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What we build around a pool
• Excavation and site prep — set out, dig, base prep, spoil removal.
• Engineered retaining where levels change or the pool sits into a slope.
• Coping and surrounds — concrete copings, paving, exposed aggregate.
• Decking in Vitex, Kwila, Macrocarpa or pine, cut to the pool line.
• Barriers and balustrades — compliant fencing, frameless glass.
• Equipment box built for the pump, not a lid in the lawn.
• Finishing — planting, pebble, lawn, lighting.
How a pool install runs
Most people are surprised how fast the pool goes in, and how much has to be right before it does.
The pool is collected from the supplier early, usually around 7:30am, and is on site by 8:15. A crane lifts it over the fence into a hole already dug and dimensioned to an engineering drawing supplied weeks earlier. There is no adjusting on the day.
The deck framing and service runs are built before the pool exists.
What costs people money
Three things turn a straightforward pool into an expensive one, and all three are cheap to catch early on.
Stormwater. We locate the existing pipe runs before setting out and keep the excavation a metre clear. Disturbing a line means an engineered fix and often a consent nobody budgeted for.
Access. The crane has to reach — on a tight site that shapes where the pool can go.
Barriers. Easier designed in.
Pools we build around
We are not a pool supplier, and that is deliberate — we build around whatever suits your site, not whatever we happen to sell.
Fibreglass plunge pools come as a single shell and install in a morning, where the ground allows a straight lift. Herne Bay was a fibreglass plunge with concrete copings and timber retaining.
Stainless pools are lighter, opening up sites a heavier shell cannot reach.
Consents and compliance
This is the part most people dread, and the part we take off you.
We manage the engineering and the council consents end to end. We work to the pool manufacturer's own engineering drawings, appoint the barrier specialist and any consultant the job needs, brief them and hold the programme together. They certify their own work; we make sure it is resolved at design stage rather than at inspection time.
That is usually worth more than any line item on a quote.
Where we work
Auckland-wide. Recent pool projects in Herne Bay, One Tree Hill, Meadowbank and Mission Bay, with wider landscape work across Torbay and Point Chevalier.
Common questions
How long does a pool project take?
Most of our projects run four to eight weeks on site. The pool itself goes in during one morning of that.
Do you supply the pool as well?
No. We build everything around it and coordinate with your pool supplier, which means you get the pool that suits your site rather than the one we stock.
Do I need a consent?
It depends on the pool, the site and what changes around it. We work that out before quoting and manage the process if one is needed.
Can you get a pool into a tight site?
Often, yes — it comes down to crane access and what the ground allows. We assess it on the first visit and tell you straight if it will not work.