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What a plunge pool project includes
• Site assessment, set-out and drawings before anything is built.
• Base work — excavation where there is any, compacted base, reinforced slab or piles.
• Decking in Kwila, Vitex, Macrocarpa or pine, cut to the pool line.
• Coping, paving and exposed concrete where the deck stops.
• Barriers and balustrades where the job calls for them.
• Equipment box built for the pump, with a lid you can lift.
• Fencing, gates and boundary work.
• Power coordinated with our electrician, lawn and soil prep.
Above ground, partly in, or fully in
Three jobs, three answers.
At Mission Bay the pool sits fully above ground on a reinforced slab built to deck height, and the deck was finished before the pool arrived. At One Tree Hill it is partly in — excavation stopped at volcanic rock a metre down, and the deck picks up the rest. At Herne Bay the shell went fully in, lifted over the house on a winch.
Same kind of object each time; the ground decides the rest.
What decides which one your site gets
Access first. A shell that can be carried in by hand reaches sites a crane cannot — the Mission Bay pool came off a flatbed and down the driveway in the crew's arms.
Then the ground: rock, services and water tell you how far down you can go and what it costs to try. Then levels, because the pool has to meet your deck and your door thresholds.
Barrier height follows from all three, and it is cheapest decided early.
The pools we build around
We are not a pool supplier — we build around what suits your site.
The stainless shells are corrugated 316 with an insulated wall and a vinyl liner, light enough to hand-carry. The fibreglass ones are self-supporting mouldings that go in, on, or partly into the ground.
Both come from The Pool Distributor, who handle delivery and plumbing while we handle the ground and everything built around it.
Barriers and consents
Every pool needs a barrier; not every pool needs a new fence.
At Mission Bay the shell stands 1,210 mm above the deck with no permanent access to the rim, so there the pool wall is the barrier and nothing separate was consented. At One Tree Hill it is frameless glass, consented separately and certified by the specialist who installed it.
Which applies to your site is settled before we quote. We appoint and brief the specialists; they certify their own work.
Where we work
Auckland-wide. Recent plunge pools in Mission Bay, One Tree Hill and Herne Bay, with decks, fencing and concrete work across the rest of Auckland.
Common questions
Do you supply the pool?
No. We build everything around it and work alongside your supplier, so you get the pool that suits your site rather than the one we stock.
Can a plunge pool go above ground?
Yes — the shells stand on their own, and we have built them fully above, partly in and fully in the ground.
Does it need a consent?
The pool may not; the barrier usually does. We work that out before quoting and manage the process.
How long does it take?
Three to six weeks on site for most plunge pool projects, depending on how much deck, fencing and concrete goes around it.
Can you get one into a tight site?
Often, yes — and we say so straight away if it will not work.