Royal Pools by Adams designs and builds custom inground swimming pools for homeowners in the 28 Palms neighborhood of Fremont. We are a Diamond Certified pool construction company based in San Jose, building pools across the Bay Area since 1969. From the first design meeting to your first swim, our five-step process keeps your project on schedule and your yard treated with respect.
28 Palms was developed between 1961 and 1967, and its single-story mid-century homes sit on lots of roughly 5,500 to 6,300 square feet along the palm-lined streets off Blacow Road. That lot size gives most backyards genuine room for a custom pool or a compact pool-and-spa combination, and because many original homes were 1,000 to 1,500 square feet before later additions, yard layouts vary house by house. Our design team measures setbacks, easements, and equipment placement during Step 1 of our five-step process, then handles the City of Fremont building permit in Step 3 so you never touch the paperwork.
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Royal Pools by Adams is part of the Adams Pool Group, a family-run organization that has been building and finishing pools since 1953. Every 28 Palms project is backed by the same leadership team that oversees every Royal pool in the Bay Area.
Owner & CEO, Adams Pool Group
General Manager, Royal Pools by Adams
28 Palms sits in central Fremont, and our crews build throughout the surrounding neighborhoods:
We also serve neighboring cities, including Newark and Milpitas.
Yes. Any pool or spa deeper than 18 inches requires a Building Permit from the City of Fremont’s Community Development Department (Planning, Building and Permit Services). Fremont regulates pools under its own Swimming Pool and Spa Code, Fremont Municipal Code Chapter 15.40, and permit fees are valuation-based under the city’s Master Fee Schedule. Our team handles the entire permit process in Step 3 of our build program, and you can track inspections through Fremont’s online Citizen Access portal.
Under California SB 442, in effect since January 1, 2018, every new residential pool or spa must include at least two of seven approved drowning prevention safety features. Options include an enclosure that isolates the pool from the home, removable mesh fencing with a self-closing and self-latching gate, an approved safety pool cover, exit alarms on doors with direct pool access, a self-latching device set at least 54 inches high on those doors, and a pool water entry alarm. We design two or more of these into every Fremont project so it passes inspection the first time.
In most cases, yes. 28 Palms was developed between 1961 and 1967 with single-story homes on lots of roughly 5,500 to 6,300 square feet, which is generous for central Fremont. Original homes ran 1,000 to 1,500 square feet, so even where owners have added on, most backyards still have room for a mid-size custom pool or a compact pool-and-spa combination. Setbacks and utility easements vary street by street, and resolving them is exactly what our free Step 1 design consultation is for.
28 Palms is served by the Alameda County Water District (ACWD), headquartered at 43885 S Grimmer Blvd in Fremont. ACWD water carries dissolved calcium carbonate, the mineral behind hard-water scale, and hardness varies by neighborhood depending on the district’s water source blend. Calcium levels matter for plaster curing and long-term waterline scaling, so we factor your street’s hardness reading from ACWD’s Water Hardness Map into our start-up chemistry and interior finish recommendations.
As of July 2026 there is no pool-specific rebate listed in ACWD’s Water Savings Center rebate portal. However, California’s Title 24 energy code already requires high-efficiency equipment such as variable-speed pumps on new pool construction, which cuts pump energy use compared with older single-speed pumps. We specify Title 24-compliant equipment on every build, and our team monitors ACWD and PG&E program changes for our clients.
Royal Pools by Adams has built custom pools in the Bay Area since 1969 and holds California contractor license #278052 (C-53 Swimming Pool). We are Diamond Certified and a 2026 SF Gate Best of the Bay winner in the Pools category. Our showroom at 2258 Camden Ave in San Jose is an easy drive from Fremont via I-880, and our five-step process takes every 28 Palms project from design through permits, construction, and your first swim.
Want to sit down with our design team in person? Our San Jose showroom at 2258 Camden Ave is about a 30-minute drive from 28 Palms: take Fremont Blvd to I-880 South, continue onto CA-17 South toward Santa Cruz, then take the Camden Avenue exit. Get directions from 28 Palms →
Part of Our Fremont Service Area
Start with a free design consultation at your home or in our San Jose showroom.
Royal Pools by Adams | 2258 Camden Ave, San Jose, CA 95124 | (408) 371-8000 | Mon-Fri 8am-4pm | CSLB #278052
