Burbank Pool Builders designs and builds custom gunite pools in Studio City, CA, where leafy hillside streets and homes that climb the grade are the norm rather than the exception. Studio City is exactly the kind of place we built this company for: yards that drop away toward the canyon, split-grade lots, and tight access that all have to be solved structurally before a pool can take shape. One crew owns the project from the soils read to the final inspection.
Building a pool in Studio City means engineering for the slope, not around it. We read the grade and the soil, plan the access for the dig and the gunite rig, and tie any retaining into the pool structure so the finished pool sits securely in the hillside. The result is a pool that fits the home, the lot, and the view the grade often hands you for free.
Pools engineered for Studio City slopes
Homes in Studio City sit on some of the more demanding lots in the east valley, and the best pool is the one engineered around them. We start with a real read of the grade, the soil, the access for excavation and the gunite rig, the setbacks, and the canyon or hillside view you may want to frame. Those realities decide what the pool can and should be far more than any catalog of shapes.
We design for how you will actually use the pool, whether that is a shallow play shelf for the family, a lap-friendly shape, or a spa terraced to catch the view down the slope. The depth profile, the steps, the benches, and the features all get planned with you, and you see the design before we break ground.
Because we engineer and build what we draw, the plan we hand you is one we know we can build on a Studio City slope without expensive surprises. Solving the structure first is what keeps a hillside project moving and the budget honest.
How a Studio City build goes
A pool build in Studio City follows the order the slope demands. It opens with a design consult, a walk of the yard, and a soils read, then a structural plan and a written price. Once you approve the design, we pull the permits, finalize the engineering, and stage the access for the dig, which on a hillside lot is often the trickiest part.
From there the build moves through excavation, retaining where the grade needs it, steel, plumbing, and the gunite shell, then the tile, coping, plaster, and deck. On a slope each phase has to be braced and supported before the next can go in, and one crew owning the whole sequence keeps the project moving instead of stalling between separate subs.
We conclude with equipment startup, a water balance, a final inspection, and a hands-on walkthrough of running and maintaining your new pool. You stay informed the whole way, so the build never feels opaque.
A nearby crew you can count on
Burbank Pool Builders is a licensed, bonded, and insured design-build pool company, and Studio City is core to the hillside-adjacent area we serve. You deal with the crew that actually engineers and builds the pool, not a broker handing your job to whoever bids lowest. We are still here for the warranty, the service, and the next project.
We put the structural plan and the price in writing up front, handle the soils work, engineering, and permits, and build every phase to last. Most of our work comes from neighbors who watched us do it right next door, which is exactly the reputation we set out to earn.
If you are planning a pool in Studio City, call 424-421-3775 for a free design consultation and an honest, engineered plan for your hillside backyard.
Your whole Studio City pool construction, one crew
Whatever your Studio City pool project needs, one crew handles it: building a new pool, pool renovation, pool remodels, pool resurfacing, building the deck, heater and salt systems. We carry every job from the first inspection through the work to a documented walk-through.
We serve Studio City alongside nearby pool construction in Sherman Oaks, pool construction in North Hollywood, Toluca Lake, CA, our Los Feliz crew, and the rest of the Los Angeles area. Hunting for pool remodeling near me? You have found a local crew. Head to the home page or call 424-421-3775 when you are ready.