Every Pool Service We Offer in El Paso, TX
One team for every pool job in El Paso — from gunite & shotcrete pool construction to pool demolition & removal.
El Paso Pool Builders handles residential and commercial pool projects across El Paso and the Borderland. From gunite & shotcrete pool construction to pool demolition & removal, every service below is handled by our own team and backed by our workmanship guarantee.
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Our Pool Services in El Paso, TX
Gunite & Shotcrete Pool Construction
Gunite pool construction in El Paso builds you a steel-reinforced concrete shell in any shape your lot allows, engineered for desert temperature swings and hard water. We run the whole job in house: 3D design, permits, caliche excavation, rebar, gunite, tile, coping, decking, equipment, and plaster startup.
Fiberglass Pool Installation
Fiberglass pool installation in El Paso puts water in the ground in three to six weeks instead of the eight to twelve a gunite build needs. The shell arrives as one molded piece, gets craned into a prepared hole, and its nonporous gelcoat surface resists the calcium scale that our hard water leaves on plaster.
Pool Remodeling & Renovation
Pool remodeling in El Paso typically costs a quarter to half of a new build, because the shell in the ground is almost always still structurally sound. What has aged out is the plaster, the tile, the coping, the deck, and equipment that has been quietly eating your electric bill since the Clinton administration.
Pool Resurfacing & Pebble Finishes
Pool resurfacing in El Paso runs $5,000 to $12,000 for most residential pools and buys 10 to 20 more years of interior finish depending on the material. The tell that you need it is usually your feet: when the floor works like 60-grit sandpaper, or the plaster has gone from white to a mottled gray-brown map of the last decade, the surface is done.
Waterline Tile & Coping
Waterline tile replacement and coping work in El Paso deals with the one band of your pool that our hard water attacks hardest. Calcium builds a chalky white line above the waterline, no amount of scrubbing removes it once it has set, and bead blasting takes it off without destroying the glaze for a fraction of what retiling costs.
Pool Decks & Hardscape
Pool deck installation in El Paso is a heat problem before it is a design problem, because dark or gray broom-finish concrete in June gets hot enough to shut the backyard down between noon and six. Light travertine, large-format pavers, and cool-deck acrylic overlays all run meaningfully cooler underfoot, and choosing one of them is the difference between a pool you use daily and one you look at.
Spa & Hot Tub Installation
Spa and hot tub installation in El Paso earns its keep from October through April, when clear, cool desert evenings are close to purpose-built for sitting in hot water. A raised gunite spa spilling into the pool is the most common build we do, and constructing it alongside the pool costs far less than adding one later because it shares filtration, heater, gas line, and automation.
Water Features & Tanning Ledges
Tanning ledge and water feature installation in El Paso adds the part of the pool that gets used on a 104-degree afternoon when nobody wants to swim laps. A tanning ledge, also called a Baja shelf or sun shelf, is a 6 to 12 inch deep platform at one end of the pool, and adding two bubblers turns it into the most-occupied square footage in the yard.
LED Pool Lighting
LED pool light installation in El Paso replaces a 300 to 500 watt incandescent fixture with one drawing roughly 40 to 70 watts at the same or better output, and the LED lasts several times longer. That upgrade pays back faster here than in most markets for a simple reason: from May through September the pool gets used after sunset far more than at midday, so the lights run a lot of hours.
Pool Automation & Smart Controls
Pool automation in El Paso prevents the two most expensive problems this climate creates: freeze damage in January and wasted pump energy in July. A controller with freeze protection starts the pump automatically when air temperature drops below roughly 38 degrees, which is the difference between a normal winter and a cracked heat exchanger, a split pump housing, and a plumbing repair you did not budget for.
Pool Heaters & Heat Pumps
Pool heater installation in El Paso extends a six-month swim season into a ten-month one, because water temperature in March and October sits a solid twenty degrees behind what the air feels like. We install and service natural gas and propane heaters, electric heat pumps, and solar systems, and the right choice comes down to whether you want fast heat or cheap heat.
Variable-Speed Pumps & Filtration
Variable-speed pump installation in El Paso typically cuts pump energy use by well over half, because power draw falls steeply as motor speed drops and a slow pump running longer hours moves the same water for a fraction of the electricity. On a desert pool that circulates most of the year through serious heat, that shows up as a real line-item change on the bill rather than a brochure promise.
Saltwater Chlorination Systems
Saltwater pool conversion in El Paso costs roughly $70 to $100 a year in salt and ends the routine of hauling chlorine jugs home from the store. A saltwater pool is still a chlorine pool, which surprises people, but the cell generates chlorine on site from water sitting at about 3,200 parts per million salt, roughly a tenth the salinity of seawater and about the level where you stop noticing it.
