You can install the pool of your dreams--all you need to know can be found in this accessible, beautiful volume:
| 77 of 79 people found the following review helpful  I would not buy this book again., By A Customer Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Swimming Pool (Hardcover) My review will be short and to the point. This book does not deliver what the title implies. If you just enjoy looking at pictures of pools in different settings -- then this book is for you. If you need what the title implies -- look elsewhere. 36 of 36 people found the following review helpful Misleading Title, By Gregory B Waters (Statesboro, GA United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Swimming Pool (Hardcover) The title implies that there are sections that show HOW to build and Landscpe a pool..There are not. There a ton of beautiful pictures of other people's pools. The book tells you what to tell the person that is building your pool. It is the only book I have ever returned to Amazon. 37 of 38 people found the following review helpful  Great pictures and design, decent content, This review is from: Swimming Pool (Hardcover) The subject matter lends itself to an extraordinary pictoral essay. Griffith's publisher does it justice. The content is a bit generalized but well organized. More detailing based on geographic locations and specific plant matter would round this out quite well. The comment that "a (residential) pool 20' x 40' would be considered average" is indicative of the Grifith's ambitious nature; this book is for people looking to build and spend big. Here in Massachusetts, that's a "larger" pool. Anyway, it's a pretty good value for those needing a little incentive to get excited about a substantial investment in time and money. One thing I didn't see mentioned, though I may have missed it, was the fact that good pool contractors in NE need to be contacted nearly a year in advance; if they're reputable they bound to be exceedingly busy. Another thing missed in emphasis anyway: contact your landscape designer and/or architect with the pool contractor to... Read more |
