Pool Resurfacing in Live Oak, Texas
New Braunfels Quality Pool Resurfacing offers pool resurfacing in Live Oak, Texas, near where Interstate 35 meets Loop 1604. We put new pebble, quartz and plaster finishes on backyard pools all over the city. That includes the streets by Main City Park and Woodcrest Nature Park and the blocks around the city pool on Shin Oak Drive.
Phone or use the form for a free estimate, at any hour of the day. Before a date is set, we'll talk through which finish suits an older pool and whether your home gets city water or San Antonio's. We'll also cover the city rule that sends drained pool water to the sanitary sewer.
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Resurfacing pools behind 1970s and 1980s homes
Live Oak incorporated in the 1960s and first showed up in the 1970 census, with 2,779 people. By 1990 it had 10,023 residents.
The U.S. Census Bureau counted 15,781 people in 2020 and estimates 16,426 for July 1, 2025. Its median home was built in 1990, according to the bureau's 2020–2024 survey. Homes from the 1970s make up 21.9 percent of the total, the 1980s 17.4 percent and the 1960s 10.2 percent.
Pools here may be older or newer than the homes they sit behind, and no public record counts or dates them. On an older pool, the surface itself shows what it needs.
How an aging finish wears
Water that's out of balance eats at a cement finish. The National Plasterers Council calls this leaching. It shows as etched areas, often small spots around the aggregate, tile inserts and other edges. Left to go on, it can dissolve the cement paste in those spots completely. Once cracks and worn spots can't be patched any longer, the council treats resurfacing as necessary. For a pool that stays white plaster, that means pool replastering, a fresh coat of plaster over or in place of the worn one.
Preparing an older shell
Prep decides how well a new finish holds. Water seeping in through the shell from groundwater pressure, which plasterers call weepers, has to be stopped first, a quartz maker's installation manual says. Where the old finish stays, it gets a bond coat, a layer that helps the new finish grip the old. CL Industries says its bond coat doubles as a scratch coat and removes the need for heavy prep such as sandblasting and stripping.
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(830) 302-4112Where drained pool water goes in Live Oak
Live Oak's code is specific about this. Discharging pool or spa water into any city street or drainage ditch is unlawful. All pool and spa drainage must go into the property's sanitary sewer.
That rule sits in the city's property maintenance chapter, which adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code with local changes. The same chapter wants pools kept clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair. The bottom must stay visible unless a cover is on, and the water must circulate constantly.
Drought rules and evaporation screens
When checked on October 6, 2026, the City of Live Oak said it was in Stage 3 watering restrictions and following the San Antonio Water System's (SAWS) restrictions. Its stages are tied to the Edwards Aquifer, and Stage 3 begins when the monitored well drops to 640 feet above sea level. The Edwards Aquifer Authority's reading that day put its index well's 10-day average at 640.8 feet.
In every stage, a pool that isn't public needs evaporation screens over at least 25 percent of its surface when it's not in use. The city's restrictions don't say whether a drained pool may be refilled in Stage 3, so ask the city before the water comes out.
Homes on SAWS water
For SAWS customers, San Antonio's drought rule applies from Stage II on. It lets a pool drain only onto ground that soaks the water up, and only after rain, for a hazardous pool part or for a leak. That points a different way from the city's sewer rule, and neither says whether a resurfacing drain qualifies. Ask both the city and SAWS before a drain date is set.
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(830) 302-4112What the city permits, and what it doesn't
Live Oak's newly adopted codes took effect on July 1, 2026. They include the 2024 International Residential Code with local amendments and the 2024 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. The Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act, the federal law on pool drain covers, is on the list. So are the American Concrete Institute's 2020 requirements for residential concrete.
The city's permit list names swimming pools, in-ground and above-ground, and hot tubs. It names sidewalks, driveways, parking pads and concrete paths too. Painting, wallpapering, tiling and similar finish work need no permit.
The list doesn't say where resurfacing falls. Ask Permits and Inspections at City Hall, 8001 Shin Oak Drive, before work starts. Work done without a required permit costs double fees or a $750 fine, whichever is greater, for each trade.
Every contractor and trade has to register with the city. A homeowner with a homestead exemption can pull a permit and do the work on their own home. The city doesn't enforce homeowners association rules, so check those with the association.
