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Houston Cool Pools has been designing and constructing gunite swimming pools across the greater Houston area since 1996.
New pool projects live or die on the design phase.
Aging pools show their age in predictable ways - dull or stained plaster, cracked coping, dated tile, undersized equipment, and skimmers that never quite pull the surface clean.
A pool is a mechanical system with a body of water attached to it.
Gunite is the construction method behind essentially every custom-shaped inground pool built in Texas - a steel-reinforced shell sprayed on-site rather than dropped in as a pre-formed unit.
Higher-end pool projects aren't about a bigger footprint - they're about detail, integration, and the material choices that hold up under scrutiny from three feet away.
A small yard doesn't rule out a pool - it just changes what the pool should be.
An infinity edge - vanishing edge, negative edge, however you name it - is a construction detail as much as a design one.
Lap pools trade width for length - usually 40 to 75 feet long and just wide enough for one or two swim lanes.
A plunge pool is a small, deeper pool built for cooling off, hydrotherapy, or a compact entertaining space - not for laps or full-family swim.
Geometric pools - rectangles, squared-off L-shapes, and clean-line variants - read as architectural rather than natural.
Freeform pools use curves, coves, and organic outlines to blend the water into a garden or tropical-style backyard.
Attached gunite spas share plumbing, equipment, and structure with the pool they sit next to - which is a completely different animal than a portable hot tub.
Pool plaster is a wear surface - it hides chemistry stains, protects the shell, and looks great when it's fresh.
Waterline tile is the band that reads first when anyone looks at the pool - and it's also the part that takes the most abuse from chemistry, splash, and freeze cycles.
The deck is what you actually stand on for most of the time you spend at the pool - hotter than the coping, closer to your eye than the waterline tile, and by far the largest visual surface in the backyard.
The pump, filter, heater, chlorinator, and automation panel are the parts of a pool that don't show up on Pinterest boards but decide how the pool actually runs.
A saltwater pool isn't chlorine-free - it just generates its own chlorine from dissolved salt via an electrolytic cell.
An outdoor kitchen turns the pool deck into a real gathering space instead of a place people leave when someone gets hungry.
Fire features extend the backyard into the cooler months - Houston's mild winters make a fire pit or gas fireplace usable most evenings from October through March.