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Pool Upgrades in Sarasota, FL

Spas, water and fire features, automation, lighting, heaters, sanitizers, and safety features designed into your pool from the first drawing, or added to the pool you have.

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What Sarasota Homeowners Say About Their Pool Tech

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Karen Mitchell
2 months ago

They added a spillover spa and color lighting to our twelve-year-old pool. The spa heats in about forty minutes from my phone before I leave work.

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David & Lauren Pruitt
3 months ago

New variable-speed pump, heat pump, and automation. Our electric bill dropped noticeably and the pool has never been clearer. Everything runs on a schedule now.

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Miguel Santos
5 months ago

Salt conversion plus UV. They explained the tradeoffs without pushing anything, and the water feels completely different.

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Stephanie Reyes
6 months ago

The programming session at the end was the best part. They set up Evening, Kids, and Spa scenes with us on the deck and showed us every alert.

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Tom Whitaker
8 months ago

Rock waterfall and sheer descents on their own pump. It runs full without the skimmers losing suction, which our old builder never managed.

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Alyssa Grant
11 months ago

We had a fence and alarm added to meet code before our grandkids visited. Permitted, inspected, and done in a week.

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Brian Kowalski
1 year ago

Equipment pad was a mess of mismatched parts. Now it is one matched package on a clean bonded pad, and they registered every manufacturer warranty for us.

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Nicole Hart
1 year ago

Remote monitoring texted me about a low-flow fault while we were out of town. They had it fixed before we got back.

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Karen Mitchell
2 months ago

They added a spillover spa and color lighting to our twelve-year-old pool. The spa heats in about forty minutes from my phone before I leave work.

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David & Lauren Pruitt
3 months ago

New variable-speed pump, heat pump, and automation. Our electric bill dropped noticeably and the pool has never been clearer. Everything runs on a schedule now.

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Miguel Santos
5 months ago

Salt conversion plus UV. They explained the tradeoffs without pushing anything, and the water feels completely different.

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Stephanie Reyes
6 months ago

The programming session at the end was the best part. They set up Evening, Kids, and Spa scenes with us on the deck and showed us every alert.

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Tom Whitaker
8 months ago

Rock waterfall and sheer descents on their own pump. It runs full without the skimmers losing suction, which our old builder never managed.

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Alyssa Grant
11 months ago

We had a fence and alarm added to meet code before our grandkids visited. Permitted, inspected, and done in a week.

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Brian Kowalski
1 year ago

Equipment pad was a mess of mismatched parts. Now it is one matched package on a clean bonded pad, and they registered every manufacturer warranty for us.

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Nicole Hart
1 year ago

Remote monitoring texted me about a low-flow fault while we were out of town. They had it fixed before we got back.

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What It Covers

Features Designed In, Not Bolted On

A spillover spa, a sheer descent, lights that shift color, a heater you start from the car. These are the things you actually use every day.

Pool upgrades cover everything that makes a pool more than a hole full of water: custom spas, water features, LED lighting, automation and remote monitoring, heaters, sanitizers, in-floor systems, and the plumbing and electrical behind them. We design them in from the start so they work together and look built-in. Call (941) 555-0142 to add features to your design or your existing pool.

Included with every feature install

Designed in 3D

Features are modeled so you see the spillover, lights, and jets before we build them.

Plumbed and Wired During Construction

Dedicated lines, conduit, and niches placed before gunite and inspected.

Matched Equipment Package

Pump, filter, heater, sanitizer, and controls sized to each other.

Programmed at Startup

Automation, lighting scenes, and schedules set up and walked through with you.

Our Own Installers

Kingfisher employees install, program, and stand behind the work.

Written Warranty

Equipment and installation covered in writing under our warranty.

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Equipment pad, Sarasota

Variable-speed pump, heater, salt cell, and automation on one clean, labeled pad.

