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…
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 –…
A Creative Way to Make an Infinity Edge Beautiful and Functional
You may think that the infinity edge feature is reserved for the pools you see sitting atop a fancy hotel in Los Angeles where the water appears to run right over the edge. Or maybe you’ve enjoyed a pool with this feature while on vacation where the infinity edge appeared to drop off into another…
Benefits of Having a Sun Deck or Tanning Ledge in Your Gunite Swimming Pool
You may hear them referred to as a sun deck or a tanning ledge. No matter what you choose to call this trendy pool feature that’s being incorporated into more and more pool designs, one thing is for certain – you’re going to love the benefits it provides! In all of our years of building custom…
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…
3 Things Aquavisions Does Differently Than Most Pool Companies
When someone asks, “What does Aquavisions do?” the simple answer is we build custom gunite swimming pools. But is that all we do? Not even close! It’s a little (a lot) more complex than that. Why? Because so much goes into a custom swimming pool – and it all starts with having a relationship with…
The Process for Building a Custom Gunite Swimming Pool
Within a few moments of describing the process for building a custom gunite swimming pool, you’ll quickly realize that this is very different from the process of installing a fiberglass or vinyl liner pool. Foremost, a gunite swimming pool is fully customizable. Rarely will two pools be the same –…
The Best Time to Design Your Custom Pool is Now: Here's Why
A common question people ask is when is the best time to begin the design process for their custom swimming pool. The answer is most always “right now.” It’s not a sales line, it’s the truth. The design process can take longer than most people anticipate, mostly because you don’t know exactly what…
Tips to Keeping Your Pool Looking Nicer Longer
For pool owners, you might feel like designing and building your pool was the biggest part of the process. However, the ongoing maintenance for your pool must be a consideration, if you wish to get the most life out of your investment. Pool maintenance doesn’t have to consume your schedule. Rather,…