Glass Bead Pool Finishes in Bulverde, Texas
New Braunfels Quality Pool Resurfacing offers glass bead pool finishes in Bulverde, Texas, an Edwards Plateau city in Comal County. We refinish backyard pools across the city, from the crossroads of U.S. 281, State Highway 46 and FM 1863 to the homes along Cibolo and Honey Creeks. Pebble, quartz and plaster are other choices.
There's no charge for an estimate, and calls are taken 24/7. First, we'll talk through how much glass you want in the finish, and the water company's rule on draining pools, which applies all year.
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A city built from five
Today's Bulverde was formed from five separately incorporated cities, the city says. Uniting them took twenty-two elections, starting in 1996, and the name City of Bulverde dates from May 11, 1999.
The city grew up along the Cibolo and Honey Creeks. Of the eight original homes built of quarried stone, five remain: the Pieper, Voges, Obst, Poss and Hitzfelder homes. Canyon Lake, the Honey Creek Recreational Area and Guadalupe State Park are a few miles away, and Bulverde Community Park has a splash pad, a bike trail and walking trails.
State history records place the first settlement, Pieper Settlement on Cibolo Creek, in 1850. The city now sits 19 miles west of New Braunfels and 22 miles north of downtown San Antonio.
The U.S. Census Bureau counted 5,692 residents in 2020 and estimates 7,337 for July 1, 2025.
1990s homes and a deeper finish
Bulverde's homes are mostly owner-occupied single-family houses. In the Census Bureau's 2020–2024 survey, 91.7 percent are owner-occupied and 93.5 percent are single detached, with a median value of $420,200.
The median home was built in 1996, and 36.2 percent date from the 1990s. Another 16.5 percent are from the 1980s and 12.8 percent from the 1970s, while 10.5 percent were built in 2020 or later.
No record counts the city's pools or says when they went in, so a house's year is only a hint. When a surface is due, glass is one way to go a step past plain pebble.
What glass adds to a finish
Glass changes the feel as well as the look. Blending polished glass beads with stone softens the texture and adds sparkle to the water, says PebbleTec's maker. Published 2025 national price tiers place its stone-and-glass blend a tier above its standard pebble finishes.
Some finishes use glass alone as the exposed aggregate; others set it in a smooth, polished cement. National averages for 2025 put aggregate finishes, cement-based plaster with quartz, stone or glass beads mixed in, at $6,000 to $15,000.
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(830) 302-4112Edwards Plateau ground, in the city's own words
Bulverde places itself on the Edwards Plateau, with two kinds of ground. The uplands carry the Brackett-Comfort-Real soils: shallow, undulating to steep, over limestone or strongly cemented chalk. Lower down, on stream terraces and valley fills, the Lewisville-Gruene-Krum soils lie over loamy, clayey and gravelly sediments.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's map inside the city boundary shows the same picture. Its largest units are complexes of Brackett, Comfort, Real and Doss soils, most of them mixed with rock outcrop, then Denton silty clay. The Real soil sits on soft bedrock at a typical 36 cm and the Doss soil at 46 cm. The department rates both 'Very limited' for shallow digging for that reason.
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(830) 302-4112Texas Water Company's year-round drain rule
The City of Bulverde owns no utilities. Water comes from Texas Water Company, formerly Canyon Lake Water, and from Water Services, Inc., at rates set by negotiated settlement agreements between the city and the utilities.
Texas Water Company's Canyon Lake Shores system lists the City of Bulverde and Bulverde Hills among the areas it serves. Its 2025 report says the water comes from Canyon Lake Reservoir, the Trinity Aquifer and purchases from the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority.
The company's 2025 drought plan has a pool rule that applies all year, before any drought stage. A pool may be drained and refilled only onto pervious ground, meaning ground that takes the water in, or onto a surface that carries the water straight to it. It's allowed only for one of three reasons:
- lowering the water after rain;
- repairing, maintaining or replacing pool parts that have become hazardous;
- repairing a leak.
Resurfacing isn't on that list, and the plan doesn't say whether it qualifies. Ask Texas Water Company before the pool is drained.
When the drought deepens
In Stage 3, filling a pool is prohibited, though topping it off is allowed. In Stage 4, all outside water use is prohibited except what livestock need.
The company's Comal County page, read on October 6, 2026, showed landscape watering once every other week, 7 to 10 a.m. or 7 to 10 p.m. That is the schedule it gives for Stage 2. Its Stage 3 note warns of further limits, including on installing and filling pools.
Homes on Water Services, Inc. water should ask that company for its own pool rules.
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(830) 302-4112Permits from the City of Bulverde
Bulverde's residential building permit application lists swimming pools as a project type and refers to the 2015 International Residential Codes. No work of any kind may start until a permit is issued, the form says, and contractors must register with the city before beginning.
The form doesn't say whether resurfacing an existing pool counts. Ask the Permitting Department at 30360 Cougar Bend before the job is booked.
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(830) 302-4112Beyond glass bead: other finishes and pool work
To compare glass blends, their care and the makers' warranties, read the glass bead pool finishes page. Pebble, quartz and plaster are the other choices, and new tile, coping or a tanning ledge can go in while the pool is empty. Along U.S. 281 in Spring Branch, we also build tanning ledge additions in Spring Branch.
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(830) 302-4112How a glass bead refinish runs
What a glass finish involves, in order, with the water company's rule up front.
Free glass bead estimate
We'll talk through glass, pebble and the other finishes, and price the job at no cost.
Ask the water company
Texas Water Company's rule limits why and where a pool may be drained, all year. Homes on Water Services, Inc. water check with that company instead.
Permit question
Confirm with the city's Permitting Department whether the work needs a permit.
Prepare the old surface
One glass bead maker's specification calls for a renovated surface to be roughened by machine and primed before its finish goes on.
Apply and uncover the glass
In that maker's spec, the finish goes on 8 to 10 mm thick, as one even coat. Glass is uncovered differently from plain pebble, PebbleTec's maker notes.
Brushing through start-up
One pebble-and-glass maker says to brush a new finish twice a day for the first 14 days, then at least weekly. Brush after adding chemicals too, since they sink and can etch or discolor the surface.
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(830) 302-4112Glass bead finish estimates in Bulverde
Bulverde owners can call or write to New Braunfels Quality Pool Resurfacing 24/7. Say whether the pool has plaster, pebble or something else today, and we'll take it from there.