Swimming Pool Design Services
At CAD Drafters, we offer complete swimming pool design services that combine aesthetics with construction specifications. Whether it’s a backyard pool with a luxurious backyard, an attractive resort-style water feature, or a public aquatic facility, our team is ready to take your ideas and design them to construction-ready precision. As designers, the expectation is for our designs and drawings to not only meet client expectations but also incorporate building codes and safety standards, effectively removing any potential obstacles that may arise while transitioning from design to construction.
Engineered for Precision
Our pool designs integrate high-tech CAD tools to guarantee the size, shape, water flow, and structural safety are as engineered. Every drawing is evaluated against local codes and engineering practices.
Customized for Every Situation
Whether it’s a tight residential courtyard or a sprawling resort environment, our pool designs are tailored for terrain, climate, and intended usage, allowing for both value and beauty.
Comprehensive Drafting Support
We offer complete design support, including concept sketches, visualizations, filtration system designs, plumbing diagrams, and construction-ready plans, making it easy to go from concept to built.
Why Homeowners, Contractors, and Architects Trust Our Swimming Pool Design Services
CAD Drafters has more than 30 years of experience creating accurate, code-compliant, and aesthetically pleasing designs for swimming pools for residential, commercial, and hospitality projects all over the world. You might have a rooftop pool, a lavish backyard pool retreat, or even a large resort-style lagoon pool. We make our clients’ water dreams a reality with comprehensive plans that are well-thought-out to embody safety, durability, and usability into every design.
CAD Drafters, drafting professionals, utilize top-of-the-line design software, including AutoCAD, Revit, and SketchUp, to deliver complete pool layouts, section views, mechanical and plumbing drawings, filtration systems, lighting x-positions, as well as 3D models and renderings. Each design is customized specifically for your site, use, and environmental context while complying with zoning codes and safety regulations (state, provincial, or national).
We are much more than another design vendor at CAD Drafters; we are your partner! With a team of more than 200 designers, along with our global delivery model, we provide responsive communications, scalable support, and superior quality designs that simplify the approval process, ease construction, and improve project outcomes from blueprint through to build.
Expert Swimming Pool Design Services
Whether you’re developing a lavish backyard pool, a resort-style water feature, or a community aquatic center, our team of professional designers and CAD drafters collaborates with architects, builders, and owners to produce functional, safe, and aesthetically pleasing pool design documents. Utilizing the latest in AutoCAD, Revit, and 3D rendering programs, we ensure your project is complete and meets all codes, looks good, and will stand the test of time.
Custom Residential Pool Design
We design custom residential swimming pools that are conditioned by your landscape, architecture, and individual style. From infinity to plunge pools, we prepare a comprehensive set of construction drawings and 3D models so you can visualize how your dream pool will connect to your site.
Commercial Pool Layouts
For hotels, resorts, and recreation centers, we provide complete commercial swimming pool layouts that meet all safety, accessibility, and spatial requirements. We consider high-volume usage, circulation patterns, maintenance keying, and user access for our designs.
Hydraulic & Plumbing Schematics
Proper water flow and filtration are essential for all pools. We prepare hydraulic plans, plumbing schematics, and pipe diagrams with accurate detailing to yield efficient water circulation and energy efficiency while adhering to all health and safety regulations.
Structural Pool Engineering Support
In conjunction with structural engineers, we identify, delineate, and provide drawings for the important pool structural components such as wall reinforcing steel, slab, and waterproofing details. These drawings help eliminate assumptions in the construction phase and ensure structural stability.
3D Pool Rendering & Visualization
We help facilitate the visualization of pool design ideas with fully immersive 3D renders and walk-throughs that give clients a look and feel for the project, including but not limited to: lighting installation, landscaping installation, water feature integration,n and material surface textures. This helps clients make informed design choices with confidence before constructing the project.
Permit & Regulatory Drawings
We provide clients with the necessary details for permit approval, including plans, elevations, and cross-sections that correspond to and comply with their local code & zoning requirements. This allows for maximized reasonable time frames for the approvals and fewer chances of delay, leading to costly outcomes.
Pool Renovation & Redesign Services
Whether it is a renovation of an existing and deteriorated or outdated pool or a redesign of an existing and underutilized pool water feature, our redesign services will modernize the look, function, and safety features, installation and general operating efficiency, while integrating and retaining overall core infrastructure where possible.
Spa & Hot Tub Integration
We design spa & hot tub elements that become seamlessly integrated with the intended pool system. These features may exactly match the pool as an overflow pool integrated design, or they may be a self-contained system. We will highlight the mechanical compatibility and aesthetic fluidity of each of the water elements combined.
