In some cases, simply designating portions of the project as secondary consideration or phases will easily establish the importance of each. In other cases, the construction practicalities and the efficiency economics may necessitate the sequence of events.

In drafting an outlined framework for both the proposed construction events and their individual sequence priorities, assistance should be sought by those who are most familiar with the process.

Listing of the Elements of design considerations

Low-Voltage Deck Lighting

We can design a lighting system for your outdoor living environment that will provide you with an extension of usability, enhancements to the landscape architectural design forms and an expansion of your functional usage of space. Low-voltage deck lighting can involve several styles and types of lighting fixture considerations.

Is your backyard hard to navigate at night? Landscape lighting can provide your family with effective and safe navigation around your property.

In selecting low voltage lighting fixtures it is important to keep in mind that the main objective is to provide illuminating contributions to the landscape’s function zones and architecturally relevant features. See some of our swimming pool construction for examples of low-voltage landscape lighting. Here is an example of a great classical home, improved at night with low-voltage landscape lighting.

In selecting landscape lighting fixtures, consider the light’s illuminating pattern and bulb strength intensity before deciding on the aesthetic appeal of the physical characteristics of any single fixture. Although the style of a fixture’s appearance can become an attribute to the appeal of the hardscape characteristics, keep in mind that the objective is to compliment the subtle illusions that proper low-voltage lighting can provide.

To exaggerate the focus of a yard, low-voltage lighting can be used to bring out and focus on one part of the garden. When this is done, your centerpiece can become a fountain, structure, pool, flora or other hardscape features.

In preparing to build our Custom Spas we measure our client’s body contours in order to anatomically configure the seating conformities to the positions of realization that truly define the term “customized“. Our therapeutic Power Jets can be positioned at multiple body pressure point locations (upper back, mid-back, lower back, calf and feet) providing you an “in-body” experience that will melt away the aches and pains of your day to day over exertions.

We make available a variety of several interchangeable power jet spa nozzles that allow for the distribution of concentrated or dispersed massaging water streams that deliver on a promise to relax your whole body! These features combined with our proprietary internally plumbed manifolds can provide forced air at the touch of a button and or can deliver operationally adjustable volumes of water dedicated to a specific jet return. These custom features are our standards at providing our clients with a truly manageable relaxation environment.

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Sample Spa Sizes

Palm trees lit up by low voltage landscape lighting

Low-Voltage Deck Lighting

We can design a system for your outdoor living environment that will provide you with an extension of usability, enhancements to the architectural design forms and an expansion of your functional usage of space. Low voltage deck lighting can involve several styles and types of lighting fixture considerations.

Path Lighting

Here's a hardscape illuminated through path lighting. Never get lost in the dark backyard again!

In selecting low voltage lighting fixtures it is important to keep in mind that the main objective is to provide illuminating contributions to the landscape’s function zones and architecturally relevant features. See some of our swimming pool construction for examples of low-voltage landscape lighting. Here is a classical home, improved by night with low-voltage landscape lighting:

Low voltage lighting is a very effective form of illumination.

In selecting landscape lighting fixtures, consider the light’s illuminating pattern and bulb strength intensity before deciding on the aesthetic appeal of the physical characteristics of any single fixture. Although the style of a fixture’s appearance can become an attribute to the appeal of the hardscape characteristics, keep in mind that the objective is to compliment the subtle illusions that proper low-voltage lighting can provide.

Foliage Lighting

An example front yard and trees with low voltage home lighting. Bring your house to life at night!

Direct Illumination

To exaggerate the focus of a yard, low-voltage lighting can be used to bring out and focus on one part of the garden. When this is done, your centerpiece can become a fountain, structure, pool, flora or other hardscape features.

Example of plant illuminated with down lighting.

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After installation, we do a sample saturation test to see how successful the installation is.

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Finally, a water conscious backyard that saves money, water and your time for maintenance.

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Passion for one’s profession…

We believe that passion for one’s profession goes hand and hand with promoting the recognition for a higher competence in a given craft.
In observing those you choose to solicit and ultimately perform the work, it is wise to measure a perspective performer’s motivations and reasoning for such a pursuit. If it is purely a profit driven endeavor, the passion would be purely the revenue stream that your project represents. If you gravitate towards a true craftsman, the motivations become a internal fire that burns within that type of individual performer and the money, although important plays a secondary role.

