Custom pool builder in Dallas, TX from Blue Science: gunite swimming pools and spas designed and built by one team from start to finish, following our pool building process from the first sketch through permitting, excavation, construction, and startup, then serviced by the same pool company. In Dallas, pool construction begins with an in-home design consultation and a walk of your yard, then a written proposal based on your ideas and preferences and on what hard water, spring pollen, and July heat mean for the shell and the equipment.
Custom pool design and construction
Blue Science of Dallas: We Build Custom Affordable Pools
Most new pools in Dallas go into yards that have been there for decades, behind Lakewood Tudors and Preston Hollow ranch houses, around trees that predate the street. Blue Science designs the pool around the lot you already have and builds it with the same team that will service it afterward.
Start with inspiration
Imagine Your New Pool
Explore five complete pool concepts selected for your area, a variety of different styles to browse for ideas. Each tall image shows the whole design, day and night: materials, features, and the details that make the outdoor space work as a backyard oasis. The theme names nod to DFW Metroplex neighborhoods, from Highland Park Highlife to Preston Hollow Theme.
DFW Metroplex design concept
Highland Park Highlife
Luxury Infinity Edge Pool
Marvelous vanishing edge swimming pool with crave stone interlocking deck.
- zero edge spa
- carve stone interlocking deck
- handrail access
- infinity vanishing edge
- LED underwater lighting
- breathable outdoor living space
DFW Metroplex design concept
Preston Hollow Theme
Custom Free Form Pool
Luxurious free form pool with tanning ledge, stone rock grotto and travertine deck.
- tanning ledge
- stone rock out cropping
- lighted grotto
- built-in slide
- travertine brick coping
- travertine interlocking deck
- sculpted umbrella holder
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DFW Metroplex design concept
Stonebriar Place
Geometric Pool
Custom geometric pool design with raised spa and water fountains.
- geometric shape
- double ledge entry
- custom spa water fountain
- raised spa
- sheer descent water features
- tanning ledge with water features
DFW Metroplex design concept
Westlake Style
Classical Infinity Edge Pool
Charming infinity edge pool with deep colored glass tile and a pebble blue finish.
- deep blue pebble finish
- infinity vanishing edge
- iridescent glass tiled pillars
- majestic fire pits
DFW Metroplex design concept
White Rock Estate
Modern Multi-Level Pool
Captivating pebble plaster multi-level pool with deep ocean blue tiled walls.
- tiled negative edge
- multi-level pool
- pebble plaster
- step stone walkway
- cantilever deck
A Dallas build is usually a negotiation with a pecan, a sewer easement, and a lot line, and the best designs come from taking those seriously rather than fighting them. We walk the site before we sketch.
Designing a pool for an established Dallas backyard
From the build siteLots in Lakewood, Lake Highlands, and the M Streets come with protected trees, alley access, older utilities, and conservation-district rules in some blocks. We locate the roots and the easements, plan crane or alley access before the first truck arrives, and shape the pool around what the lot gives us.
Blackland clay calls for proper steel and a shell engineered for movement, and a shaded lot argues for a heater sized to stretch the season rather than a pool that is only comfortable in July.
A build-site day in Dallas
One crew, one sequence
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Walk-through The superintendent checks yesterday's work against the plan before the crew starts. -
Inspection The inspector signs off the steel or the plumbing before the next phase covers it. -
Your update Photos and the next two steps arrive by email, so you always know what happens tomorrow.
One team from Dallas permit to first swim
From the build siteBlue Science handles design, engineering, the City of Dallas permit, excavation, steel, plumbing, shell, decking, and finish with one crew and one point of contact. The proposal spells out what is included before we break ground.
Equipment is planned as a system, with Jandy, Pentair, and Hayward gear sized for the pool's volume, and you get a startup walkthrough on the controls when the water is balanced. Lakewood Estate, the outdoor-living concept in our catalog named for the neighborhood around White Rock Lake, was drawn for exactly these Dallas lots.
