Design - Build

Many homeowners underestimate the cost of a pool build. Here are a few key strategies that can help your clients adjust to making a major purchase.

The future of pool illumination may belong to induction-powered lights that eliminate the problems of electric current around the pool.

Identifying the most profitable products led this dealer to double down on replacement liners.

This backyard has a pool and surrounding landscape that is all about fun, fantasy and hobbits.

In less than two years, new federal regulations will eliminate many of the pool pumps sold today.

Tanning shelves carry significant implications for pool design and function. But they also come with a surprising list of specific decisions and a handful of technical challenges. Here's your guide.

Shade structures offer the protection homeowners need to utilize their outdoor spaces year-round.

Long Island designer/builder Steve Kenny describes a catastrophic project failure and the lengths required to regain a firm footing.

A pool builder explains how he achieves structurally sound, above-grade concrete walls.

Prefabricated custom spas provide the highest functions of hydrotherapy, wellness and experience.

A remote location and extreme conditions produce an epic tale of construction.

Welcome to Pool Builder Blunders, a new series examining common construction missteps, omissions and mistakes.

The key to avoiding a lawsuit, and all the costs and frustration that go with it, is to first understand the nature of conflict and what leads to it in the first place.

Kebony is a strong hardwood that has the convenience of composite material.

Here's what to keep in mind when expanding your offerings to address the entire backyard experience.

Some municipalities are prohibiting natural gas lines in new construction — what does it mean for the future of pool heating?

This is not a vinyl over step; it is an acrylic, printed step matching the Blue Diffusions liner pattern.

Fiberglass pools are growing, partly because they offer efficiencies in scheduling and labor allocation.

Drainage is a critical but often overlooked element of the pool and landscape construction process. Luckily, problems due to lack of drainage are entirely preventable.

Despite the temptation to reuse rebound to reduce shotcrete installation costs, doing so is always the wrong choice.

A new law went into effect in California that reclassified hundreds of thousands of contract laborers and employees, leaving industry insiders divided.

A good employee retention rate depends on seeing the job from an employee’s perspective.

Routinely informing customers of their control options, and many other technical upgrades, is a great market strategy.

The transition period between when a pool is finished and when it’s handed over to the customer is an important time. Here are tips to go about the handoff the right way and put new pool owners at ease.

This age-old concrete-installation practice is a classic blunder that should be forever abandoned.

In preparation for the 2021 new pump regulations, learn how to successfully sell variable speed pumps.

The limitations of aboveground pools prompted these builders to look to inground and semi-inground pools as a solution.

All swimming pool equipment that contains metal should be bonded.

Builders see a rise in renovation requests, as homeowners redirect their vacation budget to the backyard.

Learn the benefi ts of replacing Fiberstars systems with LED lights.