An aerial view over an Austin hill-country neighborhood — dense live oak canopy with scattered rooftops, wooded hills and cloud along the horizon.

Where we work

The neighborhoods we work

Sullivan's Pool Service covers 13 Austin service areas covering 46 neighborhoods, and 6 metro cities, and Austin is three different places for a pool depending which of them you are in — the ground decides. On limestone the shell sits on rock and stays put, so a deck that has moved is news — but the live oak and Ashe juniper overhead fill skimmer baskets from December through April. On clay the ground moves with the season, which cracks coping, lifts decking and pulls at buried plumbing. Same pool, same equipment, two different weekly jobs.

Beyond Austin

Weekly service also runs out to these eight, across Travis, Williamson and Hays counties. Each has its own page — though the pool figures on the Austin pages come from City of Austin permit records, which do not reach them.

Bee Cave Travis County
Cedar Park Williamson County
Georgetown Williamson County
Leander Williamson County
Pflugerville Travis County
Round Rock Williamson County

The three grounds, and who is on each

Edwards limestone, west of the Balcones Escarpment

Thin soil over rock, steep lots, and a canopy of live oak and Ashe juniper. Decks stay put, but the leaf and pollen load is heavy from December through April and skimmer baskets fill fast.

The escarpment itself — limestone one street, clay the next

This part of Austin straddles the fault zone, so two pools a few blocks apart can sit on completely different ground. What the deck is doing tells you more than the address does.

Blackland Prairie clay, east of the Balcones Escarpment

Deep expansive clay that swells and shrinks with the season. It moves coping, decking and buried plumbing, so a slow loss of water here is worth investigating rather than topping up.

Great Hills

Jollyville

Eckrant · shrink–swell 6.0
29% tree canopy
53% live oak · 28% cedar elm

North Austin

Gracy Farms

Eddy · shrink–swell 1.5
10% tree canopy
16% live oak · 16% other oak

Great Hills

Spicewood

Great Hills · Balcones Woods
Eckrant · shrink–swell 6.0
29% tree canopy
53% live oak · 28% cedar elm

North Austin

North Burnet

Eddy · shrink–swell 1.5
10% tree canopy
16% live oak · 16% other oak

Great Hills

Westover Hills

Eckrant · shrink–swell 6.0
29% tree canopy
53% live oak · 28% cedar elm

North Austin

North Lamar Rundberg

Eddy · shrink–swell 1.5
10% tree canopy
16% live oak · 16% other oak

Crestview

Balcones Woods

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
9% tree canopy
17% other oak · 16% live oak

River Place

Mansfield – River Place

River Place · Long Canyon · Westminster Glen
Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
43% tree canopy
30% pecan · 7% cedar elm

Northwest Hills

Mount Bonnell

Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
31% tree canopy
37% live oak · 13% cedar elm

Crestview

Wooten

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
9% tree canopy
17% other oak · 16% live oak

Northwest Hills

Highland Park West · Mount Bonnell
Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
31% tree canopy
37% live oak · 13% cedar elm

Crestview

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
9% tree canopy
17% other oak · 16% live oak

Crestview

Allandale

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
9% tree canopy
17% other oak · 16% live oak

St. Johns

Highland

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
8% tree canopy
26% live oak · 18% other oak

Crestview

Brentwood

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
9% tree canopy
17% other oak · 16% live oak

St. Johns

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
8% tree canopy
26% live oak · 18% other oak

River Place

Davenport Lake Austin

Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
43% tree canopy
30% pecan · 7% cedar elm

St. Johns

Coronado Hills

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
8% tree canopy
26% live oak · 18% other oak

West Lake Hills

Highland Park

Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
33% tree canopy
29% live oak · 16% cedar elm

Hyde Park

North Loop

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
6% tree canopy
13% live oak · 12% juniper (cedar)

Hyde Park

Triangle State

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
6% tree canopy
13% live oak · 12% juniper (cedar)

Hyde Park

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
6% tree canopy
13% live oak · 12% juniper (cedar)

Tarrytown

Windsor Road

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
20% tree canopy
26% other oak · 20% cedar elm

Hyde Park

Hancock

Oakalla · shrink–swell 3.2
6% tree canopy
13% live oak · 12% juniper (cedar)

West Campus

North University

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
10% tree canopy
32% cedar elm · 13% pecan

Tarrytown

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
20% tree canopy
26% other oak · 20% cedar elm

West Campus

West University

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
10% tree canopy
32% cedar elm · 13% pecan

West Lake Hills

Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
33% tree canopy
29% live oak · 16% cedar elm

Tarrytown

Pemberton Heights

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
20% tree canopy
26% other oak · 20% cedar elm

East Austin

Chestnut

Altoga · shrink–swell 7.5
8% tree canopy
17% pecan · 16% other oak

Tarrytown

Old West Austin

Clarksville · Bryker Woods
Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
20% tree canopy
26% other oak · 20% cedar elm

East Austin

Rosewood

Altoga · shrink–swell 7.5
8% tree canopy
17% pecan · 16% other oak

West Lake Hills

Rollingwood

Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
33% tree canopy
29% live oak · 16% cedar elm

Downtown Austin

Downtown

Rainey Street · Seaholm
Austin · shrink–swell 7.5
13% tree canopy
20% live oak · 12% pecan

East Austin

Central East Austin

Altoga · shrink–swell 7.5
8% tree canopy
17% pecan · 16% other oak

East Austin

Govalle

Altoga · shrink–swell 7.5
8% tree canopy
17% pecan · 16% other oak

East Austin

East Cesar Chavez

Altoga · shrink–swell 7.5
8% tree canopy
17% pecan · 16% other oak

South Austin

Zilker

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

East Austin

Holly

Altoga · shrink–swell 7.5
8% tree canopy
17% pecan · 16% other oak

South Austin

Barton Hills

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

South Austin

Bouldin Creek

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

South Austin

Travis Heights

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

South Austin

South Lamar

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

South Austin

Galindo

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

South Austin

Dawson

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

South Austin

St. Edwards

Eckrant · shrink–swell 4.4
18% tree canopy
22% live oak · 21% juniper (cedar)

Williamson County

Georgetown

Sun City · Wolf Ranch West · Saddlecreek
322 subdivisions
Eckrant · shrink–swell 6.1
9% tree canopy
80% evergreen · 20% deciduous

Williamson County

Leander

Horizon Park · Lakeline Ranch · Bryson
187 subdivisions
Eckrant · shrink–swell 6.1
12% tree canopy
91% evergreen · 9% deciduous

Williamson County

Round Rock

Forest Creek · Sonoma · Chandler Creek
381 subdivisions
Heiden · shrink–swell 17.0
6% tree canopy
67% evergreen · 32% deciduous

Williamson County

Cedar Park

Ranch at Brushy Creek · Buttercup Creek · Forest Oaks
267 subdivisions
Eckrant · shrink–swell 6.1
11% tree canopy
89% evergreen · 11% deciduous

Travis County

Pflugerville

Villages of Hidden Lake · Greenridge · Penley Park
7 subdivisions
Eddy · shrink–swell 1.5
2% tree canopy
73% deciduous · 24% evergreen

Travis County

Bee Cave

Vista Royale · Spillman Ranch
2 subdivisions
Eckrant · shrink–swell 5.1
22% tree canopy
92% evergreen · 8% deciduous

The ground the series mapped across each ZIP

Source: USDA NRCS Soil Survey (SSURGO), Travis County TX453, via Soil Data Access.

The canopy street trees the city has inventoried

Live oak
Cedar elm
Other oak
Pecan
Crape myrtle
Juniper (cedar)
Everything else

Source: City of Austin Tree Inventory (data.austintexas.gov).

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Beyond Austin

The three grounds, and who is on each

Edwards limestone, west of the Balcones Escarpment

The escarpment itself — limestone one street, clay the next

Blackland Prairie clay, east of the Balcones Escarpment

Neighborhood pages, by area

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