New Orleans Pool Builders: Gunite Construction, Remodeling, Resurfacing & Repair Across Greater New Orleans
Residential and commercial pool builders serving Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, and St. Bernard parishes. Free 3D design, itemized quotes, and a crew that builds for our water table and our storm season.
- ✓Licensed & Insured
- ✓15+ Years on the Gulf Coast
- ✓Free In-Home 3D Design
- ✓Hurricane-Season Ready
New Orleans Pool Builders is a licensed and insured swimming pool contractor with over 15 years of experience designing, building, remodeling, and servicing pools for residential and commercial properties in New Orleans, LA.
Our work covers new gunite and shotcrete pool construction, fiberglass pool installation, vinyl liner pools and liner replacement, pool remodeling and renovation, resurfacing and replastering, waterline tile and coping replacement, pool decking and hardscape, spa and hot tub installation, LED pool lighting, chemical automation, heaters and heat pumps, variable-speed pumps with cartridge or DE filtration, saltwater chlorination, leak detection, green pool recovery, hurricane preparation and storm damage repair, weekly maintenance, safety fencing and covers, and commercial pool service.
We finish interiors in PebbleTec, pebble aggregate, quartz, and white plaster, set travertine and brick coping with glass or porcelain waterline tile, and build tanning ledges, raised spas with spillovers, and lap pools for backyards, courtyards, hotels, apartments, and HOA properties.
Building a pool in New Orleans is a different engineering problem from building one almost anywhere else, and the reason is under your feet. Much of this city sits at or below sea level on soft, organic, settling soil with a water table that is frequently within a few feet of the surface.
That means hydrostatic relief valves are not optional, draining a pool without a plan can float the shell straight out of the ground, and structural design has to account for subsidence rather than pretend it will not happen.
Add a humid subtropical climate with heavy annual rainfall, a swim season that runs March into October, and algae that never really takes a winter off, and you have a pool that needs to be built and maintained by somebody who lives here.
New Orleans Pool Builders is licensed by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, carries general liability and workers' compensation coverage, is bonded, and belongs to the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance. Every build, remodel, and resurface is backed by a written workmanship warranty, and the estimate costs you nothing.
Why New Orleans Chooses New Orleans Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building and servicing pools across Greater New Orleans and the Northshore
- ✓Built for our water table: hydrostatic relief valves, dewatering plans, and subsidence-aware design
- ✓Residential and commercial, from courtyard pools to hotel, short-term rental, and HOA pools
- ✓Hurricane preparation and post-storm restoration handled in-house
- ✓Licensed by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, insured, and bonded
- ✓Written workmanship warranty on every build, remodel, and resurface
About New Orleans Pool Builders in New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Pool Builders has spent over 15 years designing, building, and maintaining swimming pools across Orleans, Jefferson, St. Tammany, and St. Bernard parishes. We learned this trade in a city where the ground moves, the water table is close, and the weather has opinions, and that shows up in how we build: hydrostatic relief valves as standard, decks designed for real Gulf Coast rainfall, and structural details that account for subsidence rather than hoping for the best.
Today we handle custom backyard gunite pools, courtyard pools in Uptown and the Marigny, full remodels, and commercial work for hotels, short-term rentals, apartment communities, and HOAs. We run every project with our own crews rather than handing your yard to a subcontractor you never meet.
We are licensed by the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors, carry general liability and workers' compensation coverage, are bonded, and are members of the Pool & Hot Tub Alliance, and every construction, remodel, and resurfacing project carries a written workmanship warranty.
We will also tell you when not to spend money, which is not the industry norm. If your plaster has five good years left, we will say so and quote the tile and the deck instead. If your green pool is a chemistry and filtration problem rather than a resurface, we will fix the cheap thing.
And every customer gets our hurricane-season checklist whether they are on our service route or not, because a pool that survives August is worth more than one that looked good in May. From new construction and remodeling to resurfacing, decking, leak detection, storm repair, and weekly maintenance, we are one number to call, and the estimate is always free.
Our Pool Services in New Orleans, LA
Gunite & Shotcrete Pool Construction
Gunite pool construction in New Orleans is a sprayed concrete shell over an engineered steel cage, and in this city it is also a groundwater engineering job. We design in 3D, plan dewatering and hydrostatic relief before we dig, pull the permits, and hand the pool back filled and balanced in roughly 8 to 12 weeks of construction.
Fiberglass Pool Installation
Fiberglass pool installation in New Orleans puts a finished one-piece shell in the ground in a fraction of the time a gunite build takes, and the non-porous gelcoat surface is a genuine advantage in a climate where algae never takes a winter off. If you want to be swimming this season rather than owning a fully custom shape, we will say so plainly instead of steering you toward the bigger contract.
Vinyl Liner Pools & Liner Replacement
Vinyl liner pool installation and liner replacement in New Orleans is the lowest-cost route to an inground pool and the fastest to build, using a polymer or steel wall panel structure with a custom-fitted liner that gets replaced every eight to twelve years. We install new vinyl liner pools and replace liners on existing ones, including the coping track, the bottom, and whatever structural surprises are hiding underneath.
