trends! Who: Mike Rodes, part owner of Poolside, based in Traverse City. Seventeen years ago, Mike paired his background in sales with the skills of excavators Eric and Marv Weber, and Poolside was born. Some 300 pools later, installed from Cadillac to the Straits, the team has pool construction down.
What’s hot in pools and spas? Automation. Iphone interfaces and digital LCD displays. Our customers who are in Northern Michigan seasonally want to be able to dial in and turn up the temperature or check other settings. Also, people who live here like the option of turning up the temperature on their spa on their way home from work. Chemical automation is also becoming more popular. You used to only see it in commercial pools, but now we are installing it in residential ones. It’s a mechanized system that is constantly testing the water and keeping it balanced. It’s a time-saver for pool owners. Nobody wants to be dealing with testing the water and adding chemicals everyday. Another new popular product is Ultraviolet Light Bioshields. Pool water passes through the light shield and kills bacteria. Bioshields can reduce how much chlorine you use in the pool by up to 50 percent. 1776 M-37 South, Traverse City
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