POINTERS ON HOW TO SELECT A GOOD SWIMMING POOL BUILDER You only get one chance—unless you're rich, that is—to have a private swimming pool built outside your home. So you better make it good. Make sure you work with only the best swimming pool builder company in your area. Here are some tips on how to select a good swimming pool builder: Find a pool builder and review its website You can find almost anything on the Internet—world news, services, companies, even pool builders. Chances are you don't want a pool builder whose website looks like it was made by a kid learning HTML for the first time. A good, reputable pool builder maintains a website that speaks for itself. Look for sample works, styles and designs from the company's previous projects; you might just find what you're looking for in a pool builder company in those pictures. Make sure the staffs are CSP certified, or Certified Service Professional Pool service companies aren't designated with this award. But the National Spa & Pool Institute trains and tests pool technicians and awards them with the certificate for their good work. The CSP also serves as pr Write everything down Don't get fooled by a friendly representative. Don't take their word for it. Don't sell out! Write everything down. If the company representative offers you anything that could affect the construction and warranty of the pool, write it down on paper. Visit the company's showroom or office A company is only as good as its employees, and this is your chance to see things yourself. Do the employees look professional and knowledgeable? You could be working with these people tomorrow. And if anything goes wrong, these same folks will be handling the issue. Try and talk to some of them to get a feel of how it is to work with them. These tips should be enough for anyone to find a pool builder company that is worth their money and trust.