Historically many of our clients through the exhibits of our expressed passion have gain insight for our competence in performing each element of the work scope.

Additionally only a few in-ground pool builders offer after care for what they create. Our willingness and desire to continue the relationship over the life of a well built swimming pool or masterpiece Outdoor Living Environment should exemplify a stronger commitment for what we build. In choosing to extend our services to include swimming pool service and or pool maintenance, we believe a connection with our clients is established to our Sacramento “style” construction.

We have designed and built many swimming pools in Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Lincoln, Loomis, Newcastle, Penryn, Auburn, Cool, and in Sacramento County, Folsom, Orangevale, Fair Oaks, Citrus Heights, the city of Sacramento and in El Dorado Hills, Latrobe, Shingle Springs, Cameron Park, and many others areas and we have aided many people’s enjoyment while living outdoors “Sacramento Style” almost all year long.

Taking advantage of the wonderful backyard opportunities involving new swimming pool, landscape renovations and other elements including:

• Waterfalls

• Water Features

• Koi Ponds

• Vanishing Edge Swimming Pools

• Infinity Edge Swimming Pools

• Caribbean Shelf Swimming Pools

• Beach Entry Swimming Pools

• Cabo Shelf Swimming Pools

• Built-in Spas

• Portable Spas

These are all part of the many, many possibilities in Designing and Building Swimming Pools that can aid your enjoyment and extend your outdoor family life.

An individual approach generally conflicts with a cookie cutter approach to production sales. Cookie cutter’s style to approaches are designed to streamline sales and production while squeezing your pool into their framework of the
least for the most!

Smoke and Mirrors…

Production sales approaches, often capture greater market share on the perception of a lower price. The reality is that the price you are getting will include a five to ten percent sales commission for the salesperson, plus as much as fifteen to twenty percent minimum profit margin required by the production builder. This can consume as much 35% of your pool-building budget before you ever get started!

Builders Vs Sellers…

This scenario often forces the production builder to solicit pricing from an array of sub-contractors competing for pieces of your pie. In such an environment, each sub-contractor must be low bidder in order to secure the work. Therefore, he/she certainly can’t make you the beneficiary of a more sophisticated approach when lowest pricing defines the limits of intentions.

It is your choice to benefit from a fully anticipated approach to the construction of your Swimming Pool or hope someone can fulfill a less defined commitment with 65% of your pool budget. It is your obligation to discover where your dollars are being applied and your responsibility to hold your Contractor accountable.

Our clients are required to be involved and therefore, as informed consumers they will take a little more time to become familiar with the choices and consequences of those decisions. We guide you into excellent, informed decisions.

If we are to meet your expectations then those expectations will require identification. A pool design starts with a pool shape and should continue with the other very important layers of designing swimming pools that represent the requirements for delegating the intricacies to in-house trades-persons, that will be involved.

A simple one page swimming pool drawing can’t possible convey a meaningful approach to swimming pool structural reinforcement, swimming pool engineering, swimming pool electrical engineering for the load calculations, Swimming Pool hydraulic engineering for pumping and piping size and capacities, elevation transitions and a written Swimming Pool Construction Specification.

In order to articulate the true meaning for the intended level of commitment necessary in building a quality Swimming Pool and Outdoor Living Environment you will want everyone on the same page.

When offered a Free Plan ask yourself, who benefits from the absence of a define commitment and how much clearer will the hidden picture within the puzzle become when realizing there are missing pieces.

We would like to add, that during your selection process of Swimming Pool Builders and Landscape Contractors we realize that there is a market for both custom and production builders. We wish you to identify us, as a Custom Swimming Pool Builder and a Custom Landscape Contractor focused on delivering a product that is commensurable with our credentialed knowledge and your desires.

We desire participation in projects where these attributes have a need for application and an appreciation for where differences between contractors originate.

Swimming Pool Engineering solutions involving Soil Composition, Reinforced Concrete, Drainage, irrigation, low-voltage landscape lighting, wet and dry utilities and swimming Pool Infrastructure, doesn’t cost our clients, it pays. Informed consumers who are willing to measure the differences between hype Vs fact can truly benefit form such an approach. A summation of this point can be gained through the following statement:

“Experience is what you get, when you didn’t get what you paid for.”