Pool Remodeling & Renovation
Pool remodeling in New Orleans brings a dated but structurally sound pool back to life for a fraction of what a new build costs, and we quote it in layers so you can decide exactly where to stop. New interior, new tile and coping, new decking, a raised spa, a modern equipment pad: take the layers that matter and leave the rest.
Pool Resurfacing & Replastering
Pool resurfacing and replastering in New Orleans replaces the worn interior that makes an older pool feel rough underfoot and look permanently dirty, and here it also strips out years of organic staining that no brush will touch. We chip out the failed surface, prep it properly, trowel on new pebble, quartz, or plaster in one continuous pour, and manage the 28-day start-up ourselves.
Waterline Tile & Coping Replacement
Waterline tile and coping replacement in New Orleans is the cheapest way to make an ordinary pool look renovated, because those two bands are the only part of the pool most people ever look at from a standing position. We diagnose why yours failed before quoting, because a scale problem and a movement problem cost very different amounts, and the first one is often just a cleaning.
Pool Decking & Hardscape
Pool decking and hardscape in New Orleans covers travertine, pavers, stamped concrete, overlays, drainage, seat walls, and covered patios, and in this city drainage is the part that decides whether the whole thing works. We shoot grades before we form anything, because a deck that sheds our rainfall in the wrong direction is a foundation problem rather than a landscaping preference.
Spa & Hot Tub Installation
Spa and hot tub installation in New Orleans comes down to two routes: an attached gunite spa built into the pool with a spillover, or a standalone acrylic tub on a pad with its own 240-volt circuit. We build both, and we will tell you which one your yard, your soil, and your actual habits point to before you spend anything.
Pool Lighting & LED Upgrades
LED pool lighting in New Orleans is the best value upgrade in this trade: swapping a 500-watt incandescent fixture for a modern LED drops the draw to roughly 40 to 70 watts and turns a dim yellow puddle into the best-looking thing in the yard after dark. We retrofit existing niches, replace whole fixtures, and install nicheless LEDs where a corroded niche is past saving.
Pool Automation & Smart Controls
Pool automation in New Orleans replaces the mechanical timer that loses an hour every month with a controller you run from your phone, and on a short-term rental property it is close to essential. We install new systems, retrofit controls onto existing pads, program the schedules with you, and set up remote alerts so a failure becomes a text message rather than a green pool and a bad review.
Pool Heaters & Heat Pumps
Pool heater installation and repair in New Orleans covers gas heaters, electric heat pumps, and, unusually, pool chillers, because in this climate the problem is sometimes that the water is too warm rather than too cold. We size equipment from surface area, target temperature, and cover use rather than from a brochure, and we repair what you already own before recommending a replacement.
Variable-Speed Pumps & Filtration
Variable-speed pool pump installation in New Orleans is the biggest running-cost saving available to a pool owner and the single best defense against a green pool, because in this climate turnover is everything. We size and install variable-speed pumps with matched cartridge, DE, or sand filtration, rebuild tired equipment pads, and program the speeds for a season that runs March into October.
Saltwater Chlorination Systems
Saltwater pool conversion in New Orleans swaps the jugs of liquid chlorine in your garage for a cell on the equipment pad that produces chlorine continuously from dissolved salt. We install new systems, convert existing chlorine pools, replace and descale cells, and size the generator for our climate rather than for a catalog, which is exactly where most disappointing conversions go wrong.
Leak Detection & Structural Repair
Pool leak detection in New Orleans finds exactly where your water is going using bucket tests, dye testing, individual line pressure testing, and electronic listening equipment, so we open one small section of deck rather than trenching the whole yard. In a city built on soft, settling ground, finding a leak quickly is not just about the water bill, it is about the ground underneath the pool.
Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing
Green pool recovery in New Orleans turns a swamp back into a swimming pool, usually without draining it and usually in two to four days. We assess whether yours is a treat-in-place job or a genuine drain and acid wash, tell you honestly which it is, and then do the unglamorous work: sustained shock, repeated filter cleans, and daily brushing until the water is clear.
Hurricane Prep & Storm Damage Repair
Hurricane preparation and storm damage repair for pools in New Orleans covers the pre-season checklist, the days before a named storm, and everything afterwards: debris removal, electrical inspection, equipment replacement, water restoration, and insurance documentation. We give every customer the checklist whether they are on our service route or not, because the most expensive storm damage we see is entirely preventable.
Weekly Pool Cleaning & Maintenance
Weekly pool cleaning and maintenance in New Orleans keeps the water clear through a season that runs March into October in a climate actively trying to turn your pool green. Every visit covers skimming, brushing, vacuuming, baskets, filter service on schedule, a full chemistry test, and a proper look at the equipment pad, with a written report afterwards showing exactly what was tested and what was added.
Commercial Pool Construction & Service
Commercial pool construction and service in New Orleans covers French Quarter and CBD hotels, short-term rental properties, apartment and condo communities, HOAs, country clubs, gyms, and community centers, built and maintained to the Louisiana Department of Health sanitary code with the documentation an inspector actually asks to see. We handle new builds, remodels, resurfacing, and scheduled maintenance contracts, and we stage the work to keep your amenity open.
