Sounds like a fiberglass shell candidate. Is there a way for an excavator to get in and dig, room for a dump truck?

Scott

Yes. I'm replacing the fence between me and my neighbor at the same time. She is 92 and said I can do what I want as long as I pay for it. So, there should be room to get in and out.

Never heard of a fiberglass pool - just hot tubs.

Chris

There are any makers of fiberglass pools. Some are better than others. Some are crap. Hey, just like builders, cars, or anything else.

Scott

Not sure of the builder, but a friend of mine with a townhouse near Memorial Park had what they call a "cocktail pool." It was about 10' square - sort of a big spa. It was so tight they had to hand dig it...but it looked great.

It was traditional gunite like they do in Houston all the time - we don't use too much fiberglass here - I don't think our crappy soil does nice things to fiberglass.

Take a look at Sunshine Pools. They are inside the loop (I think) and it looks like they build beautiful pools. Their website has lots of small and large pools. I don't know anything about them, I just did a search on google for houston pool builders. Good rating on BBB although they do not seem to be BBB members.

Thanks for the Sunshine Pool reference. The website does show a lot of custom looks, so they probably could offer some ideas for the space. I'll research them further and tentatively add them to the quote list.

tfons1219,

If you find the name of the PB let me know. My sister-in-law has had several people out and they say their available space is too small (they are at Barker Cypress & 1-10 area).

Thanks,
Chris

fiberglass pools have the possibility to float up when there is too much water in the ground--
that would seem to make them a poor choice for Houston's wet weather

Someone who specializes in small spaces inside the Loop is Karen Bishop with IP Design (I am not her). I build in the suburbs and refer my intown work to her.

Thanks, womanowned. I looked at their website and I do believe that they too would be a good candidate to interview. I'll add Karen to my list.

Check out Gulf Coast pool co. I know they build in your area. www.gulfcoastpoolcompany.com Good luck.

It was Texas Pools - located in The Woodlands TX. Not a recommendation, but they did a nice job on this one pool.

Thanks for the follow up, tfons1219. And livinthelife, I have seen some other comments about Gulf Coast that seem positive. I'd like to narrow it down to 3 for an estimate, so I need to do some further research.

Also, a friend in Clear Lake said Cascade Pools did their pool as well as their next door neighbor's pool. Both seem very satisfied. Anyone have any problems with Cascade?

Thanks,
Chris

Hi, I found this thread doing an internet search and am hoping to bring it back to life and maybe see if poolnoob is still out there.

I live in inner loop Houston too (West U) and am thinking of putting a small pool or cocktail pool in my itty bitty backyard. I know it's not a great investment but I have 4 small kids and I think it would be a lot of fun for us.

Was wondering if any of you out there have experience with this in Houston and have any advice about a pool builder or any other wisdom to share. I was thinking of seeing if Karen from IP design was still out there and maybe Sunshine pools based on what I've found.

Let me know where your at