Work is underway on the long-awaited renovation of the Lakewood swimming pool and children’s pool.

The HOA has contracted with Solid Group of Hutto at a cost of $74,834 to complete the work by about the start of summer, weather permitting. Work began March 29 with removal of plaster in the children’s pool. The pools closed at that time.

The project includes:

• Repair of broken coping (the decorative edge where we sit with our feet in the water), using pieces salvaged on site
• Demolition of plaster waterline tile, depth marking tiles at the waterline, swim lane tiles, kick pad tiles and step edge tiles
• Replacement of plaster, tile, wall steps, rope anchors and drain covers
• Replacement of sand filter media (used to filter out debris) with modified glass media for the four filters of the main pool
• Replacement of filter with equivalent-sized glass media filter for the children’s pool
• Refilling of both pools with water from Lakewood’s source; provide chemicals, balance water chemistry, maintain water chemistry and brush plaster as required for 21 days after refilling the pools
• Instruction to maintain the pools properly

Colors of the new tile are shown below. The first two images below show tile samples for (at left) the swim lanes and kick pads and (at right) the border under the coping. The photo at bottom shows the sample for the plaster.

The Solid Group proposal was one of three received and reviewed by the HOA Board. A separate contract was awarded to Empire Fence Co. of Leander to replace the ornamental iron fencing around the children’s pool at a cost of $3,520