Swimming pool designs and your outdoor area

With myriad swimming pool designs available, it can be somewhat time consuming trying to figure out which one would best suit your backyard, so we caught up with Darryl Walters to discover not only a brief history of pool design, but also the trends you should look out for.

What do you enjoy about your job?

I'm the owner of the company and have been for 27 years. I enjoy the challenge of running the business and the satisfaction of meeting our clients' needs. Our company designs and constructs pools, so we can run the whole project from start to finish.

What changes have you seen in the swimming pool industry over the decades?

I think people are prepared to spend more money on their pools because the homes being built these days tend to be more expensive. People are doing much better landscaping around their homes now, and the swimming pool has to complement that – the two go hand in hand.

Are there advances on the traditional pool design?

These days swimming pools are being built on very difficult sites, where you've got a disappearing horizon on a pool, or overflows and wet edges. As land becomes more valuable, more difficult sites are being developed. So we're finding we do more tight accesses and more structural pools.

What is a structural pool?

These are robust pools with added reinforcements. You find them sitting on cliffs and the sides of hills.

How have you managed to keep up with these changes?

As the industry changes, you grow with it because your basic knowledge is already there. If you've always built good-quality pools, you'll naturally stay at the forefront of it all.

Where do you do most of your work?

We're based in Sydney and we build all over the metropolitan area as well as in the country. There are many more bigger and better pools being built in country areas. A lot of retirees are moving down south – they've got substantial homes down there and they want pools to match.

Discover the best swimming pool design for your home by talking with a pool builder in your area today: