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Gardens & Landscaping, Swimming Pools

Top 5 Reasons to Use Professional Pool Designers

If you’re thinking about including a swimming pool in your overall landscape design, you should consider speaking with a team of professional pool designers. A professional designer will know everything about building a new swimming pool and will ensure your new pool complies with the relevant legal requirements.

Unfortunately, pool designers can be somewhat expensive at times. But trust us, it’s absolutely worth using one, especially if you’re planning to install a custom pool. Below we’ve outlined our top five reasons to use professional designers. They include:

  • They Will Ensure You Get What You Want

A professional swimming pool designer should know everything about designing the perfect pool. They will be able to sit down with you and discuss your requirements, which means you will end up with the exact pool you want.

Ultimately, trying to design your own pool can be difficult at best. This is because there are numerous things to think about including its overall design and water-holding ability.

  • They Will Make Sure You Comply With the Relevant Laws

Each state in Australia has quite strict laws when it comes to swimming pool design. Because of this, it’s important to make sure your new pool complies with them. This can be difficult unless you’re a professional. However, an experienced pool designer shouldn’t have any trouble on this front, especially if they’ve been working in the field for some time.

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By Admin@ficusconstructions
Gardens & Landscaping

3 Reasons You Should Get Your New Tree Imported

Australia is one of the greenest nations in the world, and you can find thousands of native plants and trees to grow in your backyard, then why is there a need to import trees?

Well, if you love gardening then the reason is self explanatory. You want to try new things and watch new plants grow in front of you, but if you are a typical homeowner then you need some convincing on why importing trees can be a good idea. After all it involves tonnes of hassle, such as getting in touch with a freight or transport company.

Let’s have a look at three reasons to import trees:

  • It Is Not that Difficult

Important trees is not as difficult as it might sound, according to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources. The government has laws regarding imports of trees and plants, but fortunately the laws are not very stringent making it easy for you to import the plant/tree of your choice.

The government wants the country to be pollution free, which is why it appreciates imports of trees. As a result, the policies are very import friendly.

  • It Adds Value to Your House

Having a well-maintained garden can give a hike to your property’s value while also making it easier to sale it. According to reports, there can be a 19% increase in a home’s value if it has a well maintained garden, however this depends on several other factors as well including the location of the property and overall condition.

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By Admin@ficusconstructions
Gardens & Landscaping, Renovating, Swimming Pools

Top Tips To Help You Choose The Perfect Pool Fence

Choosing the right pool fencing for your swimming pool can be difficult, especially if you’re not really sure what you want. However, pool fencing is a legal requirement throughout Australia, which means that you need to get a fence put up as soon as your pool is built, otherwise you could face significant fines or other penalties.

Glass pool fencing is a stylish, modern choice that is becoming increasingly popular throughout Australia and the world. Tubular metal fences remain common due to their low price an ease of installation. Wooden and plastic fences are also available, but they are much less common due to the strict requirements for building pool fences.

It can be extremely hard to choose the right fence on short notice, which has led to the creation of the following list of quick tips to help you make your choice:

Think About Your Existing Landscape Design

The first thing you should consider when you’re choosing a new pool fence is the existing features of your yard and garden spaces. You need to try and choose a fence which won’t look out of place amongst the rest of your yard, and which matches with respect to style and colour.

A lot of people choose glass pool fences because of their versatility and adaptability. Glass fences can be customised to match almost any landscaping style, which means that they are great for a wide range of gardens.

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By Admin@ficusconstructions
Bathrooms

Can I Change My Own Bathroom Fittings?

Professional plumbing services can be expensive, but it’s often worth using them – even for simple things like changing taps, faucets or showerheads. However, the truth is that it’s not that difficult to change your own bathroom fittings (or kitchen ones for that matter).

With this in mind, we’ve decided to put together a short guide to help you change your own fittings without running into any problems. Remember, if you do have trouble at any point, it’s always a good idea to speak with a professional to ensure you don’t accidentally cause costly damage.

Before You Start

Before you start changing taps or shower fittings there are a few things that you need to do. Make sure that you:

  • Turn the mains water supply off if you’re changing taps, otherwise you will have a major problem on your hands.
  • Use an old towel or t-shirt to block the drain so that you don’t lose any small parts.
  • Place a piece of cardboard or blanket in the sink, shower or wherever else you’re working to prevent damage if you drop tools or other hard objects.
  • Make sure you have everything you need.

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By Admin@ficusconstructions