Today, we sit down with Megan Kendrick to talk about the most exciting products featured at the recently held International Pool | Spa | Patio Expo™. We kick things off by sharing our experience of finally seeing each other in person a few days back at the expo. We follow that up by running through…
Pool Corporation signed a definitive agreement to acquire Largo, Florida-based Porpoise Pool & Patio, Inc., including its main operating subsidiaries, Sun Wholesale Supply, Inc. and Pinch A Penny, Inc. Sun Wholesale Supply, Inc. is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool and outdoor-living products, including a specialty chemical packaging operation, selling primarily to Pinch A Penny…
Located in Hickory, North Carolina, MRT Products subsidiary Tuff Coat — manufacturer of water-based, rubberized non-skid coating that provides optimal traction for pool decks, splash pads, locker rooms, commercial/industrial applications and much more — has launched a brand refresh. With significant investments over the last six months to improve its technology, branding, product offering and…
Caleb Van Brunt wanted to find an alternative to some of the model rocket parts he was buying. “I wondered if it would be more lucrative to 3D print them, and so I bought my first 3D printer with the Christmas money I had saved up,” Van Brunt says. His dad, David Van Brunt, who…
What began as a fun summer job turned into a career for Jess Aldinger. She worked her way up in the Moyer Indoor | Outdoor retail store — first as an associate, then as manager — and also had stints in customer service, sales and in the field. She began her career at the company…
Lori Bryant learned how to care for her family pool by watching her dad, who died early last year. Like many during the COVID shutdown, Bryant had extra time on her hands — and decided to clean pools for extra income. “I think what pushed the idea was the fact that whenever I would call…
Tyler McClure’s love of outdoor living design was sparked by his high school job working for a local landscaping company. The owner took McClure under his wing and showed him the design and build process. Although the company focused on landscaping, building swimming pools and water features was often part of the job. After earning…
Josh Himme started as a laborer/helper at Professional Pool Services in 2013. After a couple of years at the full-service pool company, Himme knew he’d found an industry where he could thrive. He stayed at Professional Pool Services for five years, doing everything from running construction crews to service, sales, project management and basic design….
From washing dogs and digging trenches for conduit to managing retail locations and casting metal figurines sold at the Grand Canyon, Collin Parrish has had a lot of jobs. But when he began working as a service subcontractor for a pool company, he fell in love with the industry. A couple years later, he started…
When Daniella Rodriguez was dating her husband, JC, in 2016, she saw how passionate he was about the pool industry. He worked for his father’s company, Silver Springs Pools — and would stretch himself thin. Rodriguez was working as an esthetician but in her free time learned to use Pool Studio to help JC. “My…
JC Rodriguez was uninterested in being involved in his father’s pool business, Silver Springs, in El Paso, Texas. But he eventually started working as a pool designer and “quickly found out the industry ran in my blood,” he says. In addition to designing pools, he’s also worked as a construction supervisor and sales rep for…
Carlos Gonzalez had impressed the folks at Texsun Pools — so much so that when he quit cleaning pools after it conflicted with his college class schedule, they created a new position for him with greater flexibility. Gonzalez was put in charge of fixing all the vac-sweeps for maintenance customers. After that, revenue for cleaner…