Pool Replastering in Lampasas, Texas
Killeen Pool Resurfacing offers pool replastering in Lampasas, Texas, the Lampasas County seat on Sulphur Creek where U.S. Highways 183, 281 and 190 meet. Plaster wears out on no fixed clock: the National Plasterers Council rates standard white plaster a "5 to 8 year surface" in its finish comparison, yet its FAQ page allows up to 20 years when the plaster gets proper care.
The 2020 Census counted 7,291 people in Lampasas, and the Census Bureau estimates 7,988 for July 1, 2025. From Hancock Springs Park to the 580 Sports Complex, a free estimate covers taking off the old coat, the new plaster and a refill that fits the City's Water Conservation Plan.
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Pool replastering and the age of Lampasas homes
A 1970 median year built
Lampasas had 3,280 housing units at the 2020 Census: 2,974 occupied and 306 standing vacant. For Lampasas, the 2020–2024 American Community Survey puts the median year of construction at 1970. Owners live in 1,825 of the 2,873 occupied homes it counts (63.5%); the median home is valued at $198,800, median household income is $67,229, and 8.7% of homes sit in buildings with five or more units.
How long a plaster coat lasts
Published lifespans don't agree. The National Plasterers Council calls standard white plaster "the tried and true pool and spa surface finish," hard-troweled smooth and the economical choice, and gives it 5 to 8 years in one comparison but as many as 20, well cared for, in another. Universal White Cement, a white cement maker, expects white cement plaster to routinely deliver 15 to 20 years of service when the materials are good, the application sound and the water care decent, and likens plaster life to a three-legged stool: materials, application and water environment.
The Council also calls white plaster a relatively "soft" finish, more susceptible to water chemistry than some newer products, and expects its look to change as it ages: perhaps only slight shading or scaling, or, at the extreme, pronounced staining, etching, cracking or delamination. Bond coats, finish choices and the whole job are set out on our pool replastering page.
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Get free estimatesHancock Springs and a health-resort town
Mineral springs on Sulphur Creek
Indigenous peoples made yearly pilgrimages to the Hancock mineral springs, which the Aguayo expedition is believed to have come across in 1721 on its way to East Texas. In November 1853 Moses Hughes and his ailing wife, Hannah, reached the springs, later called Gooch Springs and then Hancock Springs. Word of her cure by the spring waters drew others, who lived for a time in tents and wagons along Sulphur Creek.
The railroad, the Park Hotel and Panther Park
The Texas legislature created Lampasas County on February 1, 1856, named the town of Burleson its seat and renamed it Lampasas, and the city incorporated on April 21, 1873. In 1882 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway made Lampasas its western terminus; the town became a trading center for West Texas, and its population "soared to an estimated 3,500." Tourists had discovered the mineral springs by then, and that year a syndicate of railroad officials built the Park Hotel near Hancock Springs, turning Lampasas into a health resort.
Fort Hood later "greatly affected the city's economy." During World War II Hancock Park served troops as a recreation center, known for a while as Panther Park after the Tank Destroyer Center's symbol, and after the war it helped draw visitors for hunting, fishing, boating, an annual rodeo and historical festivals. The population peaked at 7,682 in 1978 and stood at 6,786 in 2000.
Draining and refilling under the Water Conservation Plan
Five stages and two pool rules
The City's Water Conservation page says Lampasas "is in Stage 1 of the Water Conservation Plan as of April 11, 2025," the mildest of the plan's five response stages. At Stage 2, a Moderate Water Shortage, water may be used to fill, refill or add to indoor or outdoor swimming pools, wading pools or Jacuzzi-type pools only on designated watering days, and then only before 10:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. At Stage 4, Critical, filling or topping up those pools is prohibited outright, and the ban holds through Stage 5, Emergency.
Those hours matter because a new plaster coat wants its water all at once. The National Plasterers Council says that once the fill starts it should run continuously and as fast as possible until the water reaches the middle of the skimmer; a stop can leave a discolored "bowl ring" where the water paused, and a long one can add shrinkage cracks above that line. It also asks for a clean cloth on the end of the hose, laid at the deepest point, and for at least 24 inches of water at the deep end as a cushion when a water truck is used. Ask the City's Public Works department which stage is in force before the old plaster comes off.
