Pool Consulting

In consulting, our first task is not to open a catalogue but to read the site and the intention: who will use the pool and how often; is it a villa garden, a residential complex's shared area or a hotel; is the priority swimming or cooling off. Two different pools that could be drawn in the same garden mean two different operating loads; asking the right questions at the outset means eliminating the wrong pool at the outset.

At the on-site survey the fall of the land, the impression the ground gives, the distance to the water and electrical infrastructure and the area that can be given over to a plant room are all noted; the zoning and permit position is put through a preliminary check. What we produce is not a brochure but a written survey report — the reference for every decision that follows.

• Intended use and user profile
• Site fall and ground observation
• Distance to the water and electrical infrastructure
• Identifying an area for the plant room
• Preliminary assessment of pool type
• Preliminary zoning and permit check
• Site access and logistics
• Written survey report

If you already have an architectural concept or a contractor's drawing, we read it with an engineer's eye: every cubic metre of water is a load of roughly a tonne, and we look for whether the structural design to carry that load and the hydraulic calculation to move the water exist behind the visual. We have reviewed many files with impressive 3D visuals and no structural calculation; we give you the list of what is missing in writing.

System decisions are settled at this stage too: reinforced concrete or prefabricated, skimmer or overflow, and where the balance tank will fit if an infinity edge is wanted. We set each option against your own site, your budget and the way you will use the pool; the decision is delivered not in marketing language but in a comparison table.

• Review of the existing design and drawings
• Presence and scope of the structural design
• Check of the hydraulic calculation
• Reinforced concrete / prefabricated comparison
• Skimmer / overflow system decision
• Balance tank and plant room layout
• Fit between depth, form and use
• Written preliminary design opinion

Any quotation that reduces a pool budget to a single price per m² is leaving something out; most often the waterproofing, the automation, the heating and the ground improvement. We break the budget into items and tabulate what is included and excluded under each; we show from the outset where the apparently cheap option turns expensive.

The second look is taken at the operating period: the pump's energy consumption, chemical usage, water top-up and seasonal opening and closing make up the cost of living with the pool. We make sure you take your decision not on the construction price alone but on total cost of ownership spread over several years.

• Itemised budget breakdown
• Included / excluded scope table
• Allowance for ground improvement and drainage
• Equipment grade and energy consumption
• Operating cost projection
• Total cost of ownership analysis
• Payment plan and progress payment structure
• Written feasibility opinion

The specification is your pool's contract language: concrete grade and reinforcement, the waterproofing system and the order of its layers, pump and filter capacity, finish grade and the level of automation are each written down. The equipment section is not a list of brands but a list of criteria: flow rate, energy consumption, spare parts and the service network available in Türkiye. We take no commission from any manufacturer; the alternatives are set side by side in front of you against those criteria.

On the contractor side we collect quotes against the same specification and compare them in a levelled table; where possible we arrange for you to see reference projects on site. We do not recommend signing before the works programme, the payment schedule and the warranty clauses are tied into the contract — the antidote to every later dispute is a scope written at the outset.

• Technical specification for the construction items
• Waterproofing system and layer detail
• Equipment capacity and efficiency criteria
• Brand-independent list of alternatives
• Levelled quotation comparison table
• Checking the contractor's references
• Contract, warranty and progress payment clauses
• Works programme and milestones

A pool's most critical work is the work that becomes invisible once it is finished: reinforcement, waterproofing, buried pipe runs. We build our supervision schedule around the moments those elements are closed up rather than around the contractor's calendar; every critical stage is recorded in a photographic report, and a leak test is carried out before the finish goes on.

Not every departure from the design is bad faith; but an undeclared departure is always a risk. We report the differences we find on site in writing and agree with the contractor how and when they will be put right. Progress payments are recommended for approval only once the work has been verified as conforming to the scope of the contract.

• Check before reinforcement and concrete
• Supervision of waterproofing before it is closed up
• Leak test before the finish
• Record of buried service routes
• Tracking material deliveries and approvals
• Supervision of equipment installation
• Report on departures from the design
• Approval of the work before payment

At commissioning the system is tested under real conditions: circulation working from every point, filtration pressure, automation scenarios and water balance are checked together. We also review the handover file: we do not recommend final approval until the structural and hydraulic design, the equipment warranty documents and the maintenance and user manual are in your hands.

What follows is operation: will you run the maintenance yourselves or take a service; how will winterisation be planned; and in a residential-complex or hotel pool, how will water analysis and record-keeping be set up. We stay with you through the first season and make the fine adjustments together, according to the pool's real usage data.

• Attendance at the commissioning tests
• Circulation and filtration check
• Verification of the automation scenarios
• Check of the water balance readings
• Handover of the design and warranty file
• Maintenance and user training
• Winterisation and season plan
• First-season performance assessment