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—Learn the benefits of portable manufactured models compared with custom concrete spas
Part 1: Portable Hot Tubs
Few activities are more relaxing than settling into a warm, bubbly spa at the end of a hard day. Along with the health benefits of unwinding mind and body in heated, swirling water, a spa can make an excellent spot for entertaining friends and family. Depending on the type you choose, a spa can boost the visual appeal of your backyard as well.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Health/Lifestyle Benefits, Equipment/Technology, Spas, Construction, Buyer Tips, Maintenance
—5 key backyard factors to consider for future pool construction
Buying a home with an existing swimming pool may be just the type of real estate purchase you want for your lifestyle.
But here’s what sometimes happens in this kind of scenario: You and your family have your hearts set on a private aquatic retreat; you find the perfect house—the one with the big kitchen you want, a spot for your fantasy man cave, and the top-notch school district for your kids.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Construction, Buyer Tips
—Get any design for any yard and style preference with a gunite/shotcrete pool
Choices, choices, choices! With concrete pools built using gunite or shotcrete material, options for your new pool’s design and overall configuration cross the full spectrum.
While you have two other options for a residential inground pool—fiberglass or vinyl liner—the concrete one rises above the pack. Whether composing a pool in a classic rectangle or Roman, an organic form with soft curves, or a modern silhouette with sharp angles—concrete delivers on all fronts.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Spas, Construction, Buyer Tips
Fall and winter weather bring increased rainfall, and if that water collects and concentrates in your backyard, it can wreak havoc on your swimming pool and surrounding deck and patio. Avoid a backyard mess by having proper drainage strategies in place.
Toward this goal, one key tactic is a roof with functioning rain gutters that funnel run-off rainwater away from your pool, deck, and other vulnerable spots in your backyard.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Equipment/Technology, Maintenance
Evaluating factors that help determine the ideal amount of decking for your backyard
A new swimming pool and deck can serve as the foundation for a beautiful backyard resort where your family and friends come together for relaxing, dining, socializing, and overall healthy living.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Construction, Buyer Tips, Backyard Entertaining
—Before building begins, carefully evaluate these fundamental choices
When embarking on any big home improvement project, you face a number of design decisions over factors that bear greatly on the final result.
Particularly for complex additions—like a new backyard pool—it’s common for homeowners to change their mind over plan details. Worse, some realize too late that their design fails on some fronts to meet their family’s needs and preferences.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Spas, Construction, Buyer Tips
—Enjoy superb beauty, performance, and durability
Used in a variety of residential and commercial applications, concrete pavers are a great material to add beauty and durability to your backyard deck and pool area.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Construction, Buyer Tips
