Pool Builders in Clearwater, KS

Pool Builders in Clearwater hear three kinds of requests: a new inground pool, a spa or hot tub that can be used year-round, and an older pool that needs bringing back to life. All three start the same way at City Hall. Clearwater asks for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance application with every building permit, residential or commercial. For a pool, a spa pad or a new deck, that zoning check comes before the building permit, and it is where setbacks and lot coverage get sorted out.

How permits work in Clearwater

The city contracts with the Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD) in Wichita and Sedgwick County. For homes, permits are pulled through the city; commercial permits go to MABCD directly. Clearwater also posts separate plumbing, mechanical and electrical permit applications and an excavation permit, so a pool with a heater and new circuits can involve several forms. Contractors get their license through Sedgwick County Code Enforcement. We assemble the zoning application, the site plan and the trade permits as one package so nothing waits on a missing form.

The year-round case for a spa

A pool in south-central Kansas gets its heaviest use from late spring to early fall. Wichita's average freeze window runs from late October to early April, and the low reaches 10°F or colder on about eight days a year. A hot tub fills those months. Some Clearwater owners skip the pool entirely and put a spa on a patio; others build a spa attached to a new pool so it shares the heater and the deck. Things we plan for:

• A level, reinforced pad or deck section that can carry a filled spa
• A dedicated electrical circuit and disconnect, permitted and inspected
• A short, well-lit path from the back door for winter use
• A lockable cover, which also keeps heat in
• Drain access for the occasional water change

Bringing an older pool back

Clearwater was settled in 1870 and platted in 1872, and the town has grown slowly and steadily since, to 2,653 residents and 985 housing units in 2020. In a town that has been building homes for that long, there are existing backyard pools of many ages. If yours has rough or stained plaster, a faded or leaking vinyl liner, loose coping, cracked tile or an old single-speed pump, a remodel may be the smart move. Typical work includes:

• Resurfacing concrete pools in plaster, quartz or pebble finishes
• Replacing vinyl liners, and repairing walls and steps underneath
• New coping and waterline tile
• Replacing a heaving or cracked deck with new concrete or pavers
• Variable-speed pumps, new filters and heaters
• Adding LED lighting, a spa or an automatic cover

New inground pools

For a new build, we look at the yard first: how big it is, which way it drains, where the utility lines and any easements run, and how equipment can get in. Then we compare custom concrete, fiberglass and vinyl liner options for that yard. In Clearwater, which sits near the Ninnescah River southwest of Wichita, we also look at how water moves across the lot after a heavy rain, because a pool deck adds a lot of hard surface and the grade has to send that water somewhere sensible.

Public pool, private pool

Clearwater has its own Aquatic Center on North 4th Street, and plenty of families will keep using it. A home pool or spa is about convenience: early mornings, late evenings, cool spring nights in the hot tub, and the pool open when you want it.

Request an estimate

Tell us whether you are thinking pool, spa, remodel or a combination. We will visit, look at what is there, and give you a written, itemized estimate with permits listed as their own line. Call (316) 999-8924 or

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