Brightwater Pools & Construction

Brightwater Pools & Construction Locally owned and operated company specializing in the installation and service of inground swimming

Brightwater Pools is an award winning pool construction company with over 40 years of experience in the swimming pool industry. We are proud to offer extensive knowledge and superior quality, as well as competitive pricing. Aside from pool construction we also provide servicing and maintenance packages, in store water analysis, equipment installation, automatic pool cover installations and liner r

eplacements. We are carriers of Sani Marc pool and spa chemicals, Hayward pool products, CoverStar automatic pool covers, and more...

06/14/2026

Part 3/3 of this pool renovation we recently wrapped up. This video shows more of the full process from start to finish.

For anyone who hasn’t seen Part 1 or 2, we didn’t build this pool originally. It was built around 2013, and we took them on as a customer a couple years ago.

Before we were involved, they had a new liner installed, and within a few weeks, it started wrinkling. The company that installed it came back the next spring to try and fix it, but the wrinkles came back again. For the last couple years, we’ve been pumping water from behind the liner just to help get it somewhat back in place.

There were a few other issues too. Leaking lights, a leaking skimmer line, a broken in-wall ladder, a hole in the liner behind the ladder, mangled step stripping, and groundwater issues that needed to be dealt with properly.

So instead of just putting another liner in and hoping for the best, we took it back further.

We removed the old vermiculite pool pad, which was 4–6 inches thick. We had to jackhammer it out, haul it out in pails, and ended up removing two tandem truck loads of old vermiculite. Check out Part 1 for more on this.

From there, we reshaped the bottom of the pool, dealt with the groundwater control, capped it with the concrete mixture we use for that system, and then installed the new vermiculite pool pad on top before the new liner went in.

That base underneath the liner is a big part of the job. If the issues underneath aren’t corrected, you’re just covering up the same problems and hoping they don’t come back. With the soil conditions in this area, groundwater control had to be dealt with properly before the new pool pad and liner went in. A lot of people asked why we had to remove the pool pad in Part 1...This is why.

For those who watched to the end, thanks for your support.

Check out Part 1 and 2 if you want to see more of the removal and groundwater control stages.

06/10/2026

For anyone who didn’t see Part 1, we didn’t build this pool originally. This pool had been dealing with liner wrinkles, ground water issues, leaking lights, a leaking skimmer line, a broken in-wall ladder, and a few other issues that needed to be corrected.

So instead of just putting another liner in and hoping for the best, we took it back further.

In Part 1, we removed the old vermiculite pool pad. It was 4–6 inches thick, so we had to jackhammer it out, haul it out in pails, and ended up removing two tandem trucks full of old vermiculite.

After that, we reshaped the bottom of the pool and got it ready for the groundwater control.

In this video, we’re putting down the concrete mixture that we use to cap the groundwater control. This isn’t the final layer. The vermiculite pool pad will still go on top of this, and then the liner will go on top of that.

This is one of those steps you don’t see often, but it’s a common step we have to do on pools in neighbourhoods near bodies of water. The base underneath the liner has to be done right so we’re not just covering up the same problems again.

More to come on this one.

06/08/2026

We didn’t build this pool originally. It was built around 2013, and we took them on as a customer a couple years ago. Before we were involved, they had a liner installed, and within a few weeks it started wrinkling up.

The company that installed it came back the next spring and tried to fix it, but the wrinkles came back again. For the last couple years since they’ve become Brightwater customers, I’ve been pumping water from behind the liner just to help get it somewhat back in place.

There were a few other issues too. The lights were leaking, the skimmer line was leaking, the in-wall ladder was broken, there was a hole in the liner behind the ladder, and the step stripping was all mangled.

So now we’re taking it back and getting everything fixed and sorted out properly.

First step was removing the old vermiculite pool pad. It was 4–6 inches thick, which was a challenge. We started with a shovel, then brought out the jackhammer with the shovel attachment and broke it all out.

We hauled it out in pails, carried it to the street, and ended up removing two tandem truck loads of old vermiculite.

From there, we’ll reshape the base, deal with the groundwater, fix the other underlying issues, put our fabric and rock system underneath, pour the concrete, do a new pool pad, and then get a new liner in.

Lots going on with this one, but we’re getting there.

Follow along and stay tuned for more progress on this pool renovation.

06/07/2026

(PT. 2: AFTER) We built this pool back in 2007, during our first year in business.

At the time, we weren’t really advertising yet. The original owner had talked to a couple other pool companies, then ended up stopping into our store after driving by. It was raining that day, so we weren’t doing much outside, and we were able to head over right away.

It turned into the most expensive pool we had built at the time. Swim system, laminar jets, auto cover, water slide, salt system, lights… pretty much the works. I think it was around $94,000 back then, which was a big pool for us in our first year.

The original owner eventually sold the house, and the current owner has been a customer ever since.

Last week, we went back to replace the liner, install 2 new skimmers, swap out a bunch of faceplates, and do the prep work needed to get it looking new again.

Almost 20 years later, it’s a pretty cool full-circle project.

06/06/2026

(PT. 1: BEFORE) We built this pool back in June of 2007, the first summer we were in business. At the time, it was the most expensive pool we had built, coming in around $94,000. The original owner eventually sold the house, but the current owner has been a customer of ours ever since. On Friday, we gave it a bit of a refresh with a new liner, two new skimmers, and quite a few new face plates.

New liner reveal video coming this weekend.

06/01/2026

Dig day and walls up in Greenbryre last week. More coming on this pool.

05/26/2026

One of the biggest mistakes people make when planning a new pool is underestimating the full cost. We always try to give ballpark numbers on the higher side so there are fewer surprises later, but things can change.

It’s better to have a realistic budget from the start than to be caught off guard halfway through the project.

Email [email protected] for a quote.

Built this pool in 2013. 13 years later, we came back to give it a refresh. New liner, new skimmer, some rust repair, an...
05/25/2026

Built this pool in 2013. 13 years later, we came back to give it a refresh. New liner, new skimmer, some rust repair, and now it’s looking good as new.

Swipe through to see the before, during, and after.

05/24/2026

Got this pool we built last year in Greenbryre up and running last week.

We built it later in the summer, so it never got fully circulated before winter. Now the automation is hooked up, heat is on, salt system is reading, and it’s producing chlorine.

After a good clean, they’ll be set to enjoy it for the whole summer.

Watch to the end to see the transformation from the build last year to up and running now.

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2315 Millar Avenue
Saskatoon, SK
S7K2Y3

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