Commercial and HOA Pool Resurfacing in Georgetown, Texas

State rules that come with a Class C pool

Texas classes a pool run for apartments, condominiums, property owner associations, clubs and similar groups as a Class C pool, open to members and guests but not the general public. A residential pool, by the same rules, is one used by no more than two resident families and their guests. The Class C label brings a few rules that shape a resurfacing job.

Enclosures, gates and the 31-day check

Chapter 757 of the Texas Health and Safety Code covers pools owned or kept by apartment and other multi-unit rental owners and by property owners associations. The pool yard must be fully enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high, gates need self-closing and self-latching devices, and the owner has to inspect the enclosures, gates and latches at least once every 31 days. Inside the city, Georgetown's own barrier sheet puts the gate latch release on public pools between 52 and 54 inches.

Depth markers and the deep-end line

On public and association pools, the state calls for at least two depth markers set in the top 4½ inches of the wall, just under the coping, in a contrasting color, with numbers and letters at least 4 inches tall and no more than 25 feet apart. A Class C pool deeper than 5 feet also needs a permanent contrasting line where the floor slopes from shallow to deep, such as a row of floor tile at least 4 inches wide. We'll talk through the markers and that line when the new finish is planned.

Backwash and drain water

For these pools, the state sends backwash and drain water out through an air gap at least two pipe diameters above any flood level, treated chemically or in settling tanks to neutralize the chemicals first, and never through a hard connection to a sanitary sewer or septic system.

City permits, draining and refilling inside the city limits

Permits and contractor registration

Inside Georgetown's city limits, a City permit is needed to install an in-ground pool, a spa or a hot tub, in commercial or residential use. The pool permit applies only inside the limits, not in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ, the band outside a city where it has some say) or the county, though a pool with an autofill in the ETJ needs a plumbing permit; the City's interactive map shows which side of the line an address falls on.

Georgetown works to the 2021 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, and since August 1, 2024 all pools have had to be engineered, with in-ground pool plans sealed by a professional engineer licensed in Texas. Swimming pool contractors register with the City, at no cost, before pulling permits. The City's permit lists name swimming pools but not resurfacing, replastering or retiling, so whether resurfacing an existing pool needs a permit is a question for Georgetown Development Services before the drain-down.

Draining the pool

The City's draining guidance is to stop adding chlorine, let the water sit undisturbed for at least five days, test that the residual is below 1 ppm, and drain onto your own yard where the water can soak in, never into the street or a storm drain. City code treats pool water and filter backwash at 1 ppm of chlorine or more, or carrying a harmful amount of muriatic acid, as a prohibited discharge. On permitted pools, backwash lines run to a P-trap connected to the sanitary sewer.

Refilling under the drought stages

On October 1, 2026, the City's water page put every Georgetown Water Utility customer in Drought Stage 1, which has no pool clause. In Stages 2 and 3, water may go into a pool only to keep its purification system running or to protect the pool's structure, and Emergency Stage 4 bans using water to add to, fill or maintain any pool or spa, so the stage is checked before a pool is emptied.

Commercial decks, tile and other work on a shared pool

Around the finish itself, we also handle commercial pool deck resurfacing, commercial pool tile and depth markers, white or colored replastering, quartz finishes, and waterline tile and coping repairs for association, club and apartment pools.

In the smaller places near Georgetown, Leander Pool Resurfacing also handles diving pool conversion in Serenada and fiberglass pool resurfacing in Weir.

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