New construction
Built from the dirt up, by one crew
New construction is the core of what this business does. Excavation, steel, plumbing, gunite, finish, and startup, run as one job rather than handed between subcontractors who never meet.
A pool build is a sequence of trades that have to arrive in the right order, each one on top of work that has cured, passed inspection, and been measured. When that sequence is managed by one crew, the gaps close. When it is split across contractors who bill separately, the gaps are where your schedule goes.
The messy middle is real, and it is finite
Excavation and gunite are disruptive. Machinery needs a path in, dirt has to leave, and there will be a week where the yard looks like a construction site, because it is one. What makes that bearable is knowing the shape of it in advance: which days are loud, which stages are just waiting on a cure, and when the yard comes back.
Permits and inspections are ours to carry
Plans go to your city or county, and inspections get booked at each stage they are required. Approval timelines belong to the municipality and nobody can promise them, but you should never be the person finding out an inspection was missed.
Decide early, build once
The single largest avoidable cost in a pool build is a decision changed after the stage it affects has been poured. Sleeving for a future spa, stubbing out for later decking, or running conduit for lighting you have not bought yet costs very little during the build and a great deal afterwards.
While the yard is open
The same logic goes for anything else the backyard is eventually going to want. Access is open, the grade is already being worked, trenching is already happening, and nothing is finished over the top of it yet. Adding any of these during the build is a fraction of what it costs to come back and cut into a finished deck for it.
Stage by stage
- 01
Layout and dig
Footprint staked, access route agreed, excavation, and spoil hauled out.
- 02
Steel
Reinforcement tied to the plan, then inspected before anything covers it.
- 03
Rough plumbing and electrical
Returns, mains, skimmers, and conduit set. Pressure tested and inspected.
- 04
Gunite
The shell is shot and then cures. This stage is loud, fast, and then quiet for days.
- 05
Tile, coping, decking
Waterline tile, coping set, raised beam work, then the deck surface goes down.
- 06
Finish and startup
Interior finish applied, pool filled, equipment dialed in, and handed over with a walkthrough.
Included
What the job covers
- Layout and staking, approved by you standing in the yard
- Excavation, spoil removal, and an agreed access route
- Steel reinforcement tied to the approved plan
- Plumbing and electrical rough, with inspections at each required stage
- Gunite shell and cure
- Waterline tile, coping, and any raised beam work
- Decking and the hardscape immediately around the pool
- Interior finish, fill, equipment startup, and a walkthrough
- Permit submission and inspection scheduling
- Final grade and site clearance
Questions
Frequently asked
What are the stages of a build?
Design and approval, layout and excavation, steel, plumbing and electrical rough, gunite shell, tile and coping, decking, interior finish, then fill, startup, and a walkthrough of how to run the equipment.
Who handles permits and inspections?
We do. Plans go to your city or county, and inspections are scheduled at each stage they are required. You are told what is happening before an inspector is on site.
How much of my yard gets torn up?
More than the pool itself, because excavation needs access and spoil has to leave. We agree the access route before digging and protect what stays, and the yard is left graded and clear at the end.
Free estimate
Tell us what you want in the backyard
Send the shape of the project and we will come look at the space. Free estimate, no obligation.
Prefer to talk it through? Call or message and Jose Alvarado will walk the site with you.