A pool is for the kids all summer, laps before work, and the spot everyone ends up on a hot Coast afternoon. Once the pebblecrete goes rough and the pump gets loud, nobody bothers getting in. We resurface, retile, replace coping, fit quieter equipment and bring the fence up to standard. Tell us what yours needs.
Get a Quote →A pool renovation covers everything from a simple resurface to a full strip-out and rebuild. On the Central Coast, most pools are 15-30 years old and were originally finished in marbelite or old-style pebblecrete, which breaks down, stains and turns rough underfoot over time.
A typical renovation replaces the interior surface (pebblecrete, quartzon or glass bead), retiles the waterline and steps, replaces coping around the edge, and often upgrades the pump, filter and chlorinator to a modern salt system. Many older pools also need the fencing brought up to current standard as part of the job.
Pebblecrete, quartzon or glass bead interior finishes to replace a rough, stained or flaking pool surface. Cost depends mainly on pool size and the finish you choose, so it's worth comparing a few quotes.
Waterline tile replacement and coping (the edge around the pool) repair or replacement, usually done alongside resurfacing to stop water getting behind loose tiles.
Pumps, filters, chlorinators and heating. Salt chlorination is now the standard choice for Central Coast pools - variable speed pumps can also cut running costs significantly.
Compliant pool barriers under the Swimming Pools Act 1992, plus surrounds and paving. Essential if you're selling or leasing and your pool hasn't been inspected recently.
Under the Swimming Pools Act 1992, every NSW property with a pool needs a current compliance certificate before it can be leased, and a compliance or non-compliance certificate on the contract before it is sold. If your fence is old, has gaps over 100mm, or the gate doesn't self-close and self-latch, you'll need work done before settlement. Building this into a renovation now avoids a scramble later.
A resurface or retile stays inside the existing shell. Go past it and the Central Coast has checks of its own. Central Coast Council itself owns the water and sewer mains, and its rules say an asbestos-cement or vitrified-clay sewer main cannot be built over or near without extra protection: the main has to be replaced or relined, with piers and beams or similar. Large sewer mains cannot be built over at all, and anything built over Council's assets, such as a deck or a longer shell, needs its structural details approved by Council's Water Assessment team first.
Council's Development Control Plan 2022 adds two more rules. A pool or spa pump should be sited to limit noise for neighbouring properties, or housed in a soundproofed enclosure. And where a lot is connected to water and sewer, any masonry fencing, including a brick or rendered-block pool fence, needs an approval under section 305 of the Water Management Act so services are not affected.
Parts of the Council area also sit inside declared Mine Subsidence Districts. Subsidence Advisory NSW maps label places including Jilliby, Dooralong, Budgewoi, Lake Munmorah and Gorokan. Building or extending a structure on a property inside a district needs Subsidence Advisory NSW approval first. At Wamberal, Council says the beach has some of the worst coastal erosion of any beach in NSW, and the regional planning panel refused three seawall applications there on 26 June 2026. Talk to Council before any structural work on a beachfront pool there.
Enquiries are welcome from anywhere in the Central Coast Council area, including Woy Woy, Umina, Kincumber, Gosford, Erina, Avoca Beach, Terrigal, Wamberal, The Entrance, Wyong, Jilliby, Gorokan, Charmhaven, Budgewoi, Blue Haven, Lake Munmorah and Doyalson.
Tell us what you need and where the property is.