Every Pool Service We Offer in Fontana, CA
One team for every pool job in Fontana — from gunite & shotcrete pool construction to pool demolition & removal.
Fontana Pool Builders handles residential and commercial pool projects across Fontana and the Inland Empire. From gunite & shotcrete pool construction to pool demolition & removal, every service below is handled by our own team and backed by our workmanship guarantee.
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Our Pool Services in Fontana, CA
Gunite & Shotcrete Pool Construction
Custom gunite pool design and construction in Fontana starts on paper, or more accurately on a screen, because the shape and the layout decide how much of the year the pool actually gets used. We design in 3D first, then build the whole thing in house under C-53 licensing: permits, excavation, rebar, shotcrete, tile, coping, decking, equipment, and plaster startup.
Fiberglass Pool Installation
Fiberglass pool installation in Fontana puts water in the ground in three to six weeks instead of the eight to twelve a gunite build needs, and it is a genuinely good fit for the compact, walled backyards that make up most of the Inland Empire's newer tract housing. The shell arrives molded in one piece, gets craned in, and its nonporous gelcoat resists the calcium scale our hard water leaves on plaster.
Pool Remodeling & Renovation
Pool remodeling in Fontana typically costs a quarter to half of a new build, because the shell is almost always structurally sound and the expensive excavation was paid for decades ago. What has aged out is the plaster, the tile, the coping, a deck that is too hot to stand on, and equipment that predates every efficiency rule California has passed since.
Pool Resurfacing & Pebble Finishes
Pool resurfacing in Fontana runs $6,000 to $15,000 for most residential pools and buys another 10 to 20 years of interior finish depending on the material. The signal is usually underfoot: when the floor works like sandpaper, when the plaster has gone from white to a mottled gray map, or when the staining no longer responds to anything you brush at it, the surface is finished.
Waterline Tile & Coping
Waterline tile replacement and coping work in Fontana deals with the band of your pool that hard Inland Empire water attacks hardest. Local supply carries high calcium, it leaves a chalky white line above the water, and once that scale sets no amount of scrubbing takes it off, so bead blasting is the first thing we test rather than the last thing we suggest.
Pool Decks & Hardscape
Pool deck installation in Fontana is a heat problem first and a design problem second, because gray broom-finish concrete at 108 degrees is genuinely unusable barefoot and turns a beautiful pool into something people look at from the patio door. Light travertine, large-format pavers, and cool-deck acrylic overlays all run meaningfully cooler, and choosing one of them changes how many hours a year your pool actually gets used.
Spa & Hot Tub Installation
Spa and hot tub installation in Fontana gives you the half of the year the pool cannot cover, because Inland Empire winters are mild and clear and a spa gets used from October straight through April. A raised gunite spa spilling into the pool is the most common design we build, and constructing it alongside the pool costs far less than adding one later since it shares filtration, heater, gas line, and automation.
Water Features & Tanning Ledges
Tanning ledge and water feature design in Fontana produces the part of the pool people use on a 108-degree afternoon when swimming laps is the last thing on anyone's mind. A tanning ledge, also called a Baja shelf or sun shelf, is a 6 to 12 inch deep platform at one end of the pool, and two bubblers turn it into the most-occupied square footage in the yard.
LED Pool Lighting
LED pool light installation in Fontana replaces a 300 to 500 watt incandescent fixture with one drawing roughly 40 to 70 watts at the same or better output, and the LED lasts several times longer. In a climate where the pool genuinely comes alive after sunset from June through September, the lights run a lot of hours, and at California electricity rates that difference is money rather than marketing.
Pool Automation & Smart Controls
Pool automation in Fontana is what turns your Title 20 variable-speed pump from a legal requirement into an actual saving, because a variable-speed motor only pays back if it runs long and slow rather than short and hard, and nobody manages that with a mechanical timer. A modern controller schedules the pump at the correct RPM for each task, switches valve actuators between pool and spa, fires the heater from your phone, runs the cleaner, and handles the light shows.
