What's Included In Our Base Package?
If you are in the market for an inground pool, you'll soon find that every company has their own version of a "base package". It's important to understand exactly what you're getting, so on this page we'll explain, in detail, exactly what comes standard with each of our pools.
Our Base Packages Include The Following:
1. The Fiberglass Pool Shell with Lifetime Structural Warranty
- Click here to view our fiberglass pool designs
- Check out: Inground Pool Warranties: Critical Questions to Ask Your Pool Builder!
2. Delivery Of The Pool Shell To Your Home
- Click here to see one of the toughest pool deliveries we've had!
3. Excavation
4. Gravel For Pool Base and Backfilling Around Pool
- Check Out:
- Installing a Fiberglass Pool: Sand vs Gravel, Which is Better?
- How Much and What Type of Gravel is Need For Fiberglass Pool Installations?
5. Rhino Lock Installation
- Watch the Following Video to Learn What Rhino Lock is and Why We Developed It...or you can click here to read about it.
- Check Out:
- Awesome Fiberglass Pool Installation Video!
- Can a Fiberglass Pool Be Completely Installed in One Day Video! (we did this for fun, it usually takes 4-6 weeks:)
- How Are Fiberglass Pools Installed? A Step-by-Step Guide
- 7 Deadly Sins of Fiberglass Pool Installations
6. Variable Speed Pool Pump
7. Low Maintenance Cartridge Filter
- Check Out:
- Proper Filtration: The Heart of Your Pools Water Clarity
- Why We Prefer Cartridge Filters O
ver Sand Filters
- Where Should I Locate My Filter System? Basic Guidelines
8. Rigid Schedule 40 PVC Plumbing
- Plumbing is heat bent, strapped to the pools shell, and pressure tested to insure there are no leaks for years to come.
- Check out:
- Rigid PVC vs Flexible PVC Plumbing, Which is Best?
- How to Heat Bend Rigid PVC Pipe Video...very cool!
- 5 Keys to Perfect Fiberglass Pool Plumbing
9. Water to Fill the Pool (Brought in via Tanker Truck)
- Check Out:
- Top 6 Hidden Costs of Inground Pool Projects (water should be on the list but it's not:)
10. Drainage/Sump Pipe
- Check Out:
- Why Every Fiberglass Pool Should Have a Dewatering System
- 7 Deadly Sins of Fiberglass Pool Installations
11. Standard Maintence Equipment
- Includes the pole, vacuum head, vacuum hose, skim net, wall brush, thermometer, and chemical test strips.
- Check Out:
- Video of a 6-Year Old Kid Vacuuming a Fiberglass Pool...Yes, it's that easy!
- Will My Fiberglass Pool Require a Weekly Service Company?
12. Standard Building Permit
- Check Out:
- Our Blog Page. Use the search at the top of the page for your area. You may find and article discussing your building and zoining restrictions
- Shady Fiberglass Pool Contractor-Disturbing Video-How Not to Be a Victim
13. Start-Up Sanitation Chemicals
- This includes the salt and stabilizer needed for the initial start-up. For pool without a salt system, it includes a bucket of chlorine tablets and granular shock.
14. Initial Cleaning and Detailing of the Pool
15. Orientation Training Session By Project Manager to Teach You How to Care for the Pool
16. One Skimmer and Three Return Jets
- The Skimmer is the square opening at the waterline of the pool where debris flows in and is trapped in a basket. Returns are jets where the filtered water flows back into the pool.
17. 5 Year Workmanship Warranty
- Check Out:
- River Pools Workmanship Warranty Explained
- 3 Types of Inground Pool Warranties: Questions You Should Ask Your Builder
- 5 Distinguishing Features of River Pools
- The Reference List: The Single Most Important Insight Into a Contractors Real Way of Doing Business
- River Pools Reference List of Over 700 Fiberglass Pool Customers
What's Not Included?
- The following are not included in the base package: Electrical hookup of the pool equipment, any patio beyond the intial amount, landscaping/lawn restoration, or fence work.
- Check Out:
- Swimming Pool Wiring: How Much Does Electrical Wiring Cost?
- Swimming Pool Options and Cost Guide: Salt Water, Heaters, Covers, Fences, and More!