimming pool, they can make it a shimmering reflection of their lifestyle, an example of Houston outdoor living at its finest.

Pools have become an expected amenity for the upscale home, never more so than in these days of staycations and cocooning at home. With that in mind, many of our clients face a Houston pool remodeling project, being owners of older homes with pools built in the 50s, 60s and 70s.

A Houston pool remodeling project starts with the selection of your general contractor and swimming pool designer, such as the superlative landscaping services you will find at Exterior Worlds. We combine the talents of an expert and dramatic flair for design with listening intently to the customer and the skill to keep the complicated projects on track and on budget.

The complexity of your Houston pool remodeling job depends on many factors with the most elaborate ones being those in which everything is wrong—the wrong location, the wrong style and the wrong materials. In these cases, it’s not just the pool that needs to be retrofitted and updated; rather the entire backyard needs to be changed, added to and rearranged.

With some older pool remodels, in order to meet current regulatory requirements, we have to completely overhaul the plumbing and electrical systems. Whenever possible, we try to salvage the shell which means removing the concrete, redoing the plumbing and electrical, and then rebuilding the structure around the existing shell.

At the other end of the complexity spectrum, you have the situation in which the area can be updated by merely changing out the surrounding elements. In some cases, the pool area can be remodeled by replacing the pool deck, which is the material, usually a form of masonry, that encircles the pool. Such a pool deck remodel project allows you to coordinate its material choices with others in your master plan, restoring the tones and textures to a complementary balance. Examples of today’s material choices for pool decks include tinted and stamped concrete, brick or stone.

In general, it is good to start any remodeling project with a clear eye. You may find that once embarked upon a Houston pool remodeling project, you uncover all kinds of problems inside the shell and beneath the pool deck that need to be fixed. Leaking plumbing and worn electrical systems are just two of the most common. Since no two projects will ever be alike, this prospect underscores the necessity of hiring an experienced contractor, such as Exterior Worlds, who are experts specifically in pool remodeling.

While undertaking a swimming pool restoration, you might want to consider adding other custom hardscapes to your overall design. Luxury landscape items such as waterfalls, garden structures, and outdoor fountains, for example, create pleasing visual and auditory environs—spaces that that you, your family and your friends will enjoy for years.

Since 1987, Exterior Worlds has provided comprehensive landscape and design services in the Houston area. Call us at 713-827-2255 for a private consultation.