Pool Heaters & Heat Pumps
Pool heater installation in Fontana extends an already long season at both ends, because Inland Empire days warm up fast in March and October while the water stubbornly lags twenty degrees behind the air. We install and service natural gas heaters, electric heat pumps, and solar systems, and the choice comes down to whether you want fast heat or cheap heat.
Variable-Speed Pumps & Filtration
Variable-speed pump installation in Fontana is effectively mandatory rather than optional, because California Title 20 appliance efficiency standards require replacement pool pumps above one total horsepower to be variable speed. The good news is that this is one regulation that pays you back, since running long and slow instead of short and hard typically cuts pump energy use by more than half, and with Inland Empire electricity rates and a pool that circulates most of the year that is a real number on a real bill.
Saltwater Chlorination Systems
Saltwater pool conversion in Fontana costs roughly $70 to $100 a year in salt and ends the routine of hauling chlorine jugs home from the store. A saltwater pool is still a chlorine pool, which surprises people, but the cell generates chlorine on site from water sitting at about 3,200 parts per million salt, roughly a tenth the salinity of seawater and about where you stop noticing it.
Pool Leak Detection & Crack Repair
Pool leak detection in Fontana starts with proving there is actually a leak, because an Inland Empire pool loses roughly a third of an inch a day to evaporation in an August heat wave and that is physics rather than plumbing. Losing an inch a day is a leak.
Weekly Pool Cleaning & Maintenance
Weekly pool service in Fontana runs $120 to $260 a month depending on pool size, tree load, and whether filter cleaning and salt cell descaling are included. A proper visit is not a lap with a net: we test and balance, brush walls and the waterline, empty skimmer and pump baskets, check filter pressure against its clean baseline, inspect the equipment pad, and flag anything trending the wrong way.
Green Pool Cleanup & Acid Washing
Green pool cleanup in Fontana usually takes three to seven days of chemical recovery and rarely requires draining the pool, which is exactly how we prefer to handle it. Draining wastes thousands of gallons at California rates, some jurisdictions restrict where that water can go, and an empty shell baking in 108-degree sun can craze a plaster surface in hours, so chemical recovery is both cheaper for you and safer for the pool.
Pool Safety Fences & Covers
Pool safety fence and cover installation in Fontana is a legal requirement in California, not a preference, and understanding the rule before you build saves real grief at final inspection. Since January 2018 the California Swimming Pool Safety Act has required every new residential pool, and every pool undergoing a permitted remodel, to include at least two drowning-prevention features from an approved list.
Commercial Pool Construction & Service
Commercial pool construction and service in Fontana is judged on turnover rates and compliance paperwork long before anyone comments on the tile. California public pools operate under Title 22 with permits and inspections through county environmental health, which means compliant enclosures, VGB anti-entrapment main drain covers, correct turnover for volume and bather load, working flow meters and gauges, accurate signage, and daily chemical logs that hold up when someone actually reads them.
Pool Demolition & Removal
Pool removal in Fontana is a permitted demolition job with two legitimate approaches, and choosing the wrong one costs you either money now or resale value later. A partial fill-in breaks holes through the floor for drainage, collapses the upper walls into the cavity, and backfills with engineered fill placed and compacted in lifts.
What each of our services covers in Fontana
Open any service to see exactly what is included before you call.
Gunite & Shotcrete Pool Construction
Custom gunite pool design and construction in Fontana starts on paper, or more accurately on a screen, because the shape and the layout decide how much of the year the pool actually gets used. We design in 3D first, then build the whole thing in house under C-53 licensing: permits, excavation, rebar, shotcrete, tile, coping, decking, equipment, and plaster startup. Design in this market has specific priorities.
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- custom pool design Inland Empire
- shotcrete pool construction
- concrete pool installation
- freeform and geometric pool shapes
- plunge pools and lap pools
- infinity edge and vanishing edge pools
- raised bond beam and spa spillover
- tanning ledge and Baja shelf construction
- 3D pool design and City of Fontana permits
- cobble and rock excavation
- C-53 licensed pool contractor
Fiberglass Pool Installation
Fiberglass pool installation in Fontana puts water in the ground in three to six weeks instead of the eight to twelve a gunite build needs, and it is a genuinely good fit for the compact, walled backyards that make up most of the Inland Empire's newer tract housing.
