In 1990, when Erik Eikevik was 9 years old, his father sent him to help Gary Kaplan work on a pool. “I remember as a child my dad says, ‘You’re gonna go with this guy you’ve never met [and learn about pools],’ ” Erik recalls of how his father introduced him to the family pool…
Great Valley Pool Service is celebrating a 30-year legacy of success and hard work. What started as a small garage-run business has grown into a vibrant, booming company zeroed in on customer satisfaction. Tracy Bond, co-owner of Great Valley Pool Service, came into the industry with what she says was virtually no experience save for…
Poolsure is a Houston-based, family-owned company modernizing pool maintenance for commercial pools through chemical automation. Poolsure is part of The Aquasol Companies, which started with Aquasol Controllers in 1975. It designed one of the first pool chemical controllers, which it still manufactures today and is ever-evolving with the latest advances. In 2015, the company acquired…
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
“You can spend your whole life chasing the dollar, and I’ve seen it. I wanted to be there for my kids.”
Photography by Ian Schatte New Year’s Day was big for the second generation of Mannings. Their ownership of Manning Pool Service in Houston, Texas, many years in the making, was finally official. Jeff Manning, Sr., who had been in the pool industry since 1982, started Manning Pool Service in 2001 as a one-pole operation running…
Photography by Javaughn Henry and SSG Bridges, factories and performance halls aren’t exactly the structures that come to mind when considering a pool company’s construction portfolio, but they are every bit a part of what South Shore Gunite Pools & Spas has grown into over more than 40 years in business. Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts,…
Photography By Tommy Ton You don’t really know what work ethic looks like until you meet Alan Smith, CEO and co-owner of Alan Smith Pools in Orange, California. Smith graduated high school early in 1974 and, on his own at 17 years old, went to work on a commercial fishing boat. After six months on…