Laredo Pool Builders provides professional pool remodeling & renovation in Laredo, TX for residential and commercial properties across Webb County and South Texas. Pool remodeling changes what a pool is, not just what color it is: adding a spa with a spillover, cutting a tanning ledge into the shallow end, or filling a deep end that only exists because 1982 believed in diving boards. Plenty of Laredo pools were built between the 1970s and the 1990s, and the shell is usually in far better condition than everything attached to it.
Every remodel starts with an honest look at that shell, because it decides the budget. Sound gunite with cosmetic cracking, we build on it happily. Real structural failure, movement across a crack, rebar bleeding rust through the plaster, a bond beam that has separated from the deck, and you hear about it before you spend a dollar on tile samples.
The conversions people ask for most here are practical ones. Deep ends get filled and reshaped into sport pools with a flat four-to-five-foot bottom, which is where the swimming actually happens. Shallow ends get a tanning ledge cut in with bubblers. Raised bond beams turn a plain rectangle into something with a feature wall, a spillover spa or a sheet of water falling into the pool.
The remodel that changes how much a Laredo pool gets used, though, is shade. A palapa over a tanning ledge, a cedar pergola over the seating, or a well-tensioned shade sail turns the backyard from a 7pm-only proposition into somewhere the family sits at two in the afternoon in July. It costs less than nearly anything else on this list. We say it to every client, and roughly half of them are surprised nobody mentioned it before.
Equipment pads get rebuilt during most remodels, and this is where old pools quietly get better.
Undersized plumbing gets opened up, a variable-speed pump goes in, the filter gets sized to the pool instead of to whatever was on the truck in 1994, and the whole pad gets laid out so the next technician can actually reach the unions.
Moving a pad to hide it is possible, but longer pipe runs cost money and flow, so we will tell you when it is not worth it.
City of Laredo permits apply to most of this, especially anything structural, electrical or gas. We pull them. Typical remodel runs three to six weeks, and it can be phased across two seasons if the budget wants breathing room. Shell and structure first, decking and shade second, is the order that hurts least.
Here is the part that costs us work. If all you actually want is a fresh interior surface and new waterline tile, you do not need this page. That is resurfacing, it is a different scope, and it costs considerably less than a remodel. Plenty of tired-looking Laredo pools are one plaster job and a tile band away from looking new, and we would rather do that honestly than sell you a raised wall you did not want.
With 15+ years of experience, our insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — gunite and shotcrete shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, white plaster, glass mosaic and porcelain waterline tile, travertine coping and decking, palapas, pergolas and shade sails — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Laredo and nearby communities including Rio Bravo, El Cenizo, Zapata, San Ygnacio.
What We Handle
Everything our pool remodeling & renovation in Laredo covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of pool remodeling & renovation work in Laredo, TX. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- swimming pool remodeling
- pool renovation and modernization
- adding a spa to an existing pool
- tanning ledge and sun shelf addition
- pool reshaping and expansion
- diving pool to sport pool conversion
- raised bond beam and feature wall
- shade structures, palapas and pergolas
- full backyard redesign
- equipment pad rebuild and relocation
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Laredo services.
Materials, equipment and how we do pool remodeling & renovation
The difference between pool remodeling & renovation that lasts and pool remodeling & renovation that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with gunite and shotcrete shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, white plaster, glass mosaic and porcelain waterline tile, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Laredo job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of pool work in Webb County and South Texas means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do pool remodeling & renovation outside Laredo
Laredo Pool Builders covers Laredo and the surrounding communities of Webb County and South Texas. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Pool Remodeling & Renovation in Rio Bravo, TX — Webb County, population 4,450
- Pool Remodeling & Renovation in El Cenizo, TX — Webb County, population 2,540
- Pool Remodeling & Renovation in Zapata, TX — Zapata County, population 5,383
- Pool Remodeling & Renovation in San Ygnacio, TX — Zapata County, population 504
- Pool Remodeling & Renovation in Bruni, TX — Webb County, population 251
- Pool Remodeling & Renovation in Mirando City, TX — Webb County, population 222
Start on the Laredo Pool Builders homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 526-7922 and describe the job.
Why Laredo Chooses Laredo Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building and servicing pools across Laredo and Webb County
- ✓Caliche and rock excavation probed and priced up front, never added later as a change order
- ✓Shade planned into every design: palapas, pergolas and shade sails, not sold as an afterthought
- ✓Equipment sized for extreme heat, high UV and hard water, including oversized salt cells
The standards behind pool remodeling & renovation
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The pool remodeling & renovation work we do in Laredo follows published industry standards: Pool & Hot Tub Alliance publishes the ANSI/APSP construction and barrier standards, and American Red Cross water safety sets out the layered-protection guidance every pool owner should read. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every pool remodeling & renovation project in Laredo gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 526-7922 for a free pool remodeling & renovation free estimate in Laredo, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.