Published prices, drain to refill
Typical Killeen-area pricing reported in 2021 put white-plaster resurfacing at $4.73 to $6.10 per square foot, $5.42 on average, a labor figure covering draining, sandblasting and preparing the surface, basic white plaster, smoothing and acid-washing, and the refill, but not tile, deck refinishing or other repairs. National averages reported in 2025 price draining and cleaning a pool before resurfacing at $600 to $650, and refilling it at $40 to $400 from a garden hose or $400 to $2,000 by water delivery. The figures are published averages; Killeen Pool Resurfacing sets a price for a Lampasas pool only after seeing it.
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Get free estimatesMore pool work along U.S. Highway 190
Replastering is one job among several we take on in Lampasas: a quartz, pebble or glass bead surface, fiberglass refinishing, a painted pool, a new vinyl liner, tile at the waterline, new coping, a resurfaced deck, and fixes for cracks, skimmers and leaks, at homes and at apartment, HOA and commercial pools.
TxDOT's designation for U.S. Highway 190 runs through Temple, Belton, Killeen and Lampasas on its way to Brady. Kempner, at the junction of U.S. 190 and Ranch Road 2313 in southeastern Lampasas County, has a page on fiberglass pool repair and resurfacing in Kempner. Copperas Cove, at U.S. 190 and Farm Road 116, eventually stretched its city limits southwest into Lampasas County; its page covers commercial and residential pool replastering in Copperas Cove.
A Lampasas replaster from estimate to refill
See the old plaster
At a free estimate we'll check the old coat for hollow spots, look at the waterline tile and every fitting, and compare white plaster with the other finishes.
Check the stage with Public Works
Ask the City which stage of its Water Conservation Plan is in force, because Stage 2 limits pool filling to designated watering days and set hours, and Stage 4 bans it.
Ask Building and Planning
Take the job to the City's Building and Planning Department, whose Construction Permit Application must be filled in completely before it is processed.
Undercut at the tile and fittings
On a resurfacing job, SGM's installation manual cuts the old plaster back 2 inches from every tile and fitting, to a depth of 3/8 inch.
Fill right after final set
The National Plasterers Council wants traditional hard-troweled white plaster with no modifiers filled as soon as possible once it reaches final set, and the plastering company usually starts the water when its work is done.
Keep the plaster underwater
Once the pool is full, the Council wants the finish to stay fully underwater for its service life, apart from limited servicing or repair, to avoid more shrinkage cracking or the finish debonding.
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Does replastering a pool need a permit in Lampasas?
The City's own words don't say. Under Section 18-1 of its Code of Ordinances, Lampasas has adopted the 2021 International Building, Fire, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, Residential, Property Maintenance, Energy Conservation and Existing Building Codes, a list that doesn't name the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code. Its Construction Permit Application, handled at 312 E. 3rd Street, offers only "Residential" and "Commercial" job types and has no swimming pool line; the minimum plan list for homes includes an "Other Project" entry that asks for drawings or measurements as needed. Ask the Building and Planning Department whether a replaster needs a permit before work is booked.
Where does Lampasas get its tap water?
From Stillhouse Hollow Lake. The City's Quality Reports page says, "Our water source is the Central Texas Water Supply Corporation, which treats surface water from Stillhouse Hollow Lake." Its wholesale contract gives the City a capacity of 4.84 million gallons a day, though using all of it would require an upgrade to the Kempner Water System. A groundwater study in 2024 found future use "expensive with many unknowns regarding quality and capacity," and named the Ellenburger-San Saba as the preferred aquifer if groundwater is ever added. No hardness figure for the City's water was available for this page, so Killeen Pool Resurfacing will go over testing the fill water at the free estimate.
Is the pool at Hancock Springs Park spring-fed?
Yes. The City lists Hancock Springs Park, at 1600 281 South, as a 3.0-acre community park open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., built around a "Spring-Fed, Free-Flow Swimming Pool," with a Hostess House multi-purpose room, a playground, a picnic area and a volleyball court. The City's other parks include the 580 Sports Complex, Campbell Park and the Hanna Springs Sculpture Garden, Cooper Spring Nature Park, Sue Ann Park and W.M. Brook Park.
Request a free pool replastering estimate in Lampasas
Killeen Pool Resurfacing takes Lampasas calls and estimate requests any time of day or night, weekends included, from Sulphur Creek to the 580 Sports Complex.