Project reference · 02
An old pool taken out, a whole backyard put back
The Schwimmer residence started with a tired pool, a cracked deck and an outdoor kitchen past its life. Liberty Pools demolished all of it and delivered a new pool, raised spa, fire-and-water table, outdoor kitchen, pergola, marble deck and turf, on one permit and one schedule.
Same lot, same house, different backyard
The existing pool, deck and kitchen were demolished on October 21–22, 2025. Everything in the right-hand photo was built by Liberty Pools and its trade partners in the nine months that followed.
The owner saw it before we dug
Every Liberty project starts with a 3D model of the finished yard. The renders below were approved by the Schwimmers in October 2025; the photos were taken in July 2026.
- Pool
- 14' × 28'-6", 3' to 4'-10" deep, 641 SF, 133 LF perimeter
- Spa
- 7' × 7' on a 12" pedestal, 8 jets, 1.0 HP blower, reverse-edge 360° spillover
- Shell
- 4,000 PSI shotcrete, lifetime structural warranty
- Coping & tile
- Polished infinity coping, 6" waterline tile, tile edge on all steps and benches
- Finish
- Florida Stucco Sky Blue, hand-troweled, 28-day chemistry start-up by Liberty
- Water & fire
- 3' × 8' raised table with two sheer-descent waterfalls and a linear gas burner
- Deck
- 1,320 SF marble on compacted base, sealed; 1,264 SF turf at the pool plus 2,900 SF across the yard
- Outdoor living
- 16' outdoor kitchen with Bull appliances and quartzite top; 16' × 20' aluminum pergola; 850 SF of wood-slat wall and ceiling
- Lighting
- 6 nicheless LEDs in the pool, color LED in the spa, LED stepping stones
- Equipment
- Jandy 2.7 HP variable-speed pump, cartridge filter, TruClear salt, Gulfstream heat pump, iAqualink app control
October to August, in sequence
Permit and HOA approval came first, then demolition. From there the job ran through the same inspected sequence Liberty uses on every pool, with each step photographed for the owner.
Demo, dig, steel
Old pool and deck out in two days. New pool excavated October 23, steel and main drain inspected October 31.
Shell & rough-in
Gunite the first week of November, plumbing and equipotential bond inspected and passed by January 6.
Marble deck & tile
1,320 SF of marble set and sealed, waterline tile installed, deck inspection passed May 27.
Features, plaster, fill
Fire table and LED stepping stones set, turf laid, finish applied June 23–26 and the pool filled June 29.
Finals & pool school
Safety barrier and final city inspections passed August 12. Pool school with the owners August 14–21.
Rebuilding around a lived-in house
A renovation, not a blank lot: an existing pool, deck, kitchen, sprinklers and roots had to come out without damaging the house, the lanai or the neighbors' walls.
A dedicated demolition partner, a dumpster plan agreed with the owner in advance, roots and grade cleared before excavation, and the lanai wall sealed and re-slatted as part of the scope.
HOA plus city permitting, and a plumbing inspection that failed on its first attempt in December.
HOA and permit secured before a shovel went in. The failed item was corrected and re-inspected within days, and the equipotential bond passed on the first try.
The owners changed their minds mid-build: a wider pool, a different deck layout, more turf, more planters.
Each change was priced as a written change order, the engineering and city revisions were filed, and the schedule absorbed them without reopening the permit.
Six trades on one small backyard: demo, shotcrete, electrical, gas, marble, turf, carpentry.
One Liberty project manager sequenced every trade and every inspection; the owners followed progress and photos from their phones and never had to chase a subcontractor.
Lonnie Schwimmer on building with Liberty
The owner, standing in his finished backyard, on the process, the crew and the result.
Recorded at the residence, 2026 · 48 seconds
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Ready for the first summer
Pool school completed August 21, 2026. The owners have since come back to Liberty for a follow-up project on the same pool.