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Servicing High-End Pools, Part 4

Posted on August 5, 2019 by PoolPro

Hydraulics: The systems that bring pools to lifeBy Andrew Lisa The spillover edges, waterfalls and other goodies that lend luxury to infinity pools and other exotic builds wouldn’t be possible without powerful and precise hydraulic systems. Those systems — like everything else — require maintenance and service, but they’re complex,

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Servicing High-End Pools

Posted on June 10, 2019 by PoolPro

Part 3 of 5: Caring for finishes depends on materialBy Andrew Lisa It’s not an exaggeration to say great pools demand a lot from their finishes. Pumps and plumbing have to work well but don’t have to look good. Aesthetic amenities have to look good — and not much else.

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Servicing High-End Pools — Water Care

Posted on April 8, 2019 by PoolPro

Part 2 of 5: Luxury water careBy Andrew Lisa Steve Kenny says you can only achieve and maintain luxury water if you treat every pool as an individual. “I’m working on a pool right now in Montauk,” Kenny says of the famous shore town on the easternmost tip of Long

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Servicing High-End Pools — Automation

Posted on January 2, 2019 by PoolPro

When to leave automation to the prosBy Andrew Lisa Paolo Benedetti knows that today’s high-end automation equipment is far too complicated for pool service providers to maintain on their own. “It’s getting so bloody complex that even the builders are relying on a series of dedicated experts to provide the

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The Art of Estimation

Posted on October 30, 2018 by PoolPro

Ensuring new build and remodel estimates are on target By Keith Loria Undoubtedly, in the first minutes of conversation a pool builder has with a prospect, two questions will arise: “How long will it take?” and “What will it cost?” And though most can answer these quickly, they need to

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