Lucas Firmin Blog

Transforming your backyard into a personal oasis involves making a lot of decisions, and opting for a gunite pool is a choice that combines luxury, durability, and customization. This comprehensive planning process for building a gunite pool at your home covers everything from design considerations to construction timelines.

Imagine stepping into a pool and feeling as though you're being embraced by the water, a gentle transition from solid ground to liquid sanctuary. This idyllic vision is what zero-entry pools offer, and they are making a significant splash in the world of pool design. Let’s dive deep into the benefits of a zero-entry gunite pool, exploring how they offer not only aesthetic beauty but also practical advantages for your home and lifestyle.

Adding water features to your gunite pool can add dramatic changes in your pool’s appearance as well as create a calming and appealing ambiance.  The type of water feature you add to your pool is a personal choice based on how you want your pool to feel and function.  Here are four features that we commonly see added when building a pool.  

When it comes to building a residential pool, you have a lot of options.  While some pool companies may limit you to a pre-determined number of selections, this is common for fiberglass pools, custom designed gunite pools offer limitless possibilities.  Your pool builder can create a design that meets your needs.  Here are five different custom pool designs and what they offer.  Of course, these can modified to make your pool unique to suit your taste.

If you’re considering having a pool built at your home, you’ll have a lot options.  Everything from design to landscaping to furniture to additional features can seem overwhelming.  But one of the first decisions to make is the material that you want your pool to be made of.  There are liner pools, fiberglass pools, and gunite pools.  Two of these choices you may be familiar with, you’re also likely familiar with the third, but possibly by a different name; which begs the question, “what is gunite?"