Pool Features

Pool features / selection brief

Custom pool features with a clear role.

The right custom pool features make a defined difference to the water, the setting, the controls, the season, or the way people gather around the pool.

Start with the experience to change, then choose pool add ons and pool upgrades only after their effect, build path, and adjacent decisions are clear.

Cedar pergola and outdoor kitchen island lit warm at dusk
Outdoor lighting on a Wave project at dusk.
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Deck, spa, fire pit and outdoor kitchen built as one space on a Wave project.

Choose the question first

Choose the outcome before the pool add on.

A useful feature starts with the change it needs to create for the water, the setting, or the people using it. The feature category comes after that decision.

Water

Movement and sound

Waterfalls, rock-faced waterfalls, deck jets, spillover or integrated spas, and hydrotherapy jets are confirmed categories to consider when water movement, sound, or spa connection is the intended outcome.

Compare water features

Atmosphere

After-dark use

In-pool and pool-area lighting belongs when after-dark visibility or atmosphere is the intended outcome.

Review pool lighting

Control

Daily routines

Smart controls and automation belong when the selected equipment and the household routine need a simpler control path. They coordinate compatible equipment and schedules; they do not replace the separate safety layers or the owner’s water-care responsibilities.

Explore automation

Season

Comfort planning

Heating is an installed-equipment decision that begins with intended water use, the selected pool, utilities, and controls.

Compare pool heaters

Edge

Entry and gathering

A tanning ledge or sun shelf belongs when entry, lounging, supervision, or water-edge gathering is the intended use.

Consider tanning ledges

Existing-pool decision

Can pool features or water features be added later?

They can be considered as part of an existing-pool renovation or remodel after the current pool, the selected feature, and the work needed to integrate it are reviewed together.

Bring a current photo, the experience you want to change, and anything that affects access, deck space, or surrounding work.

See the renovation path

Bring a focused brief

Choose the upgrade in context.

Feature choices can affect the selected pool system, property conditions, approvals, timing, and written project scope.

  1. Name the desired change

    Start with water movement, atmosphere, control, season, or water-edge use.

  2. Place it with the whole property

    Use the pool-design process to consider the pool and outdoor environment together.

  3. Check the build path

    Review how Wave builds a pool before treating a feature as a fixed inclusion.

Bring the feature question, not a shopping list.

A first conversation can start with the intended use, relevant feature categories, and any existing-pool context.