When building custom pools in Arizona, especially an infinity pool, you need to be sure you hire a qualified contractor. Also called vanishing edge or zero edge, infinity pools are not your normal run-of-the-mill swimming pool. They require special expertise and experience. For more information about Custom Pools in Arizona, visit http://www.CreativeEnvironments.com/.

1. Custom Pools in Arizona
Do Your Due Diligence When Building an
Infinity Pool!
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2. Custom Pools in Arizona
• Infinity pools require special expertise and
experience
• Contractors who have experience in building
custom pool is not enough. Infinity pools have
unique characteristics that requires
experience gained in installing numerous
infinity pools
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3. Custom Pools in Arizona
Why Experience Matters
• Experienced builders of custom pools may
very well build good infinity pool for the first
time. But why be a guinea pig?
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4. Custom Pools in Arizona
How to Evaluate a Builder of Custom Pools in
Arizona
•Visit contractors completed infinity pools and
evaluate contractor’s work:
– Water should flow evenly across infinity edge
– Check pump size and make sure it matches size of
the pool. Rule of thumb, use one horsepower
pump for any weir wall 25 feet or less in length
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5. Custom Pools in Arizona
How to Evaluate a Builder of Custom Pools in
Arizona
– Check front and back of weir wall for cracks,
discoloration or any imperfections
– Check all joints where the pool meets the patio.
Separation between pool and patio indicates
serious settling problem
– Examine plaster in collection trough for cracks and
deformities
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6. Custom Pools in Arizona
• Do your due diligence. Many well qualified
contractors build excellent custom pools, but
may not be the best choice for infinity pool
• Play it safe, work with contractor that has not
only track record with custom pools, but has
built many infinity pools. Make sure company
has shown you one or two of them
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7. Custom Pools in Arizona
About the Author
•Jim Lucas is vice president of design at Creative
Environments, the largest and most respected
landscape and pool design company in Arizona
since 1950. For more information about
Custom Pools in Arizona, visit
http://www.CreativeEnvironments.com/.
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