The shell arrives molded in one piece, gets craned in, and its nonporous gelcoat resists the calcium scale our hard water leaves on plaster.
On a standard 6,000 to 8,000 square foot lot with a 40-foot-wide backyard, a fiberglass shell with a built-in bench, a tanning ledge, and a compact equipment pad frequently makes more sense than a custom shape, because the yard was never going to accommodate a freeform design anyway.
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- one-piece fiberglass pool shells
- small yard fiberglass pools
- fiberglass plunge pool
- fiberglass pool with tanning ledge
- gelcoat colors and UV resistance
- fiberglass pool crane set
- fiberglass vs gunite pool cost
- fiberglass spa and pool combo
- gelcoat repair and refinishing
- fiberglass pool deck and coping
- fast pool installation timeline
Pool Remodeling & Renovation
Pool remodeling in Fontana typically costs a quarter to half of a new build, because the shell is almost always structurally sound and the expensive excavation was paid for decades ago. What has aged out is the plaster, the tile, the coping, a deck that is too hot to stand on, and equipment that predates every efficiency rule California has passed since. The Inland Empire version of this pool is very recognizable.
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- pool renovation contractor
- 1980s and 1990s pool makeover
- adding a spa to an existing pool
- pool deck replacement and expansion
- saltwater conversion during a remodel
- adding a tanning ledge to an old pool
- pool tile and coping replacement
- raised bond beam and water features
- filling in a deep end
- outdoor kitchen and shade structure
- equipment upgrade during renovation
Pool Resurfacing & Pebble Finishes
Pool resurfacing in Fontana runs $6,000 to $15,000 for most residential pools and buys another 10 to 20 years of interior finish depending on the material. The signal is usually underfoot: when the floor works like sandpaper, when the plaster has gone from white to a mottled gray map, or when the staining no longer responds to anything you brush at it, the surface is finished. Material choice is the real decision, and hard Inland Empire water pushes it.
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- pool replastering
- pebble pool finish
- PebbleTec and mini-pebble interiors
- quartz pool finish
- white plaster resurfacing cost
- pool chip out and re-plaster
- rough pool surface repair
- calcium scale and stain removal
- bond coat and acid wash
- plaster startup and brushing schedule
- pool interior color selection
Waterline Tile & Coping
Waterline tile replacement and coping work in Fontana deals with the band of your pool that hard Inland Empire water attacks hardest. Local supply carries high calcium, it leaves a chalky white line above the water, and once that scale sets no amount of scrubbing takes it off, so bead blasting is the first thing we test rather than the last thing we suggest. Bead blasting strips calcium without destroying the glaze and costs a fraction of retiling.
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- waterline tile installation
- glass mosaic pool tile
- porcelain and ceramic pool tile
- travertine pool coping
- limestone and sandstone coping
- cantilever concrete coping
- bullnose brick coping repair
- calcium and scale removal from tile
- spa spillover tile
- step markers and depth tile
- pool tile bead blasting
Pool Decks & Hardscape
Pool deck installation in Fontana is a heat problem first and a design problem second, because gray broom-finish concrete at 108 degrees is genuinely unusable barefoot and turns a beautiful pool into something people look at from the patio door.
Light travertine, large-format pavers, and cool-deck acrylic overlays all run meaningfully cooler, and choosing one of them changes how many hours a year your pool actually gets used. Cost runs roughly $8 to $15 per square foot installed for plain concrete work in this market, with pavers and natural stone above that depending on material.