Pool Leak Detection & Crack Repair
Pool leak detection in El Paso begins with proving there is a leak at all, because in our dry summer air a pool can lose a third of an inch a day to evaporation and considerably more with wind. That is physics, not plumbing, and it is why a good share of leak calls here turn out to be homeowners correctly noticing water loss and incorrectly diagnosing the cause.
Weekly Pool Cleaning & Maintenance
Weekly pool service in El Paso runs $100 to $250 a month depending on pool size, tree load, and whether filter cleaning and salt cell descaling are included. A proper visit is not a lap with a net: we test and balance, brush walls and the waterline, empty skimmer and pump baskets, check filter pressure against its clean baseline, inspect the equipment pad, and flag anything trending the wrong way.
Green Pool Cleanup & Acid Washing
Green pool cleanup in El Paso usually takes three to seven days of chemical recovery and rarely needs the pool drained, which is exactly how we prefer to do it. Draining a shell in this climate exposes bare plaster to brutal sun and single-digit humidity, and a surface left dry in July can craze in hours, so the chemical route is both cheaper for you and safer for the pool.
Pool Safety Fences & Covers
Pool safety fence and cover installation in El Paso keeps your pool compliant with local barrier requirements and, far more importantly, keeps a small child out of the water when nobody is watching. A residential barrier here generally needs to stand at least 48 inches high with no climbable footholds, gaps too narrow for a child to pass, and a self-closing, self-latching gate that swings away from the pool with the latch mounted out of reach.
Commercial Pool Construction & Service
Commercial pool construction and service in El Paso is judged on turnover rates and compliance paperwork, not on tile selection. Texas public pools fall under 25 TAC Chapter 265 and Health and Safety Code Chapter 757, which means compliant enclosures, VGB anti-entrapment main drain covers, correct turnover for volume and bather load, working flow meters and gauges, accurate depth and rule signage, and daily chemical logs an inspector can read without squinting.
Pool Demolition & Removal
Pool removal in El Paso is a permitted demolition job with two legitimate approaches, and choosing the wrong one costs you either money now or resale value later. A partial fill-in breaks holes through the floor for drainage, collapses the upper walls into the cavity, and backfills with engineered fill placed and compacted in lifts.
What each of our services covers in El Paso
Open any service to see exactly what is included before you call.
Gunite & Shotcrete Pool Construction
Gunite pool construction in El Paso builds you a steel-reinforced concrete shell in any shape your lot allows, engineered for desert temperature swings and hard water. We run the whole job in house: 3D design, permits, caliche excavation, rebar, gunite, tile, coping, decking, equipment, and plaster startup. Here is how the build actually goes.
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- shotcrete pool construction
- custom inground pool design
- concrete pool installation
- freeform and geometric pool shapes
- plunge pools and lap pools
- infinity edge and vanishing edge pools
- raised bond beam and spa spillover
- tanning ledge and Baja shelf construction
- 3D pool design and City of El Paso permits
- caliche excavation and rock breaking
- rebar cage and steel schedules
Fiberglass Pool Installation
Fiberglass pool installation in El Paso puts water in the ground in three to six weeks instead of the eight to twelve a gunite build needs. The shell arrives as one molded piece, gets craned into a prepared hole, and its nonporous gelcoat surface resists the calcium scale that our hard water leaves on plaster. That scale resistance is the underrated advantage here.
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- one-piece fiberglass pool shells
- small yard fiberglass pools
- fiberglass plunge pool
- fiberglass pool with tanning ledge
- gelcoat colors and UV resistance
- fiberglass pool crane set
- fiberglass vs gunite pool cost
- fiberglass spa and pool combo
- gelcoat repair and refinishing
- fiberglass pool deck and coping
- fast pool installation timeline
Pool Remodeling & Renovation
Pool remodeling in El Paso typically costs a quarter to half of a new build, because the shell in the ground is almost always still structurally sound. What has aged out is the plaster, the tile, the coping, the deck, and equipment that has been quietly eating your electric bill since the Clinton administration. This city has thousands of them.
