Fibreglass Pools Tauranga & the Bay of Plenty

Our yard is at 30 Alach Street, Gate Pa, Tauranga 3112. That is where our trucks, our plant and pool equipment are kept and where the install crew is based, so it is the yard your job is run out of. It is a working yard rather than a showroom, so visits are by arrangement – call 0800 222 974 and we will make a time.

No. The shell is manufactured in Whakatāne and comes over to us, but the install crew, the trucks and the gear are all based at our Tauranga yard. For a Tauranga, Mount Maunganui or Papamoa address the team working on your pool is already local.

Tauranga and the western Bay first – Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, Bethlehem, Pyes Pa, Welcome Bay, Matua, Otumoetai and The Lakes, then Omokoroa, Katikati and Te Puke. We also install through Whakatāne, Ohope, Rotorua, Kawerau and Maketu, run by the same Tauranga-based team.

Yes. Bayside manufactures in Whakatāne and you are welcome to come through and see the process. It is one of the genuine advantages of buying in the Bay of Plenty rather than having a shell freighted in from somewhere else.

We do not publish prices. The honest answer depends on the model, the access, the ground and how much you want done around the pool. We will visit, look properly and give you a written quote with the job broken down.

The on-site work is usually measured in weeks rather than months, and the shell is set in a day once the base is ready. Fibreglass is substantially faster than concrete, and you can be swimming within a week or so of the install in straightforward cases.

Pools under the 35,000 litre threshold are generally exempt work, but pool fencing usually requires a building consent and larger pools or tricky sites need more. We will tell you exactly where your pool sits and handle the process.

The shells are built to AS 1838 / NZS AS 1838 and AS 1839 / NZS AS 1839, the Australian and New Zealand standards for fibreglass pools. They are laid up in stages – gelcoat, corrosion barrier, structural laminate, core and rib, outer seal – and inspected as they go.

It depends on the yard rather than the suburb. If you are close to the coast you may also want to think about wind exposure and how the salt air is handled around the equipment. We look at access, levels and the base first, then match the model to the section – a compact plunge pool for a tight Mount yard, or a 10 to 12 metre pool where there is room to move.

Yes, and it is one of the things we look at before quoting. Sloping ground, tight side access, retaining, drainage and where a crane or truck can reach are all worked out at the site visit. We would rather find the problem on paper than on the day the shell arrives.

The western Bay throws up a fair range – sandy coastal ground near Papamoa and the Mount, harder clay and volcanic ground further inland, and plenty of sections with a slope or a high water table. The base and drainage are specified for your ground rather than one standard dig.