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- travertine pool deck
- paver pool deck
- stamped concrete pool deck
- cool deck resurfacing
- pool deck crack repair and sealing
- outdoor kitchen and bar construction
- fire pit and fire feature
- patio cover, pergola and shade structure
- retaining walls and seat walls
- deck drainage and slope correction
- non-slip pool deck finishes
Spa & Hot Tub Installation
Spa and hot tub installation in Fontana gives you the half of the year the pool cannot cover, because Inland Empire winters are mild and clear and a spa gets used from October straight through April.
A raised gunite spa spilling into the pool is the most common design we build, and constructing it alongside the pool costs far less than adding one later since it shares filtration, heater, gas line, and automation.
A typical attached spa runs six to eight therapy jets, a dedicated air blower, an 11 to 18 inch raised bond beam with a tiled face, and a spillway wide enough to look deliberate.
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- gunite spa construction
- raised spa with spillover
- attached pool and spa combo
- standalone hot tub installation
- swim spa installation
- spa jets and blower plumbing
- spa heater and gas line
- spa tile and coping
- hot tub electrical hookup
- spa cover and safety cover
- spa repair and jet replacement
Water Features & Tanning Ledges
Tanning ledge and water feature design in Fontana produces the part of the pool people use on a 108-degree afternoon when swimming laps is the last thing on anyone's mind.
A tanning ledge, also called a Baja shelf or sun shelf, is a 6 to 12 inch deep platform at one end of the pool, and two bubblers turn it into the most-occupied square footage in the yard. In Inland Empire heat this is not a nice extra, it is arguably the most important design decision on the plan.
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- Baja shelf and sun shelf
- bubblers and deck jets
- sheer descent waterfall
- rain curtain water feature
- rock waterfall and grotto
- scupper and pot water features
- laminar jets with LED
- raised bond beam water wall
- swim-up bar construction
- beach entry pool
- pool slide installation
LED Pool Lighting
LED pool light installation in Fontana replaces a 300 to 500 watt incandescent fixture with one drawing roughly 40 to 70 watts at the same or better output, and the LED lasts several times longer. In a climate where the pool genuinely comes alive after sunset from June through September, the lights run a lot of hours, and at California electricity rates that difference is money rather than marketing. Color-changing LEDs are where the enjoyment lives.
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- color changing pool lights
- incandescent to LED conversion
- nicheless LED lights
- spa and water feature lighting
- landscape and deck lighting
- pool light repair and replacement
- GFCI and equipotential bonding
- fiber optic pool lighting
- pool light niche and conduit repair
- low voltage pool lighting
- lighting control and automation
Pool Automation & Smart Controls
Pool automation in Fontana is what turns your Title 20 variable-speed pump from a legal requirement into an actual saving, because a variable-speed motor only pays back if it runs long and slow rather than short and hard, and nobody manages that with a mechanical timer.
A modern controller schedules the pump at the correct RPM for each task, switches valve actuators between pool and spa, fires the heater from your phone, runs the cleaner, and handles the light shows. There is a second reason automation pays here that matters more in the Inland Empire than almost anywhere.
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- Pentair IntelliCenter installation
- Hayward OmniLogic controls
- Jandy iAquaLink system
- smartphone pool control app
- automatic chemical feeders and ORP control
- pH and chlorine dosing automation
- valve actuators and pool spa switching
- automation retrofit for older pools
- variable-speed pump scheduling
- pool light and feature scheduling
- energy cost and off-peak scheduling
Pool Heaters & Heat Pumps
Pool heater installation in Fontana extends an already long season at both ends, because Inland Empire days warm up fast in March and October while the water stubbornly lags twenty degrees behind the air. We install and service natural gas heaters, electric heat pumps, and solar systems, and the choice comes down to whether you want fast heat or cheap heat. Gas is fast.
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- natural gas pool heater
- propane pool heater
- electric heat pump pool heater
- spa heater replacement
- pool heater repair and service
- heater gas line sizing
- solar pool heating
- pool heater BTU sizing
- heat pump COP and efficiency
- solar blanket and heat retention
- Title 24 pool heating requirements
Variable-Speed Pumps & Filtration
Variable-speed pump installation in Fontana is effectively mandatory rather than optional, because California Title 20 appliance efficiency standards require replacement pool pumps above one total horsepower to be variable speed.
