Burleigh Pools: Your Handbook for Building a Pool in your Home

Posted by Burleigh Pools on March 17th, 2020

The top reasons of building a pool in your home are to enjoy with family, swimming is the best excercise, and for show-off.

For Young families, the backyard pool is the best. Kids would love jumping in their own pools to splash around.

A Luxurious Modern Home needs a well-designed pool to highlight your tastes and sense of design.

Pool Design:

Before the pool work, the exact kind of pool and its features must be taken into consideration. Burleigh Pools in Burleigh Heads can assist you with any kind of pool design that you have in your mind or they after accesing your porperty shall suggest the best suited pool in accordance to your requirements and budget.

Fibreglass Pool or an In-Ground Concrete Pool?

For its longevity and customisation nature, concrete has always been a premium pool construction material.  Though fibreglass pools are are low at cost, they are pre-made and not customisable.

Concrete is the superior option for the following reasons:

•  Fully customizable
•  Structurally sound
•  Limitless sizes and configurations
•  classy when compared to fiberglass
•  Local government’s choice

Fibreglass pools looks cheap but faces many issues such as voids forming around the pool walls and shape deformation resulting in structural failure.

Adding Spa?

Cost of the pool can be increased by adding a Spa.  It’s not necessary, If the pool is for exercise or family fun.  If you want to entertain and host parties, then you can benefit greatly from Spa.

Having a Small Property….

A well-designed pool should include allocated space and position, keeping in mind the remaining outdoor space used year-round.

Grassy areas for children and animals should be available for year-round entertainment. Importance of al fresco entertainment areas be kept in mind to protect from sun and keep you warm during winter.

Basic Pool Design Rules are:

•  Build your pool and surround to occupy 25% of the available area.
•  Ensure the pool surrounds occupy an area of 50% of the pool surface area.

Tiling the Pool Fully?

Nearly every commercial pool in Australia is fully tiled. They are more durable, smoother, less chemically reactive and colorfast. If they are uncovered under your budget, we fit waterline tiles and fine pebble interiors where required. But the quality and look of the tiles is well worth it.

Depth of the Pool:

It’s very tricky to set a water depth in a pool. Striking the balance could be difficult as diving into a shallow water is a massive risk.

The Building Process:

The start of the building process is always choosing a pool builder.

Some key steps are:

•  References:  Request the details and visit the people who have had similar contracted work done to view the finished product in order to inspect finer details such as tile finishes.

•  Insurance:   Ask for detailed insurance to know about any unknown liabilities.

•  Payment and Cost Structure: Find out about the price you will pay upfront, and when the rest will be due.  If its more than 66% early in the process, then its better to look elsewhere.

•  Quoting:   Ask the builder to come to site before quoting. Phone quotes are to be avoided. A good buyer will only quote once the envisaged works have been talked out, confirmed and surveyed.

However, you can take these into consideration prior quoting - purpose, size, layout and placement of the pool.

•  Feel Comfortable:  You should feel comfortable with the builder you select as you work closely with them throughout the project.

Burleigh Pools are best Builders of Top-Quality Pools and Spas. They design swimming pools and Spas which suits any space or site. All your Swimming Pool and Spa needs can be fulfilled by their team on the Gold Coast and NSW Northern Rivers. Know more about Burleigh Pools by visiting their website.