Bakersfield Pool Builders provides professional pool automation & controls in Bakersfield, CA for residential and commercial properties across Kern County. Pool automation ties the pump, heater, salt cell, valve actuators, lights, and water features into one panel with an app on top, so the pump schedule, the spa changeover, the light color, and the waterfall all happen on a timer or a tap. In Kern County there are two specific reasons it pays for itself faster than the brochure claims, and neither is convenience. The first is time-of-use electricity rates. California utility plans price afternoon and early-evening power far above overnight power, and a pool pump is a large, entirely schedulable load. Automation lets us push the bulk of the filtration run into cheap hours and drop the pump to minimum speed through the expensive block, automatically, every day, without anyone thinking about it. On a valley pool that runs long hours through a hot season, that scheduling is worth real money annually. The second is heat. Running the pump and a water feature overnight is the most effective way to cool a pool that has spent the week in triple-digit sun, and it only actually happens if it is automated. We install and program complete systems and replace the old mechanical time-clock setups still running most pools in town. Chemical automation is the next tier and is worth more in this climate than most. An ORP and pH controller measures continuously and doses acid or trims salt cell output to hold a setpoint, which matters because hot water and heavy bather load drive chlorine demand up unpredictably in summer, and hard valley fill water makes pH drift constantly. On commercial pools it is close to mandatory. A typical retrofit includes new valve actuators, a lighting and feature relay, temperature sensors, and a clean rebuild of the pad wiring, which on an older Bakersfield pool is frequently the real problem underneath everything else.
With 15+ years of experience, our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — gunite and shotcrete shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, travertine and flagstone coping, Title 24 variable-speed pumps, oversized cartridge and DE filtration, saltwater chlorine generators — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve Bakersfield and nearby communities including Delano, Oildale, Ridgecrest, Wasco.
What We Handle
Everything our pool automation & controls in Bakersfield covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of pool automation & controls work in Bakersfield, CA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- pool automation installation
- smart pool controls
- app-based pool control
- automated valve actuators
- chemical automation and ORP control
- automatic pH dosing
- pool control panel upgrade
- spa changeover automation
- time-of-use pump scheduling
- wireless pool remote
- pool timer replacement
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our Bakersfield services.
Materials, equipment and how we do pool automation & controls
The difference between pool automation & controls that lasts and pool automation & controls that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with gunite and shotcrete shells, PebbleTec and polished quartz interiors, travertine and flagstone coping, Title 24 variable-speed pumps, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every Bakersfield job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of pool work in Kern County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do pool automation & controls outside Bakersfield
Bakersfield Pool Builders covers Bakersfield and the surrounding communities of Kern County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Pool Automation & Controls in Delano, CA — Kern County, population 51,400
- Pool Automation & Controls in Oildale, CA — Kern County, population 36,100
- Pool Automation & Controls in Ridgecrest, CA — Kern County, population 28,000
- Pool Automation & Controls in Wasco, CA — Kern County, population 27,000
- Pool Automation & Controls in Shafter, CA — Kern County, population 19,950
- Pool Automation & Controls in Arvin, CA — Kern County, population 19,500
Start on the Bakersfield Pool Builders homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why Bakersfield Chooses Bakersfield Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building pools across Kern County, valley floor to Tehachapi
- ✓Filtration and circulation sized for valley dust and 110-degree summers
- ✓Residential and commercial, from backyard gunite pools to motel and HOA amenities
- ✓In-house crews from excavation through start-up, not rotating subcontractors
Every pool automation & controls project in Bakersfield gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free pool automation & controls free estimate in Bakersfield, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.