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Gunite Pool Builders for Norman, Oklahoma
From older blocks near the University of Oklahoma to newer additions at the edge of the city, we design and build custom gunite pools for Norman homeowners. Gunite is concrete sprayed over a steel frame, so the shell is formed to your yard instead of arriving as a mold, and that flexibility matters in a city that has been laying out neighborhoods since it was settled in 1889. Access, grade, and utilities differ street to street here, and the design starts from what your lot actually gives us.
What stays the same is how we begin. Draw the pool yourself in the 3D Pool Design Studio , where shape, depth, finish, water features, and lighting all render in three dimensions. Send us the result, or just call. Either way the next step is a free design and estimate , a site visit at your Norman address followed by a written estimate, at no cost and with no obligation.
- Serves
- Norman and the Oklahoma City metro
- County
- Seat of Cleveland County
- Permits
- City of Norman E-Permitting portal
- First step
- Free design and estimate
From the project library
Lit for the hour after sunset
The sky in this photograph is still orange, and the water has already gone a deep glowing blue. That contrast is not luck. It comes from in-pool lighting working with the interior finish, decided while the pool was still a drawing. It is also the argument for planning your evenings early. In the 3D Pool Design Studio you can set a finish, add lighting, and see how the water will hold its color, so a Norman backyard keeps working after the light goes.
Preview lighting in the 3D studio- Sky
- Sunset color still above the pool
- Water
- Lit blue from within the shell
- Hour
- Dusk, between daylight and dark
A pool that fits the Norman calendar
The University of Oklahoma keeps its main campus in Norman, and if your fall Saturdays already fill up with game days, you know the backyard carries hosting season. Plan the pool for it. A tanning ledge, which is a shallow shelf a chair can sit in, gives guests a place to gather without swimming. A bench along the wall does the same for anyone who wants to sit rather than swim, and a heater keeps the water usable through the shoulder months, so the season does not end when September arrives.
Evenings are the other half of it. Lake Thunderbird State Park carries a Norman address on Alameda Drive, and through the warm months it covers the daytime boating, fishing, and swimming trips. A backyard pool earns the hours the lake does not, the after-dinner swim on a school night, the quiet float once the house has gone to bed. Those hours depend on light. Interior finish, waterline tile, which is the band at the water surface, and in-pool lighting decide together how the water reads after dark, so we ask you to choose them as a set.
The work itself is the same three jobs we do across the metro, new gunite construction, remodels, and retile and replaster work. Which one fits depends on what is already in the ground. If your house came with an aging pool, a remodel may beat starting over, and the way we split those jobs is laid out in what we build. Either way, the first conversation starts from your drawing or from a blank yard, whichever you have.
Questions from Norman homeowners
Who handles swimming pool permits in Norman?
Construction inside Norman city limits goes through the City of Norman. The Development Services Division of the Planning Department manages plan review, permitting, and field inspections, and the city operates an online E-Permitting portal. Requirements depend on your specific lot, so confirm current rules with the city, and bring your questions to the free site visit.
Does an older Norman neighborhood change how a pool gets built?
It changes the plan before it changes the pool. Streets platted in the city's earliest decades often mean tighter equipment access and established landscaping worth protecting, while newer additions tend to offer open yards and cleaner routes for the crew. Gunite adapts to both because the shell is shaped on site. The site visit is where we confirm what your lot allows.
Can the pool be set up for swimming after dark?
Yes, and it works best as a design decision rather than an add-on. Finish color and in-pool lighting set how the water reads at night, and both are in the 3D Pool Design Studio, so you can try combinations before anything is sprayed.
We host on game weekends. What should we ask for?
Places to be in the water without swimming. A tanning ledge holds chairs in a few inches of water, a wall bench seats the talkers, and a wide entry step keeps traffic moving. Draw that layout in the studio and send it with your estimate request, so the first conversation starts from your plan.
Price the pool for your Norman backyard
Start with the free design and estimate. We visit your address, walk the yard with you, and follow up with a written estimate for the pool you actually want.
Request a free design and estimate