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- 1980s and 1990s pool makeover
- adding a spa to an existing pool
- pool deck replacement and expansion
- saltwater conversion during remodel
- adding a tanning ledge to an old pool
- pool tile and coping replacement
- raised bond beam and water features
- pool depth changes and shallowing
- outdoor kitchen and shade structure
- equipment upgrade during renovation
Pool Resurfacing & Pebble Finishes
Pool resurfacing in El Paso runs $5,000 to $12,000 for most residential pools and buys 10 to 20 more years of interior finish depending on the material. The tell that you need it is usually your feet: when the floor works like 60-grit sandpaper, or the plaster has gone from white to a mottled gray-brown map of the last decade, the surface is done. Material choice matters more here than in softer-water cities.
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- pool replastering
- pebble pool finish
- PebbleTec and mini-pebble interiors
- quartz pool finish
- white plaster resurfacing cost
- pool chip out and re-plaster
- rough pool surface repair
- calcium scale and stain removal
- bond coat and acid wash
- plaster startup and brushing schedule
- pool interior color selection
Waterline Tile & Coping
Waterline tile replacement and coping work in El Paso deals with the one band of your pool that our hard water attacks hardest. Calcium builds a chalky white line above the waterline, no amount of scrubbing removes it once it has set, and bead blasting takes it off without destroying the glaze for a fraction of what retiling costs.
That is the first thing we test on every tile call, because a good share of the pools we get sent to look at do not need new tile at all.
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- waterline tile installation
- glass mosaic pool tile
- porcelain and ceramic pool tile
- travertine pool coping
- flagstone and limestone coping
- cantilever concrete coping
- bullnose brick coping repair
- calcium and scale removal from tile
- spa spillover tile
- Talavera and Saltillo accent tile
- pool tile bead blasting
Pool Decks & Hardscape
Pool deck installation in El Paso is a heat problem before it is a design problem, because dark or gray broom-finish concrete in June gets hot enough to shut the backyard down between noon and six.
Light travertine, large-format pavers, and cool-deck acrylic overlays all run meaningfully cooler underfoot, and choosing one of them is the difference between a pool you use daily and one you look at. Plain concrete deck work runs roughly $6 to $12 per square foot installed, with pavers and natural stone above that depending on material.
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- travertine pool deck
- paver pool deck
- stamped concrete pool deck
- cool deck resurfacing
- pool deck crack repair and sealing
- outdoor kitchen and bar construction
- fire pit and fire feature
- pergola, ramada and shade structure
- retaining walls and seat walls
- deck drainage and slope correction
- non-slip pool deck finishes
Spa & Hot Tub Installation
Spa and hot tub installation in El Paso earns its keep from October through April, when clear, cool desert evenings are close to purpose-built for sitting in hot water.
A raised gunite spa spilling into the pool is the most common build we do, and constructing it alongside the pool costs far less than adding one later because it shares filtration, heater, gas line, and automation.
A typical attached spa runs six to eight therapy jets, a dedicated air blower, an 11 to 18 inch raised bond beam with a tiled face, and a spillway wide enough to look deliberate rather than apologetic.
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- gunite spa construction
- raised spa with spillover
- attached pool and spa combo
- standalone hot tub installation
- swim spa installation
- spa jets and blower plumbing
- spa heater and gas line
- spa tile and coping
- hot tub electrical hookup
- spa cover and safety cover
- spa repair and jet replacement
Water Features & Tanning Ledges
Tanning ledge and water feature installation in El Paso adds the part of the pool that gets used on a 104-degree afternoon when nobody wants to swim laps. A tanning ledge, also called a Baja shelf or sun shelf, is a 6 to 12 inch deep platform at one end of the pool, and adding two bubblers turns it into the most-occupied square footage in the yard. Parents of small children ask for it first.
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- Baja shelf and sun shelf
- bubblers and deck jets
- sheer descent waterfall
- rain curtain water feature
- rock waterfall and grotto
- scupper and pot water features
- laminar jets with LED
- raised bond beam water wall
- swim-up bar construction
- beach entry pool
- pool slide installation
LED Pool Lighting
LED pool light installation in El Paso replaces a 300 to 500 watt incandescent fixture with one drawing roughly 40 to 70 watts at the same or better output, and the LED lasts several times longer.
That upgrade pays back faster here than in most markets for a simple reason: from May through September the pool gets used after sunset far more than at midday, so the lights run a lot of hours. Color-changing LEDs are where the enjoyment comes in.
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- color changing pool lights
- incandescent to LED conversion
- nicheless LED lights
- spa and water feature lighting
- landscape and deck lighting
- pool light repair and replacement
- GFCI and equipotential bonding
- fiber optic pool lighting
- pool light niche and conduit repair
- low voltage pool lighting
- lighting control and automation
Pool Automation & Smart Controls
Pool automation in El Paso prevents the two most expensive problems this climate creates: freeze damage in January and wasted pump energy in July.
