Pool project · northwest Tucson, AZ

Northwest Tucson Pool with Tiled Water Feature and Travertine Deck

A rectangular pool for an established northwest Tucson backyard with mature trees and tight access between block walls. It has a built-in bench seat, a tiled water feature that spills into the pool, waterline tile, a blue interior finish and a travertine deck. It also has an in-floor cleaning system. This page follows each stage of the pool build.

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Finished pool with a tiled water feature spilling into the water and a travertine deck.

Rectangular concrete (shotcrete) pool
In-floor cleaning system
Built-in bench seat
Tiled spillway water feature
Waterline tile
Blue interior finish
Travertine deck and coping

Services in this project: Custom Pool Construction · Water & Fire Features · Pool Decks: Travertine & Pavers · Pool Tile & Coping Replacement

northwest Tucson, AZ · Designed in 3D, permitted and built by our own crew · Custom pool construction in Tucson

Build progress

How we built a pool in an established Tucson backyard

Every photo is from this one project, in the order it was built. Tap any photo to see it full size.

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Step 1 of 5
Forms and excavation with tight backyard access
We set wood forms, made the first cuts and dug the pool with a mini excavator. In an older Tucson yard with block walls on every side, a compact machine and an experienced crew keep the walls, trees and landscaping intact.
02
Step 2 of 5
Steel rebar for the pool
The rebar grid was tied inside the wood forms across the floor and up the walls of the excavation, built to the engineered plans for this pool. This pool has an in-floor cleaning system. You can see the extra pipes peeking up through the floor steel: each one becomes a pop-up cleaning head that pushes dirt toward the main drain, so the pool does most of its own cleaning in the dusty Tucson monsoon.
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Step 3 of 5
Shotcrete shell with a built-in bench
The shotcrete shell formed the pool and a wide built-in bench at the shallow end, a comfortable place to sit in the water on a hot Tucson afternoon.
04
Step 4 of 5
Travertine coping and waterline tile
Travertine coping went on around the shell, then waterline tile was set all the way around the pool, with the travertine deck finished around it.
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Step 5 of 5
Blue interior finish and first fill
Our crew applied the blue interior finish with the new travertine deck covered for protection, and the pool was filled.
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Finished
The finished pool and water feature
Finished, the tiled water feature spills into the pool, and the travertine deck fills the space between the house and the block walls. Proof that a custom pool can fit an established Tucson yard.