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How a build fits together
Your DFW Metroplex team
41 cities, one phone number, the same faces
The designer, the superintendent, and the technician who services the finished pool all work out of the same DFW Metroplex office.
Wondering what happens after you say yes? Every step from the first conversation to the first swim, in order.
See What to Expect, Step by StepThe team behind Dallas pools
The DFW Metroplex team building Dallas pools
Our Dallas office is where the crew that builds in Dallas works from, and where the permitting, the build calendar, the project management, and the coordination of every trade involved are handled. Design consultations happen at your home, and because hard water, spring pollen, and July heat shape the schedule, expectations are set early: you know exactly what happens next, delays are explained before they happen, and one manager keeps you informed and answers concerns from the first day to the last.
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Our customers in Dallas love our scientific approach to building pools and spas. Read our reviews here.
More pool services in Dallas
Blue Science also provides weekly pool cleaning in Dallas, pool remodeling in Dallas, pool leak detection in Dallas, and pool repair in Dallas from the same DFW Metroplex team, and every DFW Metroplex city with pool design & construction is listed on the Pool Design & Construction directory for the DFW Metroplex.
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Questions Dallas Pool Owners Ask
How long does a pool build take in North Texas?
Most builds run eight to twelve weeks from permit to first swim, and the weather owns two of those. Rain stops the dig and the gunite, and a freeze week pauses plaster, so I give you a calendar with weather days already in it rather than a date to be disappointed by.
Answered by a Blue Science pool builder, DFW MetroplexHow much does an inground gunite pool cost in Dallas?
Start with the yard, not a price list. Size and shape carry most of the cost of a Dallas pool; finishes, decking, and features such as a spa, lighting, a water feature, or a tanning ledge carry the rest. Yard access, soil and drainage, and the local permit process can each move the number, and hard water, spring pollen, and July heat shape some of the choices. We walk the site with you and price the pool that fits it. In Dallas we build with Jandy, Pentair, and Hayward equipment, installed by the same company that will service it.
How long does it take to build a backyard pool in Dallas?
Weeks of construction, and a schedule that starts before the first shovel. In Dallas the design and selections come first, then engineering and the permit, which takes time of its own. Once digging starts, weather, the inspection calendar, and material lead times set the pace, and rock or groundwater on the site can add days. Count design, permits, construction, and startup as one timeline, and expect the written schedule to say where each falls.
Can I build a pool in my yard in Dallas?
Almost every Dallas yard can take a pool of some size; the yard decides the shape. Before anything is drawn we check setbacks and easements, locate the utility lines, read the HOA rules, and look at slope, drainage, and equipment access. A septic system or a tight side yard changes the layout rather than the answer, and the deck is planned with the pool so there is room to live around it.
Do I need a permit to build a pool in Dallas?
Yes. An in-ground pool needs a building permit and inspections at set stages, and in many Dallas neighborhoods an HOA review before that. We prepare the drawings, pull the permit, schedule the inspections, and build to the fence and barrier rules that apply, so the pool passes its final without a second visit.
Seen our truck on your street?
That is because we also service Plano, Parker, Lewisville, Allen, and Flower Mound
Same standards, same people, same phone number, wherever in the DFW Metroplex the pool happens to be. The team that handles custom pool design and construction in Dallas is the team in each of these towns.
Pool days in Dallas, TX
Every season in Dallas gives Blue Science another reason to value the local homeowners who rely on our pool team. From food trucks at Klyde Warren Park to an evening in the Arts District, Dallas offers plenty of reasons to stay out late. Owning a pool means the day's most refreshing destination can be only a few steps from the kitchen. Homeowners rely on Blue Science for pool cleaning, chemistry, filtration, repair, leak detection, renovation, and construction expertise. Our approach protects water quality and equipment without turning routine maintenance into the homeowner's second job.
