Fiberglass
- Property fit
- Selected when access, space, and an available shell form support it.
- Shape freedom
- Chosen from moulded models rather than drawn from scratch.
One village north of home
Pool builders in Prospect Heights: design the whole outdoor room.
Ask Wave to verify your address and current project-area availability before the consultation.
The important question is how the pool, deck, shade, lighting, and gathering spaces work together.
For a Prospect Heights project, begin with the relationships: where the water sits, how people move around it, where shade belongs, and which surrounding features should be planned before the deck is fixed.
Prospect Heights, Illinois
A strong Prospect Heights pool plan starts with the property rather than a shell catalog. The site assessment should settle circulation, access, grading, drainage, safety, and the complete outdoor program before gunite or fiberglass is chosen.
Four decisions, one property plan
Choose the construction path after the property has answered the hard questions.
Gunite and concrete lead the custom-pool path. Fiberglass is evaluated next when access, space, and an available shell form fit. The surrounding poolscape and safety plan belong in the same decision.
Poolside structures
- Design role
- Shade, shelter, and gathering spaces planned with the pool.
- Coordination
- Footings, utilities, sightlines, and circulation resolved before decking.
Gunite or concrete
- Design role
- The flagship path when custom shape and integration lead the brief.
- Shape freedom
- Any shape, depth or edge treatment you can draw.
Above-ground
- Typical build window
- A different installation route with its own site and deck strategy.
- Shape freedom
- Set by the model. The deck around it is where the design happens.
Barriers and the permit counter
A bigger yard does not mean a lighter rulebook.
Barrier requirements are confirmed for the project address. Height, openings, gates, the relationship to the house, and any cover or alarm requirements must be resolved with the municipality before the enclosure is finalized.
Wave confirms the applicable requirement with the village, designs the barrier into the pool plan, and installs code-compliant pool safety fencing.
Automatic pool covers and pool alarms are available safety layers, alongside code-compliant pool fencing. Wave handles village permits and engineering coordination for your pool project, so the submission arrives with those decisions already made.
Decision checkpoint
Confirm the address, access route, pool path, outdoor program, and applicable safety requirements before the layout is approved.
How a large-lot project sequences
Four decisions kept in a practical sequence
Design the whole space, not just the pool
Water, deck, shade structure, kitchen and lighting get positioned together. Custom 3D design is available as a paid add-on if you want to walk it before it exists.
Permits and engineering
Wave handles village permits and engineering coordination for your pool project. Ask us whether any additional site scope is available for your project.
Build, in the sequence the site allows
Pool construction moves through a site-specific sequence. Pool heaters, automation and lighting are available for pool projects; ask us about the setup that fits yours.
Handoff
Confirm the selected equipment, safety features, and warranty coverage for the pool system and components before handoff. Contact us to discuss project budgets and payment options.
Prospect Heights questions
Four things people ask about building here
They should be designed together and built in the order the site allows. Deciding on a pergola or an outdoor kitchen after the deck is poured usually means cutting something back in. See poolside structures.
The municipality determines which safety layers satisfy the applicable requirement. Wave confirms that during permit coordination and can integrate covers, alarms, and code-compliant fencing into the plan.
Pool heaters, automation and lighting are available for pool projects. Ask us whether a particular feature setup is available for your project. See pool features.
Yes. Prospect Heights is inside Wave's service area, which runs about 20 miles around Buffalo Grove and across the North Shore suburbs and Chicago's north side. Related planning pages: Wheeling, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights, service area page.
Design the whole back garden while you are at it.
Bring us the space and we will show you what it can hold.