S-01 · Spas and hydrotherapy
Built-in spas and PDC hydrotherapy spas, from Bridgeport
A gunite spa that spills into your pool, or a PDC hydrotherapy spa for warm water and jets, with our Service Department behind both.
A spa that shares the pool's shell
A built-in spa is formed and finished along with the pool, so it is part of the same gunite shell and not something set down beside it. The spa usually sits a step or two above the pool, and its water spills over a raised edge into the pool below. Our Suburban Paradise project in Greenwich, a 20 by 50 foot gunite rectangle, was built with a spa and a tanning ledge in one shell.
Because the two bodies of water are built together, their plumbing is planned together. A spa holds only a small volume of water, so it can be heated quickly, and the equipment is sized with that in mind from the first drawing. Where the spa sits, how high it rises and which side of the pool it faces are best settled at the design stage, not in the field.
The spillover is also one of our water features. We build waterfalls of natural rock and flagstone, and a spa spillover is the quietest version of the idea, with the sound of water moving into the pool on a still evening.
Freeform pool with a raised spa spilling into it, set in flagstone
Hydrotherapy spas from a PDC dealer
Not every spa belongs in the pool. All American Custom Pools & Spas is a dealer of PDC Spas, which are hydrotherapy spas, made for people who want warm water and jets working on tired shoulders, backs and legs more than a place to swim or sit with a view.
A hydrotherapy spa pushes heated water through jets set at different points around the seats, so temperature and pressure do the work together. Jet layout, seat shape and how many people it holds are the questions that matter, and they are worth talking through with someone who can show you what is available. Call the Bridgeport office and we will go through the PDC options with you.
A self-contained spa also raises different questions from a built-in one: where it sits on the property, what it needs for power and access, and how it lives with the deck and the plantings around it. Those are worth asking before you choose a model.
Service that stays after the install
Our Service Department has been working on pools since 1977, and the same department looks after spas. The technicians are APSP and NESPA trained and certified, licensed, bonded and insured, and they service every major brand, including Hayward, Pentair and Zodiac equipment.
A spa's heater, pump and controls work hard, because the water is kept warm and used often. When one of them stops working, the person who answers should already know the equipment, which is part of why we maintain over 90% of the pools we build.
Dealer of PDC Spas and builder of gunite spas since 1977, at 153 Dewey Street, Bridgeport. Licensed in Connecticut (SP-1 #PLM.0259815).
Where the spa meets the rest of the water
A spa seat, a stone wall and a row of underwater lights make a small room inside the pool. LED pool lighting, sheer descents, fountains and spillovers are all part of how we build water, and the water features page describes each of them.
A spa used through the cooler months asks more of its equipment than a pool used in July. The pool maintenance page explains how our Service Department works, from a one-time visit to year-round care, so you know who looks after the spa once the installers have left.
