Birmingham's Premier Pool Builder
You deserve a
distinctive pool.
Custom gunite pools and hardscapes, expert craftsmanship, and a lifetime structural warranty.
30+
Years Experience
100%
Gunite Focus
Lifetime
Structural Warranty
Custom
Every Design
Why Distinctive Pools
A pool that will impress your friends and neighbors.
A pool that will increase the value of your home. A pool that's as durable as it is good-looking. Distinctive Pools specializes in durable, good-looking, impressive gunite pools and hardscapes.
Why exclusively gunite? It allows us to focus on providing the highest level of quality. In fact, we're so confident in the quality of our pools, we offer a lifetime structural warranty.
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What We Do
Built to last. Designed to impress.
Custom Gunite Pools
Every shape, depth, and feature is tailored to your landscape and lifestyle. No templates — just your dream pool, expertly built.
Hardscapes & Decking
Complete your outdoor living space with premium decking, patios, and hardscape features that complement your pool.
Renovations & Upgrades
Breathe new life into your existing pool with replastering, tile updates, equipment upgrades, and modern features.
Our Work
See for yourself.
Testimonials
What our clients are saying.
“Distinctive Pools is incredible to work with. Gary Levesque was the only contractor we worked with who did exactly what he said he was going to do, in the timeframe he said he was going to do it in. He took our needs into account and made them happen.”
Questions & Answers
Gunite pools, explained.
The questions Birmingham homeowners ask us most before they build.
Gunite is concrete—similar, in fact, to the concrete used in the foundation of a house. Gunite, however, is mixed a specific way and can be applied vertically, using high-pressure air, to form the shape of your pool.
Gunite pools are more durable that vinyl. Gunite pools are designed to last for decades. Vinyl pools are installed with the expectation that at some point, the liner will be replaced. They also run the risk of punctures, which can cause a leak. Obviously, that isn’t a problem with gunite. Also, gunite pools can be built to a totally custom design. Vinyl pools are customizable to a degree, but they’re still limited to a few basic designs to start from. Fiberglass pools offer very few options for customization—you’re looking at an extremely limited selection of shapes, sizes, colors, depths, and special features.
Installed improperly, gunite pools can crack. Properly installed, a gunite pool can last decades. Distinctive Pools focuses exclusively on properly installed gunite pools, and we back that up with a lifetime structural warranty.
Gunite pools start with planning and designing—that’s how we’re able to make sure you get exactly what you want. Once that’s determined, the shape of the pool is laid out in its final location, and the dirt is excavated. Steel is installed for structural integrity, and plumbing and electricity are installed. Then the gunite is sprayed on using high-pressure air, tiles and decks are added, plaster and interior finishes are added, and then we fill the pool with water, and you start swimming. Weather permitting, the process takes about 8 to 10 weeks. And then the final product lasts as long as you do.
