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Swimming Pool Entry Steps: Designing for Extra Fun, Utility and Beauty

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Jun 11, 2022 3:29:32 PM

—Surprising ways this essential feature can enhance your gunite pool & spa—with photos

When homeowners plan a new gunite swimming pool, they usually don’t think of its entry steps as a “fun feature” or decorative element.

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Topics: swimming pool photos, pool construction, swimming pool plans, Beach entry pool, pool photos, custom pool design, custom pool ideas, tanning ledges

What is Swimming Pool Coping? A Photo-filled Guide

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Oct 9, 2021 7:15:58 PM

—A basic overview of coping purposes, why it matters, and your material options

When planning a new gunite swimming pool or remodeling an existing one, one choice you’ll make is the type of coping to trim the pool & spa perimeter.
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Topics: Design / Features, Gunite pool construction, swimming pool remodeling, pool photos, pool decking, decking

Elevated Swimming Pools: 7 Stunning Designs Built High Off the Ground

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Apr 11, 2020 8:00:00 AM

—Masterful custom projects that take aquatic style to new heights

One of the most challenging and visually dramatic types of swimming pools is an elevated pool. This concrete (gunite/shotcrete) creation is not only built completely out of the ground, it stands soaring high above it.

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Topics: Design / Features, pool buyer tips, Swimming pool costs, Gunite pool construction, negative-edge pool, zero-edge pool, pool photos, custom pool design, custom pool ideas, swimming pool construction problems, pool builder

What is a rim flow spa on a custom swimming pool? (with design photos)

Posted by Blue Haven Pools & Spas on Mar 14, 2020 11:46:57 PM

—Learn about and view examples of this exciting gunite pool feature

Rim flow spas—also called mirror spas, full-perimeter spas, and 360-degree overflow spas—represent a dramatic style of elevated custom spa with specially configured exposed tile- or stone-covered walls that allow the water inside to sleekly run over the spa’s entire perimeter into the swimming pool below.

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Topics: custom spas, Design / Features, Gunite pool construction, pool photos, pool decking, custom pool design, Buyer Tips, custom pool ideas, pool builder

   

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