Pool Inspection Near Me — Flower Mound, TX
Buying or selling a home with a pool? Your Texas option period is the window where a professional pool inspection gives you leverage — not just a glance, but a documented, prioritized report on equipment, structure, and safety before you close.
Don't Inherit Someone Else's Expensive Problems
Picture moving into your dream home, only to discover the pool heater is broken, the plaster is delaminating, and the pump is on its last legs. Standard home inspectors typically only perform a visual check of the pool from the deck.
Our certified technicians dive deep into the mechanics, structure, and safety of the pool to ensure you know exactly what you're buying.
Avoid Surprise Repairs
A hidden leak or a failing automation system can cost thousands to repair. Our detailed report gives you the leverage you need during real estate negotiations.
What this looks like when it's missed
What it cost
A buyer closed on a home with a pool that photographed beautifully. After taking possession they found a failed heater, exposed wiring, and perimeter gates that would not self-close or self-latch. All of it became theirs at closing. None of it was visible in the listing.
What it cost
A buyer called us out because the pool lights weren't working. The seals had failed and water had entered the fixtures. Three lights, all requiring full replacement. They had not had the pool inspected before closing.
Neither buyer did anything unusual. They had the home inspected, the inspector noted the pool and deferred, and the option period closed.
Five things to check yourself before the option period ends
A general home inspection in Texas treats the pool as an optional item. Many inspectors note it and defer to a professional. Here are five things worth verifying yourself — starting with whether the gate latches on its own.
1. Safety and barriers
Every access point to the pool area, not just the obvious gate. Gates must self-close and self-latch — open it, let go, and watch. Doors from the house into the pool area should have an audible alarm. Drains need compliant anti-entrapment covers, and certified covers carry expiration dates, so a cover that looks right can still be out of date. Read the seller's disclosure on pool drains; Texas requires it and most buyers skim past it.
2. Electrical
Exposed or damaged wiring around the equipment pad or light niches. Bonding and grounding on the equipment and surrounding structures.
3. Equipment age, not just condition
A seven-year-old heater and a two-year-old heater can both pass a visual check on the same afternoon. They are not the same purchase. Serial numbers and date codes give you a real number you can take into a repair amendment. Age also tells you whether something can still be replaced like-for-like.
4. Pool lights
Pool light fixtures are sealed units sitting underwater. When those seals fail, water gets into the fixture, and that isn't easily visible from the surface — the light may still come on. Once water has intruded the fixture is no longer serviceable. The Department of Energy enforces efficiency standards requiring pool and spa lamps emitting 310 to 3,300 lumens to reach at least 45 lumens per watt, a threshold traditional incandescent and halogen pool lamps cannot meet. Manufacturing, import and distribution bans on non-compliant incandescent lights took effect in early 2023, so like-for-like replacement is no longer an option.
5. Leaks and water loss
A slow leak doesn't announce itself — the autofill keeps the level steady and the water looks fine. Watch for the autofill running more often than it should, persistently damp ground near the equipment pad or along plumbing runs, and water loss beyond normal evaporation. Leak detection and repair commonly runs past $1,000, and that isn't the whole cost: our area uses sewer averaging, where your sewer charge is set from water consumption during a defined base period and then applied for the following year. Water lost from a leaking pool is counted in that average, so a leak running through the averaging window raises your sewer bill every month for a year afterward.
Comprehensive 50-Point Inspection
We leave no stone unturned. Our inspection covers everything from the equipment pad to the pool interior, ensuring total operational health.
At least fifty points, and that's a floor rather than a headline — the real number depends on how many skimmers, returns and features a pool has.
Safety and barriers
Barriers, safety systems, main drains, electrical shut-off, GFCI
Water and surfaces
Water chemistry, visible pool conditions, plaster, waterline tile, coping, deck
Circulation
Skimmers, returns, valves
Equipment pad
Pad, pump, motor, filter, heater, chlorinators, automation
Lighting and features
Lights, water features
Each of those is more than one check. Every skimmer means looking at the water inlet, the skimmer body, the basket, the weir door and the lid — five points on its own, and most pools have more than one. The same is true of returns, valves and lights.
Equipment Pad Check
- • Pump operation and seals
- • Filter condition and pressure
- • Heater ignition and performance
- • Automation and salt systems
- • Valves and visible plumbing
Structural Assessment
- • Plaster and surface condition
- • Tile and grout integrity
- • Coping stones and expansion joints
- • Decking and drainage
- • Skimmer throat and basket housing
Detailed Written Report
- • Photo documentation of issues
- • Condition ratings for all items
- • Professional repair recommendations
- • Estimated costs for necessary fixes
- • Fast turnaround for closing timelines
Under Contract?
Option periods move fast in North Texas real estate. We prioritize real estate inspections to ensure you get your comprehensive report before your deadline expires.
- Fast Scheduling
- Thorough Documentation