Deck Designs & Landscaping Planning
We do more than just provide great pool layouts, we design decks, patios and landscaping that can complement the pool design. From the details on material choices and spatial layouts, these plans enhance usability and flow.
Lighting & Water Feature Planning
We provide pool lighting plans and can custom design any water feature from fountains to waterfalls to enhance your pool area in both aesthetic and utility terms. These features always model that we provide detailed draft with specs for ease of construction.
Public Pool & Community Pool Designs
There are also special considerations required for public or community use such as ADA compliance, safety railings, splash zones, and signage. We have a detailed planning process and will deliver complete plans to accommodate greater numbers of varied users and to meet local authority requirements.
Maintenance Designs & Mechanical Room
Every pool requires a mechanical area, we will draft layouts detailing the machinery as efficiently as possible for pump room and filtration uses so that we can make best use of space and the user can make the pool safer to maintain. We also coordinate all layouts with plumbing and electrical work to coordinate and implement the work.
Sample CAD Works
CAD Drafting Project & Sample
Land Scaping
Shop Drawing
Plumbing Sample
Mechanical Sample
Flexible Freelance Swimming Pool Design Services to Support Your Projects On-Demand
Are you looking for flexible, expert-level assistance with your next pool project? CAD Drafters is the answer. We provide freelance swimming pool design services to architects, contractors, homeowners, and design firms. From small residential pools to large commercial aquatic facilities, our freelance drafters add crucial, specialized assistance with nimble turnaround and full technical documentation delivered without the overhead of additional in-office employees.
Seamless support, when you need it
Our freelance pool designers work on a per-project or hourly basis, allowing you the flexibility to expand your available drafter support when you are busy. We work collaboratively and remotely providing you 2D CAD drawings, 3D pool visualizations, hydraulic drawings, or permitting documents. Whether you are at a rush on detailed drawings or are trying to develop technical documents from a rough sketch, we can help you with reliable quality every time.
Expertise without Overheads
Choosing CAD Drafters' freelance pool designers means employing seasoned industry veterans who have experience with local codes, use pool engineering principles to drive designs, and understand practical workflows. We have old-hat experience with residential, commercial, and custom water feature designs, and our freelance designers can help you whether they work independently or with your internal teams, with designs ready to be sent for review, permitting, and build execution.
Trusted Clients
How We Turn Your Vision Into Efficient Architectural Drafts: Our 9-Step Process
- Project Consultation and Requirements Gathering
- Initial Conceptual Sketches and Ideas
- Schematic Design Development
- Client Review and Feedback
- Detailed Drafting and Documentation
- Quality Control and Compliance Checks
- Revision and Final Approval
- Permit-Ready Document Preparation
- Delivery and Ongoing Support
Customer Reviews
Why Choose CAD Drafters for Swimming Pool Design Services?
When it comes to swimming pool design, CAD Drafters excels in our depth of knowledge, attention to detail, and the fact that we are client focused. CAD Drafters has experienced architectural and engineering drafters, CAD Drafters is not a pool company. When designing and drafting a pool, there are many structural considerations, as well as when taking into account the aesthetics or safety aspects that are incorporated in order to make a functional and beautiful pool. Whether your design intent is for a residential in-ground swimming pool, a commercial resort style pool, or a custom built spa feature, our experienced drafters produce accurate 2D plans or 3D model representations of your pool design that align with your design idea and meet your jurisdiction’s local by-laws for design approval. Choosing CAD Drafters is choosing a company that values quality, timeliness, and collaborative working relationships, which helps move your pool project through the phases of design and construction in a seamless way.
Industries We Serve with Expert Architectural Drafting Services
Residential Housing
Commercial Builders
Hospitality and Hotels
Mixed-Use Development
Industrial Facilities
Institutional Projects
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of swim pools do you design?
We design various swim pools from land pools to roof pools, infinity pools, lap pools, plunge pools, spas, and commercial pool facilities. We can take on both residential and commercial pool design projects.
Does your process include 2D drawings and 3D renderings?
Yes, we create detailed 2D construction drawings and can offer 3D visualizations on an on-demand basis. These visualizations help to bridge the gap between the final design phase and help ensure testing, construction, and approvals happen as required.
Can you design pools that meet building codes and safety regulations?
Absolutely. Our drafters are from across multiple disciplines and are accustomed to working with international codes and local codes, including ADA compliance and pool safety codes. We will provide you with a design that is in compliance so your pool can be permitted and built properly.
How long does it take to receive the final design?
Timing will vary according to the complexity of the job. Many swim pool designs are provided within 3–10 business days to you. We also offer expedited services if you are in a hurry.
Can you work with my architect or landscape designer?
Yes. We often work with architects and landscape designers, builders and engineers to ensure that the pool design integrates with the project and matches the aesthetic style.