Pool Builders in Gilbert, AZ
Custom gunite, fiberglass, and vinyl-liner pools designed, built, and finished for East Valley backyards. See recent projects and start your own. Free on-site design consultations.
A closer look at recent backyard transformations we have completed around Gilbert.
July 1, 2026
Watching a bare Gilbert backyard turn into a finished pool is a genuinely satisfying process, but it happens in a specific order for good reasons. Knowing the stages ahead of time makes the eight to twelve week timeline of a custom pool feel a lot less mysterious. Here is how a project moves from a sketch to a swim.
Before anyone digs, we walk your yard, talk through how you want to use the water, and mark the shell on the ground with paint and stakes. This is where we settle depth, shape, and where features like a tanning ledge or spillover spa will sit. We also confirm setbacks and pull the permit, because a pool near Higley Road has to respect property lines and the required safety barrier.
Next comes the dig. Gilbert’s caliche can be stubborn, so excavation sometimes takes longer than the shape alone suggests. Once the hole is roughed out, we tie a steel rebar cage that gives the shell its strength. If you have chosen a fully custom concrete build, our gunite pool construction crew sprays the shell over that cage.
With the steel set, we rough in the skimmer, main drain, and return lines, then form or spray the shell. A step that homeowners rarely see but always matters is the equipotential bonding grid required by NEC 680.26. We tie the shell, deck steel, and equipment together with 8 AWG copper so the whole structure is electrically safe.
Now the pool starts to look like a pool. We set waterline tile and coping, pour the deck in concrete, travertine, or pavers, and apply the interior finish. A pebble finish costs a little more than plaster but can last 15 to 25 years, which is why many of our Power Ranch clients choose it.
Finally we fill the pool, balance the water, and start the equipment. We show you how to run the pump, filter, and any automation, then schedule the final inspection. From that point the backyard is yours.
If you are weighing a build and want straight answers about materials, timelines, and cost, contact us or call Dakotasungardenswinery at (480) 278-1424 for a free design consultation in Gilbert.
Dakotasungardenswinery provides pool builders in Gilbert, AZ, handling custom gunite pool construction, fiberglass pool installation, vinyl-liner pools, pool remodeling and resurfacing, spa and hot tub integration, saltwater chlorination systems, and pool decking from the first stake in the yard to the day you dive in. Every build is engineered to the ANSI/PHTA/ICC-5 residential pool standard and wired to the required NEC 680.26 equipotential bonding grid, so the finished pool is as safe as it looks. We build across the 85234 area and the wider East Valley.
Our recent work reads like a tour of Gilbert backyards. In Morrison Ranch we set a one-piece fiberglass shell on a compacted gravel base and had it holding water in a matter of weeks. Over in Power Ranch we poured a fully custom gunite pool with a tanning ledge and a raised spillover spa. A family off Val Vista Drive wanted a vanishing edge, and the shotcrete shell we sprayed over a number 4 rebar cage made it happen. Each project starts as a rough sketch and ends as the spot the whole household lives all summer.
We would rather show you finished pools than talk about them. Photos of completed Agritopia and Seville backyards tell you more about our tile work, coping lines, and pebble interior finishes than any sales pitch could. We are licensed and insured, we pull every permit, and we build to the 48 inch barrier height and self-latching gate rules in the ISPSC. When a build wraps, the pool passes its inspection near Germann Road the first time through.
The process is straightforward, and we keep you in the loop at every stage. We meet at your home, walk the yard, and weigh gunite, fiberglass, and vinyl-liner options against your budget and how you plan to use the water. Then we handle layout, excavation, steel, plumbing, the shell, tile and coping, decking, interior finish, and startup in that order. Most gunite pools run eight to twelve weeks, while a fiberglass shell near Cooper Road can be finished considerably faster.
One local crew for every build type and every stage of the job, from the steel cage to the final startup.
Fully custom gunite and shotcrete shells sprayed over a steel rebar cage, shaped to any depth, vanishing edge, or tanning ledge you can picture, then finished in quartz or pebble aggregate.
Factory-molded one-piece fiberglass shells set on a compacted gravel base, plumbed, backfilled, and finished with coping and deck. The smooth gelcoat needs no plaster and is one of the fastest ways to swim.
In-ground vinyl-liner pools built on steel or polymer wall panels, the lowest first cost of the three build types, with a custom-fit membrane liner replaced roughly every 7 to 12 years.
Chip-out and replaster in white, quartz, or long-lasting pebble finish, plus new waterline tile, fresh coping, and current ANSI/PHTA/ICC-7 anti-entrapment drain covers on an aging pool.
Attached spillover spas, sheer-descent waterfalls, deck jets, bubblers, and LED lighting tied into a single smart automation controller you run from your phone.
Travertine, paver, and stamped-concrete decking plus variable-speed pumps, heaters, and salt chlorine generators installed to the July 2021 federal pump efficiency rule.
We design and build pools throughout Gilbert and the surrounding Maricopa County communities, from the established neighborhoods off Higley Road to the newer subdivisions filling in around Queen Creek.
Not sure if we reach your backyard? Call (480) 278-1424 and we will let you know.
Pool pricing depends mostly on the build type, the size and shape of the shell, and the finishes you choose. Vinyl-liner pools carry the lowest first cost, fiberglass sits in the popular middle, and fully custom gunite runs highest because there is no limit on shape, depth, or feature. The ranges below are typical for the Gilbert area, and we put a firm number in writing after a free on-site design visit.
Ready to turn your backyard into the next project in our portfolio? We will walk your yard, weigh gunite, fiberglass, and vinyl-liner against your budget, and hand you a clear written estimate with no pressure. From the first stake off Williams Field Road to the day the pool fills, one Gilbert crew handles every stage.