
Swimming Pool Design and Build
A swimming pool should feel like a natural extension of your home. Hawaiian Pools designs and builds custom inground pools throughout Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, creating outdoor spaces that complement each property and lifestyle.
Two Types of Pool to Consider
Hawaiian Pools specializes in two types of pool construction, shotcrete and fiberglass.
Shotcrete Pools
Shotcrete pools are reinforced concrete pools known for their strength, durability, and virtually unlimited design flexibility.
Fiberglass Pools
Fiberglass pools are pre-manufactured pool shells that provide fast installation, durability, and easy maintenance.
Seeing the Design Before Construction
Visualizing a new pool within an open backyard can be challenging. To help homeowners better understand the finished project, Hawaiian Pools uses Pool Studio® design software from Structure Studios to create detailed, realistic 3D renderings.
These renderings allow homeowners to view the pool layout, surrounding features, and overall scale of the design before construction begins. By seeing how the project integrates with the home and landscape, clients can make informed decisions with greater confidence.
The 3D design process also helps confirm pool placement, refine design details, and ensure the final plan is well suited to the property and the intended use of the space.
What Shapes the Design
Every property presents different conditions.
The size and shape of the yard influence placement. The architecture of the home helps guide the layout so the pool feels connected to the structure. Landscaping, elevation changes, and access points also affect the design.
Lifestyle matters as well. Some homeowners want quiet outdoor space. Others want a layout that supports gatherings and entertaining.
A thoughtful design balances these needs so the space works every day.
Swimming Pool FAQs
Without having a particular affinity for any type of pool, whether fiberglass or shotcrete, our designers will consult with you on what your particular goals are for your backyard. We help you to determine which is best for you based on your needs and budget.
We are happy to design your new backyard retreat for you based on our home visit and conversation about what you are looking for. We will schedule a time for you to review the design in our showroom. There is a Design Retainer fee that is credited to your account if you decide to move forward with a pool contract.
Our designers are experienced and will show you designs in order to help determine what you like and don’t like. It also helps for you to go to Pinterest or other sites and save ideas that you like, even if they are very different from each other. We will help guide you through the design process.
Our residential swimming pool projects start at about $75,000+ but costs will clearly vary depending on the complexity of your project.
There is never a bad time to build and weather always plays a part in how long the process takes. Call us today and we’ll discuss the best time for to start your project.
Everything regarding the pool and/or spa. We’ll take care of zoning permits, the excavation and removal of spoils, installation of the pool, plumbing, pool coping, heater, pump, filter, salt chlorinator, LED lighting and the winter/safety cover. Shotcrete pools include other materials such as tile and interior finish.
We have many materials options and features you may add to your pool to make it uniquely yours!
Hawaiian Pools is proud to install Pentair Pool and Spa equipment and white goods. We are a Pentair Warranty Service Center. With this, we offer our clients up to 3 years of coverage on their equipment versus a standard 1 year warranty.
Pool warranties vary depending on the pool type and manufacturer. Call and speak with one of our consultants today for more information.
Typically, the final contracted price does not change unless the client alters materials and/ or design concepts. Any alteration to design or pricing must be approved by both parties and submitted via a change order.
A typical pool project will take about four to six weeks. However, there are many factors that can affect the time it will take to build your pool. Weather is the number one factor that can affect project time. The second is the complexity of the project. For example; Is it a pool/spa combination? What kind of pool are you building (fiberglass or shotcrete)? How complex is the surrounding decking? Is it a new home construction? Are there other contractors involved?
It is always our goal to finish your pool as quickly as possible without ever compromising quality. We will be happy to estimate the time it will take for your pool once we determine the type and design.
We will need a minimum 10’ of space to gain access to the yard to build the pool. We need the room to bring in the equipment necessary to excavate the hole, remove dirt as needed and haul materials in and out of the jobsite.
Hawaiian Pools employs our own construction crews and service personnel as well as support staff. We own our own equipment, such as dump trucks and excavators, etc. We work with professional partners for the surrounding decking of the pool as well as the electrical hook ups and gas plumbing. You do not need to make any phone calls during the construction process as we coordinate the full project.
We will help coordinate as much as possible throughout the project. We can refer you to experienced HVAC, Electrical, decking and landscaping contractors for those aspects of the job. Once selected, we will work hand in hand with those contractors to coordinate the timing of their work in an efficient manner.
There will be a lot of dirt excavated in order make room for your new pool. Depending on the slope of your yard, we will determine how much of the excavated soils should remain onsite to level everything out once the pool and decking are completed. Any extra dirt will be hauled out, to other locations where the soil can be used for various other applications.
Call Hawaiian Pools at 419-878-7946 or click here, and one of our designers will contact you. We can answer your initial questions and then if you would like, set up a time to have an in-home consultation. At that time, we will review your backyard and talk about placement and design, etc.
The sales and design process can go at your pace. It depends largely on your goals for your backyard. The typical time is about three to four weeks from initial meeting to an agreement but can take longer depending on the complexity of your project. Our designers try to get your plans together as timely as possible. We always encourage homeowners to plan ahead! It is never too early to start the process, even if you are a more than a year out.
Begin the Planning Process
Designing a swimming pool starts with understanding the property and how the backyard should function.
A consultation allows the design team to review the space and begin shaping the project.





