OUR STORY

Two Guys Who Know Pools. Really Know Pools.

Some business partnerships are built on opportunity. Ours was built on something that started long before business ever entered the picture.
As it turns out, the Roberts family had already been part of Daniel's life before he ever picked up a tool. Matt's mother was Daniel's sixth grade English teacher — but it was the following year, in Mr. Roberts' shop class, that something clicked. Daniel spent the next two years in that classroom, and stayed after school for the industrial tech club and competitions that Mr. Roberts ran. Safety first. Do it right the first time. No shortcuts. That's how Mr. Roberts ran his program — and those lessons never left.
Safety first. Do it right the first time. No shortcuts.
Between us, we bring more than 40 years of hands-on pool industry experience to every project. Matt got his start at only 15, picking up part-time work as a pool cleaner. He left to serve six years in the United States Navy, and when he came home he came straight back to the industry. What followed was a career built one skill at a time — from cleaning to repairs, repairs to remodeling, and eventually into construction management and specialist roles at some of Houston's top pool companies. Daniel's path covered over two decades across nearly every corner of the business — from retail and service to construction, and more than a decade in wholesale distribution, before returning to the field focused on complex repairs and remodels. Both have been members of IPSSA (Independent Pool and Spa Service Association) and PHTA (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance) — industry organizations that reflect a shared commitment to doing this right, and ones that brought us into the same rooms long before we ever went into business together.
Right people. Right time. Right purpose.
It was through that world — shared job sites, industry organizations, and a web of mutual contacts — that our paths finally crossed about a decade ago. The Roberts family connection was already there in the background, but it was the industry itself that brought us together. And the more time we spent comparing notes on everything being done wrong out there, the more inevitable the rest became.
40+ Years
Combined Experience
Only One
Authorized Plungie Installer in Greater Houston
Houston Born
& Raised
THE TURNING POINT

We weren't looking for a product.
We found a better way to build.

Between Daniel's years in distribution watching builders cut corners and Matt's time on job sites cleaning up after them, we'd seen just about every way a pool could be built wrong. Poor workmanship. Rushed installs. Projects that looked good on paper and fell apart in the field. Every bad job added to the same slow-burning conclusion: enough is enough. If it's going to be done right, we'll have to do it ourselves.

We were already mapping out our next move when we stumbled on Plungie — and that changed everything.

Plungie is a precast concrete pool — precision-engineered, factory-finished, and ready to install in days, not months. No drawn-out timelines. Just a high-quality pool built the right way from the start. After years of watching so many in the industry get it wrong, we'd finally found a product that got it right. DropIn Oasis Pools was built around it.
Plungie Arena 11'5" round precast concrete pool aerial view showing circular design with LED lighting and dark ecoFinish interior — installed by DropIn Oasis Pools, Houston's authorized Plungie installer.

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