Renovation
Wahroonga · June 2025
Reshaping a curved pool in Wahroonga
An old curved pool broken out and re-formed with new formwork and steel to change its shape.
Licensed pool builder · Inner West
Pool refurbishment and remodelling in the Inner West
Reshaping the shell, adding steps or a bench seat, repairing the structure and renewing everything around it, for older pools in the Inner West.
- New shapes, steps, benches and surrounds
- Updates at every step
- One licence for the pool and the tiles
Pool refurbishment and remodelling
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Pool refurbishment and remodelling
Changing the pool, not just its surface
When an older pool in the Inner West no longer suits the house, remodelling it is often a better answer than starting again. We reshape the shell, add steps or seating, repair the structure and renew the interior and surrounds. Send a few photos for a free quote.
Refurbishment goes further than a new interior. An old kidney-shaped pool can be squared off, a deep end raised, wide entry steps or a bench seat formed inside the existing shell, and failing structure repaired before the new finish goes on.
- Typical price
- $25,000–$40,000+A remodel
- Usual time
- 4–8 weeksOn site after approval
Our work
Pools and spas we’ve renovated
Recent jobs of ours from across Sydney.
Why Superior
15 years of pools, one licence for the pool and the tiles
Superior Pools & Spas started in 2024, built on more than 15 years of building and renovating pools. Our NSW Contractor Licence covers swimming pool building and wall and floor tiling, so the same business shapes the pool, lays its interior and sets every tile. Builders bring us in for the pools on their projects too.
- years’ experience
- 15+
- pools built
- 50+
- pools renovated
- 100+
- NSW Contractor Licence 483576C, current to 2030Check it on the NSW register
- $20 million public liability and workers compensation
- Home warranty cover arranged on jobs over $20,000
- Free quotes: send a few photos to start
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What customers say
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Your options
What a remodel can include
Changes to the shape and structure, usually finished with a new interior.
Reshaping
New walls formed inside the old shell to change its shape or reduce its size.
Steps and bench seats
Wide entry steps, a swim-out ledge or a bench seat added where there were none.
Structural repairs
Cracked or failing sections cut out and rebuilt before finishing.
Local know-how
Pools in the Inner West: what to plan for
Inner West yards are small and access is tight: terraces, semis and narrow lots, many in heritage conservation areas. Pools here are usually plunge or lap pools, and getting machines in is part of the plan.
Tight access
With no side access, excavation is done by small machines, by hand or with a crane over the house, which the quote allows for.
Heritage areas
In a heritage conservation area a pool can be complying development only in limited cases, so it often needs a development application.
Small pools
A plunge pool, a lap pool along the boundary or a spa makes the most of a narrow yard.
Suburbs we cover: 49 · See every suburb
Typical prices
What pool refurbishment and remodelling costs in the Inner West
Market ranges for the same work across Sydney, which hold in the Inner West too, so you know roughly where your job sits before we quote. Size, condition and access move the price up or down.
Step by step
How a remodel runs
From the inspection and approval to the new interior, in the order the work happens.
- 1
Inspect and approve
The shell is inspected, drained where needed, and the approval the work needs is arranged before anything changes.
- 2
Break out
The sections that change or have failed are cut and broken out of the old shell.
- 3
Form and steel
New formwork and steel go in and are tied into the existing structure.
- 4
Render, tile and finish
The remodelled pool is rendered, tiled and finished like a new one.
Questions
Common questions
What people ask us about pool refurbishment and remodelling before they book.
Does a remodel need approval?
Usually. Changing a pool’s shape, size or structure is building work, approved as complying development through a private certifier or by council. We arrange it before work starts, and the barrier has to meet the current standard when the pool is finished.
Can a pool be made smaller or shallower?
Yes. New walls can be formed inside the old shell to shorten it or change its shape, and a deep end can be raised by forming a new floor over the old one. Both are tied into the existing structure with new steel.
How long does a remodel take?
Most take four to eight weeks on site, after the approval: breaking out, formwork and steel, concrete, then rendering, tiling and the new interior. The size of the change and the weather decide where in that range a job sits.
Is a remodel cheaper than a new pool?
Usually, because the excavation and most of the shell are already there. A remodel with structural change typically starts around $25,000, while a new concrete pool starts around $45,000.
Where we work
The Inner West and nearby
Every suburb we cover here, our other services in the area, and the same work in the other regions we cover.
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Tell us about your pool in the Inner West
Send a few details and photos of your pool or yard. Quotes are free, and we usually reply within one business day.
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