4 Reasons You Need to Install a Swimming Pool in Your Yard Right Now

Swimming Lifestyle

Texas residents know how hot it can get in the summertime, and this alone is a great reason to install a swimming pool in your yard. However, there are other ways you can benefit from diving into a pool that is only steps away from your back door, and here are some of them.

Swimming pools provide great means of exercise
Not only is swimming really fun, but it’s great exercise too. For example, swimming is a great cardiovascular exercise because you are pushing against the water’s resistance when you move. The water’s resistance is over 10 times that of the air, so you’re really getting a workout in. Swimming also aids in increased flexibility, endurance building, and weight loss.

Swimming is a social activity
If you want some more socialization in your life, you should definitely get a swimming pool. All your family, friends, and neighbors are going to want to take a dip in your pool on a hot day. You can play water games and hang out together all while catching some sun.

Swimming offers stress relief
One thing many don’t think about when it comes to the benefits of swimming pools is that they provide owners with stress relief. Slipping into the water can make all the worry of the day disappear, similarly to spas. It’s serine, and it’s quiet. This stress relief would be hard to achieve at a public pool with kids running around everywhere. A pool in your backyard makes this form of stress relief much more accessible.

You have a vacation in your backyard
When it comes time for spring break or summer vacation, it’s tempting to hop on an airplane and travel somewhere with warm sun and sandy beaches. When you own a pool in Florida, that oasis is right in your own yard. You don’t have to travel anywhere to be able to relax in the sun and dip your toes in the water on your vacation.

Stop taking trips to the public pool or the beach when you can have a swimming pool right at home. You know it’s clean and safe when it’s in the privacy of your own yard, and who doesn’t love that?

2018 Best Companies to Work for in Texas

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March 23rd, 2018 – Cody Pools, Inc. was recently named as one of the 2018 Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), Texas SHRM and Best Companies Group.

This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Texas, benefiting the state’s economy, workforce and businesses. The 2018 Best Companies to Work for in Texas list is made up of 100 companies. Cody Pools has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the 5th year in a row.

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

– Have at least 15 employees working in Texas
– Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity
– Be a publicly or privately held business
– Have a facility in the state of Texas
– Be in business a minimum of 1 year

Companies from across the state entered the two-part survey process to determine the Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company’s workplace policies, systems, philosophies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final rankings. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Texas and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.

“This is another incredible honor for our company”, said Mike Church, President of Cody Pools.
“Our business goal has always been to put the customer first and to deliver the highest standard in swimming pool design and construction. It’s imperative to have an employee staff that embraces that philosophy and dedicates themselves to putting the customer first. From our career growth opportunities, flexible work schedule to our annual bonuses and other perks, we’re able to retain our valuable employees while attracting new ones. Our customers routinely let us know how impressed they are with our employees from designers to construction, warranty, service and more. I truly am humbled by our employees professionalism and I thank them every day.”

Cody Pools, Inc. is a BBB (Better Business Bureau) rated Texas based swimming pool builder with 8 locations that service the Greater Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston areas. Their corporate offices are located in Georgetown, Texas. Cody Pools is ranked as the #1 Pool Builder in the Nation for the 4th year in a row by the Pool and Spa News Top 50 Pool Builders. Cody Pools has won numerous pool design and construction awards as well as business awards

For more information on the Cody Pools, contact Kelley Church at 512-948-0036, or visit www.CodyPools.com.

Cody Pools Wins 3 APSP Design Awards

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We are proud to announce that Cody Pools won 3 Design Awards at this year’s APSP International Awards of Excellence held at The International Pool, Spa and Patio Expo in Orlando Florida. The APSP International Awards of Excellence recognizes and rewards installations of pools and hot tubs which showcases the most beautiful and creative work nationally. The 3 categories we won awards are Vanishing Edge, Freeform and Traditional.

The APSP International Awards of Excellence program recognizes and rewards installations of pools, spas, hot tubs, and water features that showcase the most beautiful and creative work in the industry. Hundreds of entries are submitted each year, representing member firms across the United States and around the world

To view more of these pools and our other Pool Designs, click here

Cody Pools Makes List of Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2017

Cody Pools News

March 28th, 2017 – Cody Pools, Inc. was recently named as one of the 2017 Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The awards program was created in 2006 and is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), Texas SHRM and Best Companies Group.

This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Texas, benefiting the state’s economy, workforce and businesses. The 2017 Best Companies to Work for in Texas list is made up of 100 companies. Cody Pools has been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas for the 5th year in a row.

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

– Have at least 15 employees working in Texas
– Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity
– Be a publicly or privately held business
– Have a facility in the state of Texas
– Be in business a minimum of 1 year

Companies from across the state entered the two-part survey process to determine the Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company’s workplace policies, systems, philosophies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final rankings. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Texas and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.

“This is another incredible honor for our company”, said Mike Church, President of Cody Pools.
“Our business goal has always been to put the customer first and to deliver the highest standard in swimming pool design and construction. It’s imperative to have an employee staff that embraces that philosophy and dedicates themselves to putting the customer first. From our career growth opportunities, flexible work schedule to our annual bonuses and other perks, we’re able to retain our valuable employees while attracting new ones. Our customers routinely let us know how impressed they are with our employees from designers to construction, warranty, service and more. I truly am humbled by our employees professionalism and I thank them every day.”

Cody Pools, Inc. is a BBB (Better Business Bureau) rated Texas based swimming pool builder with 8 locations that service the Greater Austin, San Antonio, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Houston areas. Their corporate offices are located in Georgetown, Texas. Cody Pools is ranked as the #1 Pool Builder in the Nation for the 4th year in a row by the Pool and Spa News Top 50 Pool Builders. Cody Pools has won numerous pool design and construction awards as well as business awards

For more information on the Cody Pools, contact Kelley Church at 512-948-0036, or visit www.CodyPools.com.

The list of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas and how they rank will be revealed for the first time at the Texas Association of Business (TAB) Best Companies to Work for in Texas Awards Dinner and Celebration on March 23 at the Sheraton Austin at the Capitol in Austin, Texas

Cody Pools Named the Nation’s # Pool Builder for the 5th Year in a Row

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Cody Pools, Inc. has been rated as the #1 Pool Builder in the Nation for the 5th year in a row by POOL AND SPA NEWS magazine in their list of the Top 50 Pool Builders. Winning companies are featured in the June 2017 issue of POOL AND SPA NEWS magazine.

POOL AND SPA NEWS magazine, published by Hanley Wood, LLC is the largest publication in the swimming pool and hot tub industry. Each year, POOL AND SPA NEWS magazine names the Top 50 pool builders in residential construction. The Top 50 are a prestigious line up of the pool industry’s best performers and provide a good example of how to run a successful building company. The criteria used to measure top candidates are customer service, sales revenue, community involvement and social media.

“We are so excited to be once again be named as the #1 Pool Builder in the Nation by POOL AND SPA NEWS”, says Mike Church, President, Cody Pools, Inc. “To have done this for the 5th year in a row is truly a remarkable achievement. The only way this was possible is because of the hard work of our dedicated team. We have the best team in the nation and are very grateful for everyone who has been a part of getting us to where we are today”

See Full Ranking Profile Here