The good news is that this is one regulation that pays you back, since running long and slow instead of short and hard typically cuts pump energy use by more than half, and with Inland Empire electricity rates and a pool that circulates most of the year that is a real number on a real bill.
A single-speed pump has one setting and it is wrong for almost everything.
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- pool pump replacement
- Title 20 pump compliance
- single speed to variable speed conversion
- cartridge filter installation
- DE filter installation and grid replacement
- sand filter and media replacement
- pool plumbing and manifold rebuild
- pump motor and seal replacement
- pool filter cleaning service
- turnover rate and flow calculations
- equipment pad rebuild
Saltwater Chlorination Systems
Saltwater pool conversion in Fontana costs roughly $70 to $100 a year in salt and ends the routine of hauling chlorine jugs home from the store.
A saltwater pool is still a chlorine pool, which surprises people, but the cell generates chlorine on site from water sitting at about 3,200 parts per million salt, roughly a tenth the salinity of seawater and about where you stop noticing it.
What you get is softer-feeling water, no stinging eyes, no bleached swimsuits, and a much steadier chlorine level than tabs or liquid produce, which matters on a family pool getting heavy use in July.
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- salt chlorine generator installation
- salt cell replacement
- saltwater pool maintenance
- chlorine to salt conversion cost
- salt cell cleaning and descaling
- salt level and stabilizer balance
- Pentair IntelliChlor and Hayward AquaRite
- saltwater vs chlorine pool
- salt system troubleshooting
- hard water and salt cell scaling
- salt system for pool and spa
Pool Leak Detection & Crack Repair
Pool leak detection in Fontana starts with proving there is actually a leak, because an Inland Empire pool loses roughly a third of an inch a day to evaporation in an August heat wave and that is physics rather than plumbing. Losing an inch a day is a leak. The bucket test settles it in 24 hours: float a bucket of pool water on a step, mark the level inside and outside, come back tomorrow and compare the two drops.
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- pressure testing pool plumbing
- dye testing pool leaks
- gunite shell crack repair
- structural crack epoxy injection
- skimmer crack and throat repair
- pool light conduit leak
- return line and main drain leak repair
- hydrostatic valve replacement
- pool losing water fast
- spa spillover leak
- fiberglass and vinyl leak repair
Weekly Pool Cleaning & Maintenance
Weekly pool service in Fontana runs $120 to $260 a month depending on pool size, tree load, and whether filter cleaning and salt cell descaling are included. A proper visit is not a lap with a net: we test and balance, brush walls and the waterline, empty skimmer and pump baskets, check filter pressure against its clean baseline, inspect the equipment pad, and flag anything trending the wrong way. That last item is the whole value.
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- pool cleaning company
- pool chemical service
- filter cleaning and backwash service
- salt cell cleaning and descaling
- vacation and rental pool service
- Santa Ana wind and ash cleanup
- pool opening and startup service
- monthly pool maintenance plans
- commercial pool route service
- water testing and scale control
- cyanuric acid and stabilizer management
Green Pool Cleanup & Acid Washing
Green pool cleanup in Fontana usually takes three to seven days of chemical recovery and rarely requires draining the pool, which is exactly how we prefer to handle it.
Draining wastes thousands of gallons at California rates, some jurisdictions restrict where that water can go, and an empty shell baking in 108-degree sun can craze a plaster surface in hours, so chemical recovery is both cheaper for you and safer for the pool. The call comes every August and it always sounds the same.
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- algae removal service
- black algae and mustard algae treatment
- pool drain and acid wash
- chlorine wash vs acid wash
- pool stain removal
- calcium and scale removal
- foreclosure and rental pool restoration
- pool shock and clarifier treatment
- filter strip and deep clean
- swamp pool recovery
- wildfire ash and dust storm cleanup
Pool Safety Fences & Covers
Pool safety fence and cover installation in Fontana is a legal requirement in California, not a preference, and understanding the rule before you build saves real grief at final inspection.