A controller with freeze protection starts the pump automatically when air temperature drops below roughly 38 degrees, which is the difference between a normal winter and a cracked heat exchanger, a split pump housing, and a plumbing repair you did not budget for.
That single feature justifies the system for most El Paso homeowners before you get to any of the convenience.
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- Pentair IntelliCenter installation
- Hayward OmniLogic controls
- Jandy iAquaLink system
- smartphone pool control app
- automatic chemical feeders and ORP control
- pH and chlorine dosing automation
- valve actuators and pool spa switching
- automation retrofit for older pools
- freeze protection settings
- variable-speed pump scheduling
- pool light and feature scheduling
Pool Heaters & Heat Pumps
Pool heater installation in El Paso extends a six-month swim season into a ten-month one, because water temperature in March and October sits a solid twenty degrees behind what the air feels like. We install and service natural gas and propane heaters, electric heat pumps, and solar systems, and the right choice comes down to whether you want fast heat or cheap heat. Gas is fast.
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- natural gas pool heater
- propane pool heater
- electric heat pump pool heater
- spa heater replacement
- pool heater repair and service
- heater gas line sizing
- solar pool heating
- pool heater BTU sizing
- heat pump COP and efficiency
- solar blanket and heat retention
- freeze damage heater repair
Variable-Speed Pumps & Filtration
Variable-speed pump installation in El Paso typically cuts pump energy use by well over half, because power draw falls steeply as motor speed drops and a slow pump running longer hours moves the same water for a fraction of the electricity.
On a desert pool that circulates most of the year through serious heat, that shows up as a real line-item change on the bill rather than a brochure promise. A single-speed pump has exactly one setting and it is the wrong one for almost everything.
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- pool pump replacement
- single speed to variable speed conversion
- cartridge filter installation
- DE filter installation and grid replacement
- sand filter and media replacement
- pool plumbing and manifold rebuild
- pump motor and seal replacement
- pool filter cleaning service
- turnover rate and flow calculations
- energy efficient pool equipment
- equipment pad rebuild and freeze protection
Saltwater Chlorination Systems
Saltwater pool conversion in El Paso costs roughly $70 to $100 a year in salt and ends the routine of hauling chlorine jugs home from the store.
A saltwater pool is still a chlorine pool, which surprises people, but the cell generates chlorine on site from water sitting at about 3,200 parts per million salt, roughly a tenth the salinity of seawater and about the level where you stop noticing it.
What you get is softer-feeling water, no stinging eyes, no bleached swimsuits, and a far steadier chlorine level than tabs or liquid ever produce.
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- salt chlorine generator installation
- salt cell replacement
- saltwater pool maintenance
- chlorine to salt conversion cost
- salt cell cleaning and descaling
- salt level and stabilizer balance
- Pentair IntelliChlor and Hayward AquaRite
- saltwater vs chlorine pool
- salt system troubleshooting
- hard water and salt cell scaling
- salt system for pool and spa
Pool Leak Detection & Crack Repair
Pool leak detection in El Paso begins with proving there is a leak at all, because in our dry summer air a pool can lose a third of an inch a day to evaporation and considerably more with wind. That is physics, not plumbing, and it is why a good share of leak calls here turn out to be homeowners correctly noticing water loss and incorrectly diagnosing the cause. The bucket test settles it in 24 hours.
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- pressure testing pool plumbing
- dye testing pool leaks
- gunite shell crack repair
- structural crack epoxy injection
- skimmer crack and throat repair
- pool light conduit leak
- return line and main drain leak repair
- freeze damage plumbing repair
- pool losing water fast
- spa spillover leak
- fiberglass and vinyl leak repair
Weekly Pool Cleaning & Maintenance
Weekly pool service in El Paso runs $100 to $250 a month depending on pool size, tree load, and whether filter cleaning and salt cell descaling are included. A proper visit is not a lap with a net: we test and balance, brush walls and the waterline, empty skimmer and pump baskets, check filter pressure against its clean baseline, inspect the equipment pad, and flag anything trending the wrong way. That last item is the entire value.
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- pool chemical service
- filter cleaning and backwash service
- salt cell cleaning and descaling
- vacation and rental pool service
- dust storm pool cleanup
- pool opening and startup service
- monthly pool maintenance plans
- commercial pool route service
- water testing and scale control
- cyanuric acid and stabilizer management
Green Pool Cleanup & Acid Washing
Green pool cleanup in El Paso usually takes three to seven days of chemical recovery and rarely needs the pool drained, which is exactly how we prefer to do it. Draining a shell in this climate exposes bare plaster to brutal sun and single-digit humidity, and a surface left dry in July can craze in hours, so the chemical route is both cheaper for you and safer for the pool. The classic version of this call lands in late July.
