Permitting
Reece has developed permitting experience around CPP's service area, helping the team understand what needs to be prepared before construction begins.
Colorado Pool Pros was built around more than selling a fiberglass shell. Reece Hopkin and Leister bring construction experience into the details that surround the pool — permitting, equipment, access, concrete or pavers, outdoor structures, scheduling and the responsibility of turning a plan into a finished backyard.
Leister describes the pool as a place where family and friends come together — a reason to stay home, gather, relax and make memories. That can mean a compact pool that fills nearly the entire yard or a complete outdoor environment with a kitchen, pool house, entertainment space and landscaping. The scale changes. The purpose does not.
In describing CPP's first projects, Leister emphasized how different they were. One homeowner created an extensive pool-house environment with a full kitchen, outdoor kitchen, bathroom and entertainment space. Another project involved a complete landscape and outdoor kitchen. Their first pool went into such a small backyard that the pool and deck essentially became the backyard.
That range shaped a simple philosophy: Colorado Pool Pros can take responsibility for a larger backyard build, or install the pool and coping for a homeowner who wants to take the project from there.
Leister's point in the interview was not that craftsmanship comes from a slogan. It shows up in the decisions a builder notices before they become problems.
Reece has developed permitting experience around CPP's service area, helping the team understand what needs to be prepared before construction begins.
Leister specifically points to Reece's construction and oil-field pump experience when discussing more involved pool and spa equipment systems.
Tile, coping, cover boxes and transitions between materials are small pieces of a much larger project — but they are the pieces homeowners see and use every day.
Access, excavation, utilities, concrete, pavers and landscaping all interact with the pool. Construction experience helps connect those decisions instead of treating them as unrelated trades.
A completed backyard can involve permits, inspections, deliveries and multiple scopes of work. Someone has to understand how those pieces fit together.
CPP's philosophy extends beyond installation. When a homeowner has a question after the project, the relationship should not disappear because the final payment has been made.
Leister gave a practical example: custom tile work around an automatic-cover box. A detail like that requires understanding the pool, cover system, finish material and the visual result together. It is the kind of issue that can be missed when every trade is looking only at its own small portion of the project.
Leister described a homeowner who chose to maintain his own pool and later called with a chlorinator question. Even without a maintenance contract, CPP helped him work through the issue remotely. Leister used that story to explain the kind of post-installation relationship he wants customers to expect.
Equipment, water care and seasonal use create questions. Homeowners should know who they can call when something is unfamiliar.
CPP offers ongoing maintenance for homeowners who want professional support, while still helping customers who choose to handle routine care themselves.
Choosing a pool builder means choosing who will coordinate the construction and who will respond when the project or ownership experience raises a question.
During the interview, Leister described a family visit with his special-needs nephew. The pool gave his nephew a place where he could feel comfortable and free, and the family spent three days together around the water. For Leister, that experience captured why a backyard pool can matter far beyond the construction itself.
It becomes the place the kids bring their friends, where family gathers, where a workday ends beside the water and where home becomes somewhere people actually want to stay.
Explore the Pool CollectionThe project can be simple or extensive. Either way, the process should begin with clear expectations about the property, scope, responsibilities and finished result.
Start with what you want the backyard to do for your household, not simply a pool dimension.
Access, pool placement, permits and the surrounding outdoor space should be considered before construction begins.
Understand what CPP is building, what is included and how the pool connects to the rest of the backyard project.
The completed installation is the beginning of pool ownership, not the end of the relationship.
Start with the property, the people who will use it and the kind of time you want to spend there. Colorado Pool Pros can help connect that vision to the fiberglass pool, installation and surrounding project.