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Visualize your entire new backyard resort—before it’s built
Imagine seeing your fully completed swimming pool, deck, and landscaping in your backyard—without turning over a single shovel of dirt.
You can. Powerful 3-D technology makes it easier than ever to envision your new outdoor space and to more effectively plan out this rewarding, but complex home improvement project.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Spas, Construction, Buyer Tips
—Understanding which popular shape best suits your overall pool design goals
—Part 2 in a 2-part series
In Part 1, we listed key factors to consider before zeroing in on your preferred pool shapes, including how elements of some can factor into construction costs.
Now, let’s take a look at some common pool shapes; one by one, we outline some of the advantages that certain ones have over others.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Construction, Buyer Tips
—Key design and function goals to consider when choosing a shape
—Part 1 in a 2-part series
Building a swimming pool is an exciting outdoor addition for which you will make many design choices. From the pool’s position in your backyard to the color of the interior finish, a number of aesthetic and function-related options await your review. Among the most important ones will be the shape.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Construction, Buyer Tips
Enjoy functionality and style in a private pool designed for fitness
Form & Function: Unlike generic lap pools at public facilities, the design you have custom built for your backyard can have eye-catching features like this towering planter-cascade waterfall, as well as a private hydrotherapy spa.
Swimming laps is an excellent form of exercise that delivers a full-body workout. While you may currently make them part of your fitness routine at a community pool or public facility, you could be doing so more comfortably in your own residential lap pool!
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Spas, Construction, Buyer Tips, Fitness/Exercises, Health & Safety, Health & Lifestyle
How concrete (gunite/shotcrete) pools are built with style to impress and durability to last
—Updated October 16, 2024
When researching information on backyard swimming pools, you will often see the term “gunite pool.”
What is gunite anyway? Is it different from concrete?
And what’s the deal with shotcrete—is that the same as gunite or something else?
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Gunite pool construction, Construction, custom pool design, Buyer Tips
For a fresh take on designing your new swimming pool and patio area, consider a grass lawn for the deck instead of traditional material like stone or concrete. A swath of green extending around your pool can provide a distinct backyard setting along with practical benefits for your lifestyle.
Topics: Backyard Additions, Design / Features, Health/Lifestyle Benefits, Construction, Buyer Tips, Purification, Landscaping
—Updated July 17, 2020
Why waiting until after your pool is complete may be a mistake
Don’t delay that island barbecue! Once construction of a pool and deck is complete, it can be more difficult, stressful, and costly to add features like a built-in grill and achieve your ideal backyard style and function.
Topics: Backyard Additions, outdoor kitchens, Design / Features, Equipment/Technology, Construction, Buyer Tips, Financing
