Guides from people who build the pools
Written from 35 years of site work rather than from a keyword list. What drives cost, what fails, and the repairs we get called in to make.
Building a pool
Costs, specification, and how to compare contractors who quote very different numbers for the same pool.
Stop believing this about swimming pool construction in the Philippines
Why the shell carries the cost and the risk, and what a cheap quote is really missing.
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Stop comparing commercial pool bids on price alone
Bathing load drives the mechanical design, and the scope that gets trimmed sits underground.
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Stop writing pool specs that name products instead of performance
The four clauses most specifications omit, and why each becomes a variation order.
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Stop hiring the nearest pool contractor in Metro Manila
The ground under your lot matters more than the distance to the contractor's office.
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Stop treating an indoor pool as a pool with a roof
Enclose a pool and you inherit a humidity problem. Why dehumidification and vapour barriers decide it.
Read the guide →Tigilan mo na ang paniniwalang ito tungkol sa pagpapagawa ng swimming pool
Nasa istruktura ang tunay na gastos, hindi sa tiles. Ang dapat mong itanong bago magbayad.
Read the guide →Fixing a pool
Diagnosis before demolition. Leaks, failed surfaces, tired equipment, and builds somebody else walked away from.
Stop re-tiling a pool that has not been diagnosed
Renovation fails from misdiagnosis, not bad workmanship. Separate a plumbing leak from a cracked shell first.
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Stop blaming evaporation for your pool water loss
A free bucket test settles it in three days, and plumbing fails far more often than concrete.
Read the guide →Stop setting new pool tile over an untested surface
Re-tiling and resurfacing are different jobs. Tap the waterline and listen for the hollow sound.
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Stop repairing a pool filter that was always too small
An undersized system cannot be repaired into adequacy, no matter how many parts you replace.
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Stop treating cloudy water as a chlorine problem
Four numbers run your pool, and chlorine is only one of them. What rain changes in a single afternoon.
Read the guide →Stop waiting for a contractor who has already left
How to document, assess, and complete an abandoned pool without inheriting hidden defects.
Read the guide →Tigilan mo na ang pagsisi sa init kapag bumababa ang tubig sa pool
May libreng pagsubok bago ka magpasuri, at kung saan talaga karaniwang lumalabas ang tubig.
Read the guide →Permits and compliance
What the paperwork actually requires, what an amenity pool owes the public, and the costs that arrive every month once the pool is running.
Stop digging before the pool permit is approved
A pool is a structure, so it needs a building permit. When a sanitary permit applies on top of it.
Read the guide →Stop assuming your architect filed the pool permit
What a Metro Manila LGU asks for, who files it, and the omissions that send applications back.
Read the guide →Stop treating your amenity pool as a private pool
A condo or subdivision pool is a public bathing place in law. Permits, daily logs, and what inspectors check.
Read the guide →Stop buying pool safety gear before fixing the drain
The hazards that injure people are built into the structure, not hung on the wall.
Read the guide →Stop budgeting for the build and ignoring the decade after
What a pool costs every month, and why filtration sizing sets that number for its whole life.
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Tigilan mo muna ang paghukay kung wala pang permit
Ano ang kailangang papeles bago magpagawa, sino ang naghahain, at kailan kailangan ng sanitary permit.
Read the guide →Planning or repairing a pool? Talk to the engineering team.
Send the site details and the intended use, and we will come back with a technical assessment and a costed proposal.