Do Not Take Swimming Pool Construction For Granted
So, if you want to put in a pool or remodel an old one-where to start
? Most people think of swimming pool companies, a natural assumption. Swimming pool companies are the people with the skill and expertise to actually build the pool. The construction begins with grading and excavating the site. This phase is followed by installing rebar, or reinforced steel, and the electrical and plumbing work. At this point, the pool is ready for the initial inspection. Once approved, the next step is to spray on gunite, the concrete-like substance that forms the shell of the pool. After it cures, the coping and tile are then installed.
However, to ensure the best final outcome, you should give serious consideration to hiring a general contractor or project designer, like Exterior Worlds, before you even think about the construction phase. As project designers, we are specialists in keeping your custom swimming pool project moving, on track and on budget. Also, through our many years in business, we have developed relationships with the best experts for each particular task, which includes knowing the best swimming pool companies in this area.
We are experts in helping you define the best pool for you and your family. This skill includes developing the right questions and the right answers, such as:
-How best to keep children safe? Perhaps an ornamental iron fence around the pool.
-Will you be using the pool for business and formal entertaining? Maybe an outdoor room, complete with outdoor fireplace and entertainment center, would be enjoyable.
-Do you work long daytime hours and will use the pool mostly at night? If so, Exterior Worlds are experts in landscape lighting.
We are also experts on the codes and regulations in the different cities and neighborhoods of this region. This expertise covers appropriate tree preservation programs to protect the valuable trees on your lot, a skill-set most swimming pool companies do not have. Over the years, we have saved our clients a lot of money in this one aspect alone.
In most of the luxury landscape designs that we work in, the pool is just one element. At Exterior Worlds, we take a turnkey approach to your yard and therefore consider other hardscapes, such as garden structures (to create auxiliary focal points for variety) or pathways (that accentuate the pool as the main focal point).
Some of our clients have a theme for their landscapes, such as a classic landscape design or Mediterranean landscape design, which we take it into consideration when planning the pool. As an example: for the contour of a luxury swimming pool within a classic landscape design, we might suggest an oval or rectangle-in other words, traditional geometric shapes. It acts as a frame for the water and becomes a classic design element itself.
For another idea that is both beautiful and efficient, consider combining the pool with a pool water fountain. It heightens your visual and auditory pleasure of the pool while, at the same time, eliminating some maintenance redundancies of two separate bodies of water.
by: Jeff Halper
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