Pool Builders in Lapa and Braai Areas

Thatch Crete has been building rock and beach pools around Boksburg and the East Rand for 22 years, alongside the thatch lapas, rock braais and paving that go around them. Shells are hand-packed 30MPa concrete, steel reinforced, finished in marblite or fibreglass.

JVR Pools builds gunite and concrete swimming pools along the KwaZulu-Natal coast, from overflow and splash pools to custom designs for private homes and lodges. The KwaZulu-Natal team also builds hardwood decks, entertainment areas and retaining walls, and renovates existing pools.

Leshoka Pools and Paving is a Gauteng pool builder with over 17 years of experience behind the trowel. The company constructs new swimming pools and renovates existing ones, handling everything from the shell and finish through to the paving and equipment around it.

Utopia Pools was established in 1998 and works from Mookgophong, formerly Naboomspruit, in Limpopo. The owners take a hands-on approach to every job, building new pools and renovating older ones, and also taking on paving, cladding and koi ponds for customers around the town.

Pools 4 Us manufactures swimming pool shells in South Africa, using moulding materials and methods drawn from the United States and Australia to produce shells that hold their shape. Installation packages are offered in a range of options, with pools shaped to fit the yard they are going into.

Pool Concepts has designed and built swimming pools in Westville and the Upper Highway area since 2002. Every pool is drawn up for the garden it will occupy rather than picked from a template, projects are owner supervised, and the business runs its own Westville pool shop.

House of Pools designs and builds swimming pools from its base in Pretoria, working for homeowners across Gauteng. The company constructs gunite concrete and fibreglass pools, including rim-flow designs, and also takes on pool renovations, pool paving and the installation of automated pool decks.

Louw Hoffmann has been in the swimming pool business for more than 40 years and has owned and run Powerpools West Rand since 2004. The company builds new pools and carries out renovations for West Rand homeowners, finishing them in either marbelite or fibreglass.

Avanti Pools installs fibreglass swimming pools across the Western Cape from its base at Firgrove, outside Somerset West. The company moulds its own shells in designs exclusive to the business, and its management team brings over 25 years of combined pool-building experience.

Nyathi Rock Pools is an owner-run pool builder working from Vredekloof in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. The company specialises in rock pools and beach pools, and also builds conventional swimming pools and lap pools, along with spa pools, fish ponds and lapa and braai areas.

Style Council is a Cape Town garden design and build studio led by Quentin Owen, working from Observatory. Natural swimming pools, koi ponds, rock pools and water features are designed as part of the whole outdoor space, with stonework, decking, pergolas and lighting handled in-house.