Since January 2018 the California Swimming Pool Safety Act has required every new residential pool, and every pool undergoing a permitted remodel, to include at least two drowning-prevention features from an approved list.
That list includes a compliant enclosure isolating the pool from the home, removable mesh fencing meeting the applicable standard, an ASTM F1346 safety cover, exit alarms on doors giving direct access to the pool, self-closing and self-latching devices on those doors, and approved pool alarms.
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- California Swimming Pool Safety Act compliance
- removable mesh pool fence
- self-closing self-latching pool gate
- ASTM F1346 safety cover
- automatic pool cover installation
- solar cover and reel
- pool alarms and door alarms
- child safety pool barrier
- pool net systems
- commercial pool enclosure
- pool barrier inspection and repair
Commercial Pool Construction & Service
Commercial pool construction and service in Fontana is judged on turnover rates and compliance paperwork long before anyone comments on the tile.
California public pools operate under Title 22 with permits and inspections through county environmental health, which means compliant enclosures, VGB anti-entrapment main drain covers, correct turnover for volume and bather load, working flow meters and gauges, accurate signage, and daily chemical logs that hold up when someone actually reads them.
Our CPO-certified technicians run that side properly, because an amenity closed during a 108-degree August costs an apartment community or a hotel far more in complaints, concessions, and reviews than a year of service contract.
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- hotel pool construction
- apartment complex pool service
- HOA and community pool maintenance
- swim school pool service
- commercial pool remodeling
- California Title 22 pool compliance
- VGB anti-entrapment drain covers
- ADA pool lifts and zero entry ramps
- commercial pool inspection prep
- chemical controllers and CPO logs
- splash pad construction
Pool Demolition & Removal
Pool removal in Fontana is a permitted demolition job with two legitimate approaches, and choosing the wrong one costs you either money now or resale value later. A partial fill-in breaks holes through the floor for drainage, collapses the upper walls into the cavity, and backfills with engineered fill placed and compacted in lifts. A full removal hauls out the entire shell, rebar, plumbing, and deck, then backfills and compacts to a specification a soils engineer will certify.
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- swimming pool demolition
- partial pool fill in
- full pool removal and excavation
- abandoned pool fill
- pool removal cost
- backyard restoration after pool removal
- engineered fill and compaction
- pool removal permits
- fiberglass pool removal
- spa and hot tub removal
- soil compaction testing
What Fontana property owners ask us
Which pool services does Fontana Pool Builders handle?
Everything listed on this page, residential and commercial, across Fontana and the Inland Empire. Work is done by our own crews rather than handed to whoever is cheapest that week, which is the only way the workmanship warranty means anything.
Can I combine more than one service in a single job?
Yes, and it is usually cheaper. Bundling pool work into one mobilization saves setup, disposal and travel, and it means one crew, one schedule and one written free estimate instead of three contractors blaming each other.
Do you give free estimates for every service?
Every one. We come out, measure, look at the real condition of the work area, and put an itemized free estimate in writing with materials and scope spelled out. No charge, no deposit, and no obligation to book.
What Fontana Customers Say
The 3D design sold us. They talked us out of a deep end and into a bigger tanning ledge with bubblers, and they were completely right. It is where everyone sits all summer.
Warned us about cobble in the dig before we signed and the excavation landed inside the range they quoted. No change orders, which is not what I expected.
Filled in the old deep end during the remodel and added a shade structure over half the deck. The pool actually gets used in August now instead of just looking nice.
They explained the two safety features the state requires up front and built them in, so final inspection took ten minutes. Pebble finish and travertine coping look great.
Variable speed pump and automation set to run overnight on the off peak rate. The August bill was noticeably lower than the year before and the water is clearer.
Skimmer was cracked and losing water. They pressure tested every line first, opened one small piece of deck, fixed it and patched back cleanly. Straight, honest work.
Service Areas
Fontana Pool Builders serves Fontana, CA and surrounding communities including: