Pool remodeling in West Lake Hills, TX from Blue Science: pool resurfacing, tile, coping, decking, lighting, and pool equipment upgrades planned as one project, with a written scope and budget before the pool is drained and one team from demolition to startup and completion. In West Lake Hills a pool remodel begins with an in-home consultation, a site visit, and samples looked at outdoors next to the house, so the pool design fits your existing swimming pool, your preferences, and the wear that hard Hill Country water, cedar pollen, and 100-degree summers leave on a surface.
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These are the finishes, decks, and features West Lake Hills owners choose most, shown in full so nothing is cropped. Hard Hill Country water decides more of the surface choice here than color does, and we say which finishes hold up.
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Pool Surface Options
Interior finish is the biggest visual change in a remodel: it turns builder blue into lake green or deep navy, and the right one holds up to hard Hill Country water far longer than plaster.
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Pool Decking Options
Stamped concrete, pavers, and natural stone each handle limestone and shifting caliche differently, and we say which will still sit flat in a West Lake Hills yard in ten years.
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Coping, Equipment & Water Features
The details below are what make a remodel feel new rather than resurfaced: a clean coping line, quiet efficient equipment, lighting, and water in motion.
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A Smarter Path to a Beautiful Pool Remodel
The decisions behind a good West Lake Hills remodel, in the order we make them: what the shell and lines need, which surface suits hard Hill Country water, what the deck should be on limestone and shifting caliche, and what to upgrade while the pool is open.
West Lake Hills pools were cut into limestone hillsides in Rob Roy and Camelot in the 1970s and 1980s, and fifty years of hard water and a shell that has moved with the rock have left rough plaster, crusted tile, and coping that no longer sits flat. The houses above them have been rebuilt or remodeled, and the pool is often the last original thing on the lot.
A hillside pool cannot simply be resurfaced and forgotten. On a West Lake Hills remodel we check the shell for movement, pressure test the long runs to a pad a story below, and only then talk about finish and tile, because a beautiful surface on a leaking shell is money spent twice.
What West Lake Hills pools need in a remodel
From the remodel crewOriginal plaster scaled to sandpaper, waterline tile buried in calcium, and coping that has separated where the deck moved downhill are the standard findings, and many Rob Roy pools still have their 1970s light niches and skimmer throats. The scope usually replaces the finish, tile, and coping and repairs the shell and lines that fifty years on a hillside have opened.
Owners often use the remodel to add a spillover or a raised beam on the downhill side, where the yard drops away toward the preserve, and to choose a darker finish that suits the shade of the live oaks.
A remodel day in West Lake Hills
Old surface out, new surface in
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Protection first Decking, plants, and the equipment pad are covered before the first chip comes off. -
Prep The old plaster is chipped and the shell checked for hollow spots before anything new goes on. -
Update sent Progress photos and tomorrow's plan land in your inbox.
Planning a remodel on the West Lake Hills hillsides
From the remodel crewAccess is the first question on these lots, so we plan how materials get down to the pool before the water comes out, and we replace a pump that has been lifting water uphill for decades with a variable-speed model while the pad is open.
A new finish in Austin water scales fast if the first month is neglected, so the startup brushing and balance are part of the job, and the weekly technician picks up with the new numbers.
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What a remodel covers
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The crew that remodels your pool and the technician who services it afterward are the same Greater Austin team.
The team behind West Lake Hills remodels
The Greater Austin team remodeling West Lake Hills pools
Remodels in West Lake Hills are planned and scheduled from our Austin office, which runs the same work across 14 cities in Greater Austin. The consultation, the site visit, and the samples happen at your pool, where the remodel is designed; the office handles the permits and the timeline, and the same crew carries the project from drain-down to completion, keeping you informed and explaining any delays before they happen.
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Blue Science also provides weekly pool cleaning in West Lake Hills, pool leak detection in West Lake Hills, and pool repair in West Lake Hills from the same Greater Austin team, and every Greater Austin city with pool remodeling is listed on the Pool Remodeling directory for Greater Austin.
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Questions West Lake Hills Pool Owners Ask
How long is the pool out of service for a replaster?
About two weeks from drain to swim: a day or two to drain and chip, a day for the new surface, then the fill and a month of daily brushing while it cures. We plan it around your calendar because you are out of the water for the whole stretch.
Answered by a Blue Science pool builder, Greater AustinCan you remodel an existing pool?
Yes, and it is the answer to most of the complaints West Lake Hills owners bring us: rough or stained plaster, tile falling off the waterline, a cracked or faded deck, lights that no longer work, and equipment that costs too much to run. Each of those is a remodel line item rather than a reason to start over. We evaluate the shell first, then scope the finish, tile, coping, deck, lighting, and equipment as one project so the pool is out of service once, not four times. Every West Lake Hills remodel is written up as one project, so you know what is included before the water comes out.
How long does a pool remodel take?
It depends on the scope. A resurfacing alone keeps a West Lake Hills pool out of service for a couple of weeks including cure and startup; add tile and coping and it runs longer; a full remodel with new decking and equipment is a project of several weeks. The written scope carries the schedule, and the sequence is planned so the pool is drained once and refilled once.
How do I know my pool needs resurfacing?
Rough plaster that scuffs feet, stains that no longer brush out, hollow spots or blisters where the finish has let go of the shell, exposed aggregate, and calcium nodules are the signs. Most finishes in West Lake Hills last a decade or more, but hard Hill Country water, cedar pollen, and 100-degree summers shorten that. If the water is hard to keep balanced no matter what goes in, the surface is often the reason.
Should I remodel my pool or build a new one?
If the shell is sound, remodel. Almost everything an owner dislikes about an older West Lake Hills pool is on the surface or the pad: the finish, the tile, the deck, the lights, the equipment. A new pool makes sense when you want the pool somewhere else or in a different shape, or when the shell has structural damage. Our evaluation looks at the shell first and tells you which one you have.
Seen our truck on your street?
That is because we also service Bee Cave, Lago Vista, Round Rock, and Georgetown
Know someone there who could use the same pool remodeling? Our West Lake Hills team already covers those streets, so a recommendation from you lands with the people who look after your pool.
Pool days in West Lake Hills, TX
Blue Science has a long-standing fondness for West Lake Hills and for the customers who make caring for pools here so rewarding. Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve protects a peaceful slice of Hill Country habitat beside West Lake Hills. Owning a pool means the day's most refreshing destination can be only a few steps from the kitchen. The team helps with clean water, scheduled service, filters, repairs, hard-to-find leaks, pool improvements, and entirely new backyards. We consider weather, landscaping, pool use, and equipment behavior instead of treating every address like the same checklist.