Pool Safety Fencing, Covers & Alarms
Pool safety fencing, covers, and alarms in New Orleans keep small children out of the water and keep short-term rental owners on the right side of both their insurer and their guests. We install removable mesh fencing, automatic and manual safety covers, gate and door alarms, surface and subsurface alarms, and we upgrade existing gate hardware, which is the cheapest item on this list and the one that fails most often.
Commercial Pool Services in New Orleans & the Northshore
We build, remodel, and maintain commercial pools for French Quarter and CBD hotels, short-term rental properties, apartment and condo communities, HOAs, country clubs, gyms, and community centers across Greater New Orleans and the Northshore. Every project meets the Louisiana Department of Health sanitary code for public pools, with documented chemistry logs and inspection paperwork kept on file so a surprise visit is a formality rather than an event.
- ✓French Quarter, CBD, and Warehouse District hotels
- ✓Apartment, condo, and HOA communities
- ✓Country clubs, gyms, and community centers
- ✓Built to Louisiana Department of Health public pool code
- ✓Documented chemistry logs and maintenance contracts
- ✓Hurricane season preparation and post-storm restoration
Recent Projects Across Greater New Orleans and the Northshore
How It Works
- 1. Design and quote. We come out, measure the yard, check setbacks, servitudes, and access, and design your pool in 3D. In an Uptown or Bywater courtyard, access is usually the whole conversation, and we would rather have it before you sign anything.
- 2. Permits, soils, and excavation. We pull the permits, review the soils, and plan dewatering for a water table that is rarely far away. Then we dig, set the steel, and meet the inspectors, with a written schedule you can hold us to.
- 3. Shotcrete, tile, and finishes. Steel cage, shotcrete shell, plumbing, tile, coping, interior finish, and decking. Hydrostatic relief valves go in as standard, and drainage around the deck is designed for real Gulf Coast rainfall.
- 4. Fill, start-up, and handoff. We fill it, run the 28-day plaster start-up, balance the chemistry, and walk you through the equipment pad and your hurricane-season checklist before we hand over the keys.
What New Orleans Customers Say
Three companies quoted our remodel and only these guys mentioned the deck was tilting toward the house and needed re-sloping. Fixed the drainage as part of the job. That is the kind of thing you do not know to ask about.
They talked me out of draining the pool before a storm and explained exactly why. Then came out after, pulled a tree limb out of the deep end, checked the electrical before turning anything back on, and had it clear in three days.
New pebble finish and tile. Crew was here at seven every morning, cleaned up daily, and they ran the start-up chemistry themselves for a month instead of handing me a bucket of chemicals and good luck.
We run two short-term rentals and they handle both pools. The automation they installed sends me an alert if a pump stops. Has already saved one guest weekend that would otherwise have been a green pool and a refund.
Service Areas
New Orleans Pool Builders serves New Orleans, LA and surrounding communities including:
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a new pool cost in New Orleans?
Most inground gunite pools in the metro area land between the mid $50,000s and the low $100,000s, depending on size, interior finish, decking area, and features like a raised spa or a tanning ledge.
Access is the wild card in this city: a Lakeview or Metairie yard a truck can reach is materially cheaper than an Uptown courtyard where the dirt leaves through a side passage in a wheelbarrow and the shotcrete arrives by a very long hose. You get a firm itemized number after the free in-home 3D design.
Can you even build a pool with the water table this high?
Yes, and thousands of them exist here, but it has to be engineered rather than assumed. We plan dewatering during excavation, install hydrostatic relief valves in the floor so groundwater pressure can equalize, and design the shell and deck for a soil profile that settles. The failures we get called to fix are almost always from someone who treated a New Orleans yard like a Texas one.
Should I drain my pool before a hurricane?
No. This is the single most expensive myth in Gulf Coast pool ownership. An empty or partly empty shell in saturated ground can lift and crack, and the water in your pool is helping hold it down and protect the finish from flying debris.
Lower it a foot at most if heavy rain is forecast, shut off and if possible elevate the equipment, super-chlorinate ahead of the storm, and bring the furniture inside rather than throwing it in the water. We walk every customer through the full checklist.
Why does my pool go green so fast here?
Heat, humidity, sunlight, and a lot of rain. Warm water grows algae, and our rainfall dilutes chlorine and stabilizer while washing organic material and phosphates in from the oaks. A pool that runs eight hours a day in April may need twelve in July, and a pool with cyanuric acid nobody has tested in two years will go green even with plenty of chlorine in the water. We set schedules to the season rather than to a default.
Do you handle short-term rental and hotel pools?
We do. Short-term rental properties, French Quarter and CBD hotels, apartment and condo communities, HOAs, and gyms across the metro use us for construction, remodels, resurfacing, and scheduled maintenance built to Louisiana Department of Health public pool requirements, with the chemistry logs an inspector will ask for.
Will you service a pool you did not build?
Yes, and most of our service customers are exactly that. We take over weekly maintenance, repairs, leak detection, resurfacing, and full remodels on any pool in the metro. The one time we say no is when a shell has failed structurally beyond economical repair, and we will tell you that plainly rather than sell you a resurface that cracks again in two years.