Pool cost · Fort Worth
How much does a pool cost in Fort Worth?
With us, a pool by itself runs about $75,000 to $300,000. A whole backyard, from a covered patio with no pool up to a pool with a full outdoor kitchen, runs $35,000 to $400,000. Both are construction plus our fee, before permits and contingency.
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Ranges current as of September 2026.
What it costs with us
Pool cost in Fort Worth: the pool alone, and the whole backyard
We give two ranges. One is the pool by itself. The other is the whole backyard, and the pool is part of it.
The low end of the backyard range is a covered patio or an outdoor kitchen, with no pool at all. The top of it is a pool with a full outdoor kitchen and living space. So the two ranges overlap. They don’t add up.
Both ranges are construction plus our fee, billed Cost Plus: you see what the materials and labor really cost, and our markup is listed on top of them.
Budgeting
How to budget for a pool in Fort Worth
Find the pool, see where your backyard lands, then add three lines on top: permits, a contingency and time.
- The pool by itself
- about $75,000 to $300,000
- The water alone, before a deck, a cover or a kitchen goes around it.
- The whole backyard, pool included
- up to $400,000
- A covered patio, an outdoor kitchen and a fire feature are each their own structure, priced on their own.
- Fort Worth permit fees
- $1,200 to $4,000
- The pool gets its own permit, separate from anything built around it.
- A contingency
- 10–15%
- For what turns up once the work starts.
What moves the price
What moves the pool number, and what moves the backyard
The pool number moves with the water: how much there is, what it does and the yard it sits in. The backyard number moves with what you build next to it.
The pool by itself
- The yard. Slope, drainage and the ground under it. Fort Worth’s clay soil sometimes calls for engineered piers. We check that in your site visit.
- The size. A plunge pool for cooling off and a pool long enough for laps sit at opposite ends of the range.
- The extras. Lit jets, a waterfall wall, a beach entry or a spa: each is more plumbing, equipment or stone on top of the basic pool.
The whole backyard
- Each structure. A covered patio, an outdoor kitchen, a fire feature and a pool house are each built and priced on their own. See covered patios and outdoor kitchens.
- The utilities. Gas or electrical for an outdoor kitchen adds its own sub-permits.
- Whether there is a pool at all. The low end of the range has none. The top is a pool with a full outdoor kitchen and living space.
Fort Worth
What Fort Worth adds to a pool budget
Two things here change a pool budget before the first shovel: the ground and the permit.
The ground
Some Fort Worth lots sit on deep clay that swells when it’s wet and shrinks when it dries. Others sit on limestone about a foot down.
A pool shell and the deck around it have to be built for whichever one is under yours, which is why we check the ground before you budget it. Building on clay soil in Fort Worth
The permit
A pool is permitted separately from any structure around it, and gas or electrical for an outdoor kitchen adds its own sub-permits. The City lists pools with new houses and additions as projects that need a copy of your lot’s plat and a site plan. In Fort Worth, budget $1,200 to $4,000 in permit fees on top of our range. How a Fort Worth residential permit works
We design the pool with everything around it, and a partner pool builder builds the shell from that one plan.
How to get a pool estimate
After we walk your backyard you get an estimate. Once the design is done, you get a detailed budget.
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Meet Up. We walk the backyard with you at no charge. Bring how you want to use the water and a number you’re comfortable with.
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Team Up. We draw the pool with the deck, the shade and the kitchen around it, and your detailed budget comes from those drawings.
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Glasses Up. A partner pool builder builds the shell to our plan while we build everything around it. Then you swim.
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How much does an inground pool cost in Fort Worth?
With us, a pool by itself runs about $75,000 to $300,000, construction plus our fee, before permits and contingency. A plunge pool for cooling off sits near the bottom of that and a long pool with a spa and features near the top. The range leaves out the deck, the shade and the kitchen, which are part of the whole-backyard range.
If I want a pool and an outdoor kitchen, do I add the two ranges together?
No. The top of our $35,000 to $400,000 backyard range is a pool with a full outdoor kitchen and living space, so that range already holds the pool. Where you land in it depends on how much water you want and how much gets built around it.
How much does a pool permit cost in Fort Worth?
Budget $1,200 to $4,000 in Fort Worth permit fees for a pool and outdoor project with us. The pool is permitted on its own, and gas or electrical for an outdoor kitchen adds sub-permits. We handle the permits on the projects we build.
Why does a pool budget need a 10 to 15 percent contingency?
Because some of what a yard holds only shows once it’s dug. Limestone close to the surface, or clay that calls for engineered piers, can turn up under a lawn that looked simple. With Cost Plus billing, anything the ground turns up is priced in the open.
What does $35,000 get you in a Fort Worth backyard?
With us, the low end of the backyard range is a covered patio or an outdoor kitchen, with no pool. The pool by itself starts around $75,000.
Is there a cost per square foot for a pool?
Not one worth using. A pool doesn’t have square footage the way a room does, and two pools with the same surface can sit at opposite ends of our range because of depth, features and the yard. We price yours from your plan.
Price the pool and the backyard as one plan
A backyard you use in August, not one you look at in October. Structure, cooking, hardscape and water planned together instead of bought four times.
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