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 Bridge to Everywhere
With renovations becoming a larger piece of the total pool market, it only makes sense that pool builders would team up with landscape professionals to take them on.
On this renovation project, the design team expected to do a simple facelift for an oversized and dated kidney-shaped pool. But when they showed their customers all the possibilities, the homeowners were amazed — and expanded the project. See how the team transformed this pool into something more fitting for the higher-end home.
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MOD Design Tip
  What great design concept are you working on?
“We’ve been incorporating more aviaries and turtle habitats in our backyard designs. People are starting to bring wildlife into their backyard.”
How does it work?
“They’re both fairly simple. The aviaries are screened-in structures. We’re currently designing our largest one — it’s 30-feet-by-15-feet. We’re building a solid-roof arbor and putting the aviary right next to it. It has a pitched roof that’s all screened in. Any aviary has to fit in with the whole flow — it can’t block a view or be an eyesore. On this project, the pool is vertical in the yard and the aviary is behind that, so it draws your eye toward it.
“Our turtle habitats are more of a lattice structure, because turtles need some shade. Usually we put about 75-percent shade on a portion of it and leave part open. The turtles have to be enclosed with a block structure, and you need about a 12-inch footing so they can’t dig out. We don’t use a lot of plants, but when you do, you have to be careful with what you choose because turtles will chew things. Usually, we just put in some dead tree branches and bury them so it looks natural. We also did one that had cactus and a pond, and the turtles liked to go under the rocks to keep cool.”
— Mindy Humphrey, designer; and Jeff Kearns, president; Wildwood Aquatech Pools Inc., Fresno, Calif.
Pool & Spa News Masters of Design Winner – 2009, Concrete Pools; 2003, Waterfeatures
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Retail Tips
Social Networking Done Right
 Retailers large and small have learned that social media such as Facebook can positively impact their marketing efforts. If done wrong, however, they also carry pitfalls.
Follow these four tips when establishing your professional presence on online social networking sites.
— For more information on taking best advantage of social media outlets, see Face Your Customers in the 1.29.2010 issue of Pool & Spa News.
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Trade Show News
Community Corner / Social Media Sites
Want to expand your social networking opportunities? Check out the Community Corner Page provided by the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo. This page is dedicated to building the International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo community into the largest online gathering of backyard enthusiasts. You will find links to several online communities where you can connect with other attendees, share ideas and network together.
 Exhibits: Nov. 3-5, 2010
Conference: Oct. 31-Nov. 5, 2010
Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
972.536.6350
www.PoolSpaPatio.com | info@PoolSpaPatio.com
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Industry Takes Aim at Controversial Health Care Provision
