Pools: Page 63

The Best Swimming Pool Ever?

It was a drink order like you wouldn’t believe — a gin-and-tonic the size of a swimming pool.

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Borates: Once Per Year

Haviland

Once per year, Haviland reminds you that borates help maintain ideal water quality – and only need to be tested and reapplied once per year.

Borates: Once Per Year

How To Manage Customer Expectations During Pool Builds

Customers are so excited to get their new pool that they often overlook the building process — a torn-up backyard, long waits and more. Here's advice on how to keep their expectations in check.

Indoors or Outdoors? A Gorgeous Enclosure Makes Both Possible

You could focus on any number of things in this Colorado poolscape, but of particular interest is the remote-controlled sliding enclosure. Check out the cool photos here.

An Inside Look at a Pool Build from 1963

Last summer, a customer came into Dave Beattie's store with a rare gift: an album of photos from a build the company did in 1963. Here, Beattie shares his memories of the project.

An Innovative Technique to Make Commercial Pool Builds Easier

A builder shares his new option for creating all-tile perimeter overflow details in commercial projects. But first, you have to get your mind in the gutter.

Transform Plain Jane Pools Into Something Extraordinary with Artificial Rock

An overview of the variety of artificial rock and how you can use it on your next project.

The New American Home is All About Water

In this year's New American Home, a project that exemplifies the year's trends in home design, it's water, water everywhere. See photos here.

A Transformative Design

Skip Phillips builds a gorgeous pool in a bucolic setting.

Take a Video Tour of the Egyptian Pool Project

There's an unearthly, ethereal quality to this video meditation on Ryan Hughes' Egyptian pool.

Transforming Design

Sometimes, finding the right design direction requires a fresh set of eyes, explains renowned designer Skip Phillips, owner of Questar Pool in Escondido, Calif., and co-founder of Genesis 3. In this project, Phillips was brought in to design a beautiful, custom swimming pool and spa for an affluent homeowner who was looking for something special, but had yet to find a design that would accentuate the home’s architecture and bucolic setting.

SLIDESHOW: FSPA Design Award winners

Every year, Florida pool builders flock to the FSPA's annual Design Awards competition — check out our slideshow of all the impressive winners.

Cocktail Pool Part II: The Cocktail is Served

After introducing the concept of "Cocktail Design" in a blog post last week, builder Chuck Browning walks us through how to apply the concept to a pool build.

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