Gas, Electric, and Solar: A Breakdown of Your Pool Heating Options
The ability to heat a swimming pool drastically expands the seasons in which you can use a pool, especially in areas that aren’t warm year-round. Many of our pool owners will start swimming well before Memorial Day and long after Labor Day, sometimes putting off closing their pools until October…
What You Need to Know About Building an Indoor Pool
When a homeowner wants to build an indoor pool (especially in the Northeast), it’s often so that they can enjoy it year-round. And that might be a good reason to do it, especially if the client is a competitive swimmer or training enthusiast. Other times, it is for health or therapy reasons…
Expert Advice on Closing Your Swimming Pool for the Season
EOnce Labor Day has passed, the weather begins to cool and the leaves start to fall, pool owners naturally begin to think about when they plan to close their pool for the winter season. There are many questions surrounding this process including when is the best time to close a pool, and what pool…
10 Myths About Custom Gunite Swimming Pools - Debunked!
1Once you decide you want something, like the convenience and luxury of having your own swimming pool, there are few things that can hold you back. Many of these things prove to be myths or misconceptions once you pull back the curtain and learn the truth. This is exactly what we’re going…
Are You Ready to Be a Pool Owner? Here's What You Should Consider.
AIf there was a single, most important question everyone should ask themselves before starting to build a swimming pool it is “Am I ready to be a pool owner?” In case your initial answer to this question is “I don’t know. What will it require of me?” then let us help by breaking this…
5 Unexpected Benefits of Having Your Own Swimming Pool
5When thinking about the many reasons for wanting to build your own swimming pool, a few easily rise to the top. You want an easy way to keep cool in the summer, it is great entertainment for kids (of all ages!), you enjoy being outside, you want to feel like you’re on vacation all season long –…
How to Pick the Right Finishes for Your Custom Gunite Swimming Pool
When building a custom gunite swimming pool, you have so many options available to you to truly make it a pool customized to your exact wants. Size and shape are just the beginning! You will get to choose what features you want to include, like built in seating, ledges, steps, fire features,…
Opening Day: Tips to Prepare Your Pool for the Swim Season
OWe can finally say with certainty – warmer days are ahead of us! This means that pool owners will soon be enjoying fun and sun in the water for many months to come. But to get to that moment, you must first accomplish the very important step of properly preparing your pool for the swim season.……
4 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Your Swimming Pool
It’s hard to imagine that there are truly “bad” swimming pool trends or designs that could offset the luxury and convenience (not to mention fun!) of owning your own swimming pool. And in our experience, there are not that many at all! We live by the philosophy of “to each their own.” That’s the…
What’s the Right Swimming Pool Design for My Backyard?
When designing a custom gunite swimming pool, there are few limitations to what you can create. Everything can truly be customized to what you want. However, there are several factors that will impact what design will work best for your space. Foremost the size and shape of your pool will depend…