Posted by Josh Bush on Mon, Jun 21, 2010 @ 08:30 PM
Rock in most areas can be expected when looking at the surrounding areas by a knowledgable pool installer. The main thing with the rock issue is to be prepared for worst case senerio, so your budget will not be maxed out. As a pool installer, you never know the extent of rock until you actually start the excavation of the hole because not a rock is the same and some may be broken out in layers and others have to be hammered out with a machine. We at Earl's Pools of Alabama try to educate our customers before hand of the expenses that can be associated with hitting rock during excavation, and on most occasions the customer is told to expect anywhere between two and four thousand dollars at worst case. Please enjoy the installation video to better understand the process involved with dealing with rock during installation.
Installation video of Riviera 34' while hitting rock in the process.
Posted by Josh Bush on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 @ 04:07 PM
People have never been to enthusiastic about keeping up their pools or water chemistry. They love to swim and entertain but hate to maintain them. That's one thing that is so good about fiberglass pools.
- Fiberglass pools are not pourous so you aren't running that pool pump nonstop to feed more chemicals to the pool for sanitizing the water, since you aren't losing those chemicals through the side walls like you would in vinyl liner and gunite pools.
- With the slick side walls but textured bottoms it is much harder for algea to form in the pool, which is much different than the abrasive surfaces of gunite pools.
- With salt systems now on all the pools that we install it keeps the pool maintenance down even that much more.
Being a pool builder I never seem to have time for my own pool maintenance. Fiberglass pools have made this problem not a problem at all, because I hardly ever have to do anything to my pool. A good cleaner and salt system eliminates almost all of my pool maintenace. With the beautiful colors that Leisure Pools has to offer with their patented Aquagaurd Gelcoats, the top of the industry, I can own or install pools that are not only easy to maintain but are beautiful to admire. The Leisure pools that we offer also have an unsurpased fixed 35 year structural warranty.
Thanks,
Lynn Bush, owner
Posted by Josh Bush on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 @ 07:57 AM
Earl's Pools prides itself as a family owned business in providing the best quality fiberglass pool manufactured as well as our very own in-house service department to fully meet the needs of our customers. Customer satisfaction is held in highest regards for our company.
- We install Leisure fiberglass pools, which is an Australian based company that is light years ahead of the fiberglass pool manufacturers here in the United States.
- The Australian pool market is about 60% fiberglass pools, but here in the United States it is about 15%.
- Leisure pools all come in color, which have their patented aquagaurd gelcoat, that has an unmatched 15 year surface warranty and a 35 year structural warranty.
We have installed an array of pools by different manufactures here in the United States including: Viking, Ocean Reef, and Sun pools. In the past three years we have exclusively installed Leisure fiberglass pools. The difference speaks for itself, so to offer the best fiberglass pool manufactured for our customer we only install Leisure. All of the other pools that we installed offered a limited lifetime warranty that is only good in Alabama by law for 7 years.
The cost of installing a fiberglass pool ranges from $20,000 to $40,000 on all of the sizes produced by Leisure. Our base prices include salt chlorinators, lights, slate look cantilever coping, and an automatic cleaner. Also with our fiberglass pools we offer and specialize in customization of waterfeatures, decking, retainer wall, and anything you can possible want. Our average job with electrical, fence, and everything you need to start swimming is around $40,000 to $46,000.
When you look at your investment of a pool you are basically now vacationing at your own house. Your family will enjoy recreational activities, host parties, and enjoy quality family time in the busy pace of everyday life. With the fiberglass pools that we offer, and being the easiest maintenance pool there is, you won't be spending a lot of your time working but instead relaxing. Save those travel expenses and time to spend time where it matters with family.
Posted by Josh Bush on Wed, Mar 24, 2010 @ 05:24 PM
This year we had the pleasure to attend the 2010 Leisure Pools dealer conference held in New Braunfels, TX. It was a weekend filled with touring the super plant, seeing new products and construction ideas, and networking with other fiberglass pool dealers. We knew we would be in store for alot of information on how to make our business better, but we had no idea to what effect. What we took away from that weekend was far more valuable than mere brochures or techniques on how to construct a tanning ledge on a fiberglass pool. We got some tools to operate more efficiently, and a fresh vision on where Earl's Pools could be this time next year. We are excited for what's to come, here's to a productive 2010. Here are some pics.
Posted by Josh Bush on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 @ 08:11 PM
To all of our loyal customers and those looking for a pool dealer that focuses on the satisfaction of the customer, our new facility should be open soon. Thank you for your patience while we restructure to enhance our abilities to better serve you. Our new facility will be located off of I-65, between the Shelby County Airport exit and the Calera (wal-mart) exit. We have purchased over five acres of property, as we plan to use this area to display and stock our Leisure fiberglass pools. With our changes we are going to be focusing on the installation of the best fiberglass pools produced, which is a Leisure pool, and the service and maintenance side of the pool market. As a family owned business we pride ourselves in providing the highest quality of workmanship and customer satisfaction possible, which we have done throughout our thirty years of experience. As summer approaches fast, let us make your backyard that paradise you have always wanted or if you may have a pool our service team will be more than happy to come by and make sure your equipment and pool are in proper working order after this frigid winter we just experienced. We will continue to create blogs with information, pricing, and different answers to questions that you our customer often ask.
Thank you and God Bless,
Lynn and Josh Bush - owners