Why Anderson Brothers Owns All Our Own Gunite Equipment (And What That Means for You)
May 29, 2026
The honest 2026 answer: Anderson Brothers Pools owns every piece of equipment that touches your pool — the excavator, the steel bender, the gunite rig, the compressors, the plumbing trucks,…
Read MorePool Safety in Michigan: Fences, Covers, and Alarms (What the Code Actually Requires)
May 22, 2026
The honest 2026 answer: Michigan adopts the International Residential Code (IRC), which means every residential pool deeper than 24 inches needs a barrier — in practice, a 4-foot minimum fence…
Read MoreSalt Chlorine vs. Traditional Chlorine for Gunite Pools: A Michigan Owner’s Guide
May 15, 2026
The honest 2026 answer: roughly three out of four new Anderson Brothers gunite pools ship with a salt chlorine generator. Not because salt is some miracle product — it isn’t…
Read MorePool Heaters in Michigan: Gas, Heat Pump, or Solar? (2026 Cost & Performance Guide)
May 8, 2026
The honest 2026 answer for a Southeast Michigan gunite pool: a 400K BTU natural gas heater is the right answer for about 80% of homeowners we work with. Heat pumps…
Read MorePool Opening in Southeast Michigan: Memorial Day Swim-Ready Checklist (2026)
May 1, 2026
The honest 2026 answer: if you want to swim by Memorial Day weekend in Southeast Michigan, your pool needs to be uncovered, balanced, and heating by the first week of…
Read MoreSpring Pool Build Calendar: When to Sign for a Summer 2026 Swim
April 29, 2026
Quick answer for spring 2026: if you sign in late April or early May, you’re realistically swimming in late July or August this summer — assuming a clean permit, no…
Read MoreCustom Gunite Pool Design Trends for 2026: Spas, Sun Shelves & Beach Entries
April 25, 2026
Pool design trends are mostly slow-moving. The shapes and finishes we built in 2018 are mostly the shapes and finishes we’ll build in 2030. But every year a handful of…
Read MoreChoosing the Right Pool Shape for Your Southeast Michigan Backyard
April 22, 2026
The most common pool-shape mistake we see is the same one we’d make ourselves if we shopped on Pinterest first: falling in love with a shape that looks great in…
Read MorePool Permits in Oakland County: A Homeowner’s Guide
April 15, 2026
Building a pool in Oakland County requires permits — usually a residential pool permit, an electrical permit, and a fence/barrier permit, plus inspections at specific build stages. Some townships add…
Read MoreHow Much Does a Custom Gunite Pool Cost in Michigan? (2026 Guide)
April 8, 2026
The honest 2026 answer: most custom gunite pool projects we build across Southeast Michigan land between $80,000 and $200,000. Smaller, simpler builds come in below that. Signature designs with full…
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