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(830) 302-4112Two water suppliers and very hard fill water
The City of Live Oak's own system serves about two-thirds of residents, with Edwards Aquifer groundwater from four well sites. Most of the remaining third is served by SAWS, which puts its typical hardness at 15 to 20 grains per gallon.
Hardness isn't in the city's 2025 water report, but state samples of its system on October 30, 2025 read between 248 and 254 mg/L at the four entry points.
All four readings land in the U.S. Geological Survey's top class, very hard, which starts above 180 mg/L. Groundwater gathers calcium and magnesium as it moves through soil and rock, the survey explains.
Hardness matters for the refill. High calcium hardness, alkalinity or pH leads to scaled and stained surfaces, the National Plasterers Council warns. Too much calcium can leave mineral scale on the tile and the finish. We'll talk through how each finish handles your water.
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(830) 302-4112Main City Park, Woodcrest and the city pool
Main City Park dates from 1971, on land a developer donated, the city says. Its roughly 75 acres also serve as a major flood-control project, and a trail of nearly 2 miles circles the lake.
The lake at Lakeside Park came from a San Antonio River Authority watershed project, and swimming in Live Oak Lake isn't allowed. Woodcrest Nature Park opened on June 1, 2009, with about 32 acres. The city's parks list also includes Toepperwein Xeriscape Park, and Northeast Lakeview College's campus sits on land shared with Universal City.
For a swim, the Live Oak Swimming Pool at 7901 Shin Oak Drive has six lanes and a baby wading pool two feet deep, with shade canopies over the deck. It was closed for the season when checked in October 2026.
Beyond resurfacing: tile, coping, decks and leaks
A new finish is often the moment for other work. PebbleTec's maker notes that remodels usually redo the finish and the waterline tile together.
For Live Oak homes we also replace pool tile and coping, resurface pool decks, add tanning ledges and repair cracks. Leak detection and acid washing round out the list. Farther along Interstate 35, we also offer pool leak detection in Selma.
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(830) 302-4112How a resurfacing job runs, step by step
The usual sequence, with the city's sewer rule built in.
Look at the old finish
We'll look at the surface, talk through pebble, quartz and plaster, and price the job. The estimate costs nothing.
Permit and water checks
Ask the city whether the job needs a permit and whether a drained pool may be refilled in the current stage. Homes on SAWS water check its rules as well.
Draining to the sanitary sewer
City code sends the water into the property's sanitary sewer, never a street or ditch. Any drain carries some risk to the finish, the plastering council cautions.
Prep
Weepers and leaks are stopped, loose finish comes off, and whatever stays gets a bond coat so the new finish holds.
The finish, then the fill
Once the new finish has set, the pool is filled. The council wants a new finish fully under water as soon as practical, to avoid more shrinkage cracks and debonding.
The first four weeks
About 70 percent of hydration, the reaction that hardens cement, happens in the first 7 days, and about 85 percent by day 28, the council says. The start-up routine covers that window.
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(830) 302-4112Pool resurfacing questions from Live Oak
What does a 20,000-gallon pool cost to resurface?
Gallons don't set the price; surface area does. The measure that counts is the pool's inside surface area: the walls, floor, steps, benches and ledges. Typical San Antonio-area prices as of October 2026 run $4,500 to $7,000 for a pool with less than 400 square feet of surface. A pool of 400 to 600 square feet runs $6,000 to $10,000, and one above 600 runs $9,000 to $15,000 or more.
Those ranges are published area averages, not a quote from us. A look at the pool sets the real number, free of charge.
How many years will new pool plaster last?
Traditional white plaster is a 5 to 8 year surface on the National Plasterers Council's rating. With proper care, the council adds, plaster can last up to 20 years. The council's figures are 10 to 15 years for quartz and 12 to 18 for pebble.
Water balance is the swing factor. A cement finish's life expectancy can be severely reduced whenever the water stays aggressive for long stretches, the council says. Aggressive water is low in calcium, pH or alkalinity.
Free pool resurfacing estimates for Live Oak
Reach New Braunfels Quality Pool Resurfacing from Live Oak 24/7, by phone or the form. Tell us roughly when the pool was last refinished and how the surface looks today.