Page 29 2023 Spring Home and Garden LINCOLN DAILY NEWS April/May 2023 of action would be to talk to people who have made their living for more than forty years installing in ground pools. Rick and Sue Whiteman are the owners of P & W Pools and Spas in Lincoln, and their son Nathan is a franchised Premier Pools representative in Lincoln and Aurora. In 1981, Rick Whiteman was working for a pool company in Lincoln and was in a relationship with his future wife Sue. When the company he was working for closed its doors, Rick found himself unemployed. His future father-in-law, Andy Petermeyer made him and interesting offer. If Rick would roof Petermeyer’s house, then Petermeyer would help Rick and Sue open their own pool business in Lincoln. Thus, in October 1981, P & W Pools and Spas opened its doors and in April of the following year, the Whiteman’s were married. Through the years the couple have run the successful business and raised a family. With their sons growing up in the business, it is not a surprise that their son Bradley works for the company as an installer, truck driver and excavator. Their middle son Nathan works closely with his parents as the representative and salesperson for Premier Pools and Spas. Combined the two businesses offer an allinclusive pool sales and service program that includes design of the pool, advising on what is going to work in your yard, getting all the permits needed to install the pool, conducting land surveys on the install site to determine needs for retaining walls, and other topographic adjustments that will be needed to assure your pool has a long and happy life. After the pool is installed, the services continue, from doing water testing to determine the health of the water in your pool to recommending and selling necessary chemicals. Whiteman says that as time goes by, P & W has evolved into more of an installation and service business while Premier Pools does more of the sales and engineering/design for in ground pools. When asked about the investment involved in an in ground pool, Whiteman said that determining even a ballpark figure for a pool would be nearly impossible. He explained that every home owner is going to want different designs and features, and the cost of the pool will go along with what the homeowner wants and can afford. Generally speaking, Whiteman said there are three types of in ground pools. Base prices will be influenced by the constitution of the pool. Vinyl/steel wall pools can have the least costly base price. Pools with fiberglass shells are higher end than vinyl and more or less a ‘middle of the road’ construction and priced accordingly. The gunite/concrete pools are the top of the line and will be more costly from the start. Continued --
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