Pool Perfection
Pretty plants and grasses can be mixed into the pool deck area to soften the hardscape and manage drainage quite attractively. Photo courtesy of Moss Landscaping.
REINVENTING AN EXISTING POOL REQUIRES PROPER PLANNING AND A CAPABLE CONTRACTOR Age, wear and tear, weather extremes and other factors can take their toll on a backyard pool. How has your pool endured? From a minor touch up to an extreme makeover, the possibilities for fixing up an existing pool are almost endless, but seeing those possibilities become a happy realities requires experienced professionals who will get it done right.
We asked several local pool construction and renovation experts for their advice on making over a lackluster pool. Here’s what those experienced pros had to say. OPTIONS FOR UPGRADES
A beach entry area located near a well-equipped pergola is great for social gatherings. Photo courtesy of Creative Pool Designs. 38
An existing pool can benefit from sprucing up the surfaces, as well as many functional and visual upgrades. “The improvements can be as simple as resurfacing the pool interior and/or changing the tile and coping,” says Jo Anne Cronin, owner of Creative Pool Designs. She suggests owners may also consider adding decking or changing the material, from, say basic concrete to flagstone. Note that flagstone coping is not recommended with saltwater pool systems, because of the porous nature of flagstone. While most existing pool interior surfaces are plaster—the industry standard for years—pebble-based surfacing, such as Pebble-Tec is gaining
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