Monthly Archives: October 2026

"Every three to five years" is an average of other people's pools. Drain when cyanuric acid passes 100 ppm or calcium nears 800, and most of the time a partial drain does it.

A replaster quote is about ten jobs in one number. White plaster runs $6 to $8 a square foot, and the rest is draining, prep, tile, refill water at your meter and a 28 day startup.

Coping and waterline tile go in before plaster or pebble, and the pool gets drained once. Waterline tile runs about $25 a linear foot, coping $40 to $80, and a new finish needs a 28-day start-up.

Moorpark allows a pool 3 feet from the house. Slopes, septic tanks, power lines and the equipment pad decide the rest, and none of it is one statewide number.

A like-for-like replaster isn't on any Ventura County permit list we checked, but new gas, electrical or structural work is. Pull a remodel permit and state law adds 2 of 7 drowning safety features and new drain covers.

Since January 1, 2026, a new pool in California needs a heat pump or solar as its primary heater, with gas allowed as backup. The rest of the recent rule changes reach your pool only when you pull a permit, sell the house or replace something.

An existing pool without a fence is usually not illegal under state law. Pull a permit for a new pool or a remodel and you need 2 of 7 drowning prevention features, and a home inspector has to report how many you have when you sell.