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- algae removal service
- black algae and mustard algae treatment
- pool drain and acid wash
- chlorine wash vs acid wash
- pool stain removal
- calcium and scale removal
- foreclosure and rental pool restoration
- pool shock and clarifier treatment
- filter strip and deep clean
- swamp pool recovery
- dust storm and monsoon pool cleanup
Pool Safety Fences & Covers
Pool safety fence and cover installation in El Paso keeps your pool compliant with local barrier requirements and, far more importantly, keeps a small child out of the water when nobody is watching.
A residential barrier here generally needs to stand at least 48 inches high with no climbable footholds, gaps too narrow for a child to pass, and a self-closing, self-latching gate that swings away from the pool with the latch mounted out of reach.
Public and commercial pools answer to Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 757 and 25 TAC Chapter 265, which is stricter, and we build to that standard.
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- removable mesh pool fence
- self-closing self-latching pool gate
- ASTM F1346 safety cover
- automatic pool cover installation
- solar cover and reel
- pool alarms and door alarms
- child safety pool barrier code
- pool net systems
- commercial pool enclosure
- pool barrier inspection and repair
- evaporation control covers
Commercial Pool Construction & Service
Commercial pool construction and service in El Paso is judged on turnover rates and compliance paperwork, not on tile selection.
Texas public pools fall under 25 TAC Chapter 265 and Health and Safety Code Chapter 757, which means compliant enclosures, VGB anti-entrapment main drain covers, correct turnover for volume and bather load, working flow meters and gauges, accurate depth and rule signage, and daily chemical logs an inspector can read without squinting.
Our CPO-certified technicians run that side properly, because an amenity closed during an El Paso June costs a hotel or an apartment community far more in refunds and reviews than a year of service contract.
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- hotel pool construction
- apartment complex pool service
- HOA and community pool maintenance
- commercial pool remodeling
- 25 TAC 265 compliance
- VGB anti-entrapment drain covers
- ADA pool lifts and zero entry ramps
- commercial pool inspection prep
- chemical controllers and CPO logs
- aquatic center and lap pool service
- splash pad construction
Pool Demolition & Removal
Pool removal in El Paso is a permitted demolition job with two legitimate approaches, and choosing the wrong one costs you either money now or resale value later. A partial fill-in breaks holes through the floor for drainage, collapses the upper walls into the cavity, and backfills with engineered fill placed and compacted in lifts. A full removal hauls out the entire shell, rebar, plumbing, and deck, then backfills and compacts to a specification a soils engineer will certify.
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- swimming pool demolition
- partial pool fill in
- full pool removal and excavation
- abandoned pool fill
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- backyard restoration after pool removal
- engineered fill and compaction
- pool removal permits
- fiberglass pool removal
- spa and hot tub removal
- soil compaction testing
What El Paso property owners ask us
Which pool services does El Paso Pool Builders handle?
Everything listed on this page, residential and commercial, across El Paso and the Borderland. Work is done by our own crews rather than handed to whoever is cheapest that week, which is the only way the workmanship warranty means anything.
Can I combine more than one service in a single job?
Yes, and it is usually cheaper. Bundling pool work into one mobilization saves setup, disposal and travel, and it means one crew, one schedule and one written free estimate instead of three contractors blaming each other.
Do you give free estimates for every service?
Every one. We come out, measure, look at the real condition of the work area, and put an itemized free estimate in writing with materials and scope spelled out. No charge, no deposit, and no obligation to book.
What El Paso Customers Say
They warned us about the caliche before we signed and the excavation still came in where they said it would. Pool finished on schedule and the pebble finish looks incredible.
Replaced our ancient single speed pump with a variable speed and set up the automation. The electric bill difference was obvious the first full month. Clean work at the pad.
Our tile was completely white with calcium. They bead blasted it instead of pushing a full retile like the other quote did. Looks new and cost a fraction of that.
Heater cracked in the February freeze. They got out fast, showed me the split header, and set freeze protection properly so it does not happen again. Straight shooters.
Weekly service for two years now. They text photos after every visit and caught a leaking return fitting before it undermined the deck. Worth every dollar.
Remodel on a 1990s pool. New pebble, new tile, travertine deck you can actually walk on in July. They explained every option and never pushed the expensive one.
Service Areas
El Paso Pool Builders serves El Paso, TX and surrounding communities including: