River Place · Long Canyon · Glenlake

Pool service in River Place

Sullivan’s runs River Place and the canyon neighborhoods around it — Long Canyon, Glenlake, Westminster Glen and Camelot. The neighborhood went in largely as one wave, which means the pools tend to be a similar age and their equipment reaches the end of its life at a similar time. Steep canyon lots and dense cedar also make this the heaviest debris load we deal with anywhere, from December through February.

The ground under River Place

Cow Fork Bull Creek and Turkey Creek run through the canyons this subdivision was built around, and the pools stand at every height above them.

Edwards limestone, west of the Balcones Escarpment. The survey maps Eckrant here.

What that means for a pool

The ground the series mapped across each ZIP

  • 1.5
  • 3.2
  • 4.4
  • 5.1
  • 6.0
  • 7.5

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).

What we see in River Place

Built in one wave, so the equipment ages in one wave — and the winter cedar drop is the worst we service.

The ground under River Place

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 USDA soil survey maps Eckrant across 78730: rock at 20 cm, shrink–swell 5.1. It is the color this ZIP carries on the map above.

Neighborhoods we cover here

Each of these has its own page — the ground, the lot sizes and the trees change street to street, and so does what your pool needs.

Services we run here

River Place — questions people ask

Do you service pools in River Place, Austin?

Yes. River Place is one of the areas Sullivan’s Pool Service covers, and our routes already run through it — River Place, Long Canyon, Glenlake and the streets around them, on a weekly schedule. Because your pool sits on a fixed route with a technician assigned to it, we can usually come back the same week when something breaks.

What should I expect from a pool in River Place?

Built in one wave, so the equipment ages in one wave — and the winter cedar drop is the worst we service. Age is the single best predictor of what any pool needs: under about ten years it is mostly chemistry and cleaning, and past fifteen the pump, heater, salt cell and plaster all start coming due one after another. Knowing which of those is closest is most of what a good weekly service gives you.

What ground is River Place built on, and why does it matter for a pool?

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.

Pool service in River Place?

We are in River Place most weeks. Tell us the pool and we will quote it.