An Introduction to Movable Pool Floors

July 22, 2026 | 9AM PT/12PM ET

Presenter: Jim Farrell, Twinscape

This Watershape University educational webinar, presented by Jim Farrell, Business Development Director of Twinscape North America, explores movable floor technology and its growing role in residential pool design. Designed for pool contractors, designers, and aquatic professionals, the session will show how movable floors transform pools into versatile, multi-use living spaces while enhancing safety, sustainability, functionality, and aesthetics. Attendees will gain insight into design and installation considerations, capitalize on emerging homeowner demand, and discover how movable floor technology can differentiate projects and increase contractor profitability. 

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Mastering the Four Failure Zones in Pool Hardscapes: Base, Joint, Drainage, and Surface in Concrete and Fiberglass Pool Hardscapes  

July 29, 2026 | 9AM PT/12PM ET

Presenter:  Jeff Miller and Mike Carey, Marmiro Stones 

Pool hardscapes don't usually fail at the surface; they fail underneath it, at the joints, and at the edge, months or years after the crew has left. Settling pavers, cracked tile lines, displaced coping, white efflorescent haze, and freeze-thaw spalling are the callbacks that erode margins and reputations, and nearly all of them are preventable on day one.
What too few crews account for is that the shell type changes the failure. A concrete shell is self-supporting, so a bad backfill becomes a deck problem. A fiberglass shell borrows its structure from the surrounding backfill, so the same mistake threatens the shell, the plumbing, and the deck at once. This session treats that distinction as central.
We move through a pool hardscape the way water and stress actually move through it - from the base up to the surface - isolating the four zones that generate the overwhelming majority of post-installation failures: the base and backfill envelope, the deck-to-shell joint and coping interface, water management (drainage and freeze-thaw), and the surface itself. For each zone, attendees learn the root cause behind the visible symptom, then the prevention detail specified separately for concrete and fiberglass where the two diverge.
Built for experienced installers, designers, and project managers who want fewer warranty visits, longer-lasting work, and a defensible answer when a client asks, "Why did this happen?"

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Build it once. Clean it Forever with In-Floor Cleaning Systems

August 5, 2026 | 9AM PT/12PM ET

Presenter: Kevin Bulling, Paramount, Hayward

Discover how in-floor cleaning systems minimize maintenance, deliver superior circulation, reduce chemical use, and keep pools swim-ready all season long.

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