Hillside pool piers
Anchored to bedrock. Built to last.
On a slope, the soil under a pool can creep downhill over the years. That is how shells crack and decks pull away. On hillside lots we drill reinforced concrete piers down to bedrock and tie them together with a grade beam, so the pool rests on rock instead of loose fill.
Pool foundations built to last
Soils report
A geotechnical engineer tests the site and sets pier depth before we dig.
Drilled piers
Holes drilled into firm ground or bedrock, filled with rebar cages and concrete.
Grade beam
A steel-reinforced beam ties the piers together under the pool shell.
Engineered & inspected
Stamped structural plans and city inspections before the gunite goes in.
Signature build
The raised vanishing edge
The lot sloped away from the house, so we lifted the pool onto drilled piers instead of digging into the hill. Water spills over a knife-edge weir into a catch basin wrapped in iridescent glass tile, and the whole wall lights up at night. From the deck it reads as a sheet of water meeting the sky.
Free estimate
Let's plan your backyard.
Email us a few photos of your yard and tell us what you have in mind. We'll set up a site visit and give you a design and a written quote.