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Create A Pool/Spa Blog People Will Actually Read

Do you have a blog for your pool or spa business? If you do, but find that you don’t have a lot of readers, here are several tips that will get people to actually read your ...

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iGarden Debuts in Europe: Redefining Outdoor Living at IFA 2025

iGarden

iGarden makes its European debut with smart, design-forward pool and garden solutions.

iGarden Debuts in Europe: Redefining Outdoor Living at IFA 2025

October 2012 AQUA Choice Winner

Imagine it: the sight of small feet crossing the footbridge, the sound of cries for treasure, the splash of swashbuckling youngsters vanquishing pirates. All it takes is one look at ...

The New Spa Buyer

Few would deny that life is different now than it was before the Great Recession. It was a devastating blow not just to our economy but to our confidence ..

ART Returns to Scottsdale

Artistic Resources and Training (ART), the new educational program for builders created by Mark Holden and David Tisherman, is set for its second outing at the end of this month, September 28-30 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Bullfrog Spas Wins 2012 IDEA Design Award

Where The Wild Things Are

We hear about pool donations all the time for kids with special needs, facilities that cannot afford it, etc. Sun Fiberglass Pools had the opportunity to donate a pool to an ...

Spotlight: Spider Tie Concrete Wall Forming System

The basic structures in this Mediterranean-inspired hotspot appear to be conventional, high-quality concrete work, but the forms for the pool, foundations, buildings, retaining walls and planters found in this project were created using the Spider Tie Concrete Wall Forming System, a product created by residential home construction manager Greg McDonagh. The Spider Tie system is a stackable framework that allows the builder to form and pour a wall of any shape without the use of expensive forms. And according to McDonagh, structural concrete is five times stronger than gunite and 30 percent less expensive.

Reflecting Absence

This past September 11, while spending a few quiet moments contemplating the events of 11 years ago, I couldn’t help but take careful notice of the waterfalls and reflecting pools that now occupy the footprints of the Twin Towers.

Olympic Hot Spring Spa Featured in Award-Winning Seattle Landscape

It’s true: Landscape design is a competitive field. Bring a contest into the mix and put a “best landscape” title at stake, and the competition is fierce. Guild Quality, a consortium of builders, announced Prestige Custom Builders of Seattle as the winners of its Back Yard Contest. And what set Prestige’s landscape apart from the rest? It could have been the Vanguard Hot Spring Spa from Olympic Hot Tub sitting in the backyard.

California's SPEC VGB/Drain Bill Sent to Governor

Last week, a bill sponsored by the California Spa & Pool Industry Education Council passed in both houses of the legislature and was sent to the Governor for his signature. AB 2114, by Assembly Members Smyth and Hill, proposes to update all of the California Health and Safety Codes relative to the construction of swimming pools and spas. The initial goal of the bill was to coordinate SPEC’s work on Title 24 pool building regulations with the statutes governing the construction of public swimming pools and spas.

Why Every Pool Builder Should Embrace Social Media

If your business is not online in a big way, you are missing out on the potential to grow and generate qualified leads.

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Sustainable Landscapes

Several years ago I was attending a class that was part of a Genesis 3 program in Moro Bay, Calif., which focused on designing with Feng Shui. The class was attended by swimming pool builders who for the most part were unfamiliar...

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