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Variable-speed pump, filter, heater, and automation panel installed on a Kingfisher equipment pad

One matched package

Pump, filter, heater, sanitizer, and controller specified together as one matched package, not bought piecemeal.

100% Included in your price
Code-inspectedCounty-passed electrical
Benefits & Features

Standard on Every Kingfisher Equipment Pad

Features only work when the equipment behind them is sized and wired right. Every pad we set in Sarasota and Manatee includes these, already in your fixed price.

70%less energy

Lower Power Bills

A variable-speed pump on a schedule uses a fraction of the power of a single-speed, and it runs quieter.

1app for it all

Control From Your Phone

The controller is wired in from day one, so pump, heater, spa, lights, and features run from one app, schedules, or voice.

6 ft/smax suction velocity

Hydraulics Designed, Not Guessed

Pipe sizes and pump curves are calculated for your features so waterfalls run full, spas heat fast, and nothing cavitates.

0safety add-ons

Safety Built In

Bonding, GFCI circuits, anti-entrapment drains, and a code barrier are designed in and inspected with the pool, not as a line item.

Transparent Pricing

What Do Pool Features Cost in Sarasota?

A lighting and automation package starts around $9,000, a spa with water features around $28,000, and a full feature package around $55,000. Every pool is different. Here is the honest ballpark, and what comes standard with every Kingfisher feature package.

Lighting & Automation

$9kstarting at
Color LED and app control for any pool
Color LED pool & spa lights Automation controller & app Variable-speed pump schedule Remote monitoring alerts
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Spa + Water Features

$28kstarting at
Everything in Lighting & Automation, plus a spa and moving water
Raised gunite spa with spillover Gas heater sized for the spa Therapy jets & blower Automation with app control Sheer descents or deck jets

Full Feature Package

$55kstarting at
Spa, features, fire, heat, sanitizer, and safety in one build
Fire feature & rock waterfall Salt or UV sanitizer system In-floor circulation or robotic cleaner Code barrier, cover, or alarm

Placeholder starting ranges. Most features retrofit to an existing pool; all are itemized on one fixed-price agreement. See the Pool Buyer’s Guide for what drives cost.

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2026 Edition

The Sarasota Pool Technology Guide

Heaters, sanitizers, automation, and features compared plainly, with real costs.

Free Technology Guide

Understand the Equipment Before Anyone Sells It to You

Twenty-two pages, no sales pitch. Gas vs. heat pump, salt vs. UV vs. ozone, what automation actually controls, and what each feature adds to the price in Sarasota and Manatee.

Cost ranges for every feature Gas heater vs. heat pump Salt vs. UV vs. ozone What automation really controls Florida barrier & safety code What equipment warranties cover

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Every Build, Same Sequence

How Features Get Designed In, Phase by Phase

Click any phase to see what happens, how long it takes, and what we inspect before moving on. Features are planned before the first pipe is laid, never bolted on after.

10Inspected phases
1Fixed price
1Project manager
Design
01 2–4 weeks

Design

Spa, water and fire features, lighting, and equipment are placed in a 3D model of your new or existing pool so you can see them running, day and night.

We inspect

Sight lines, splash zones, gas and electrical access, and equipment pad location.

Your part

Tell us how you want to use the pool: quiet swims, kids, hosting, therapy.

Phase 01 of 10
3D rendering of a spa, lighting, and water features added to a Sarasota pool
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See It Before We Build It

Your Spa in 3D, Running, Before We Plumb a Line

We model your pool and yard, then render the spa, water and fire features, and lighting at full scale, with the water moving and the lights on after dark. You change anything you like. The design is free, and it becomes your fixed price.

01

Site walk

45 minutes

We measure the pool or lot, check gas and electrical access, and ask how you want to use the water.

02

3D model

5 business days

Your designer builds the spa, features, and lighting scenes into a rendering of your actual pool, day and night.

03

Revise & price

Until it is right

Raise the spa, add a descent, change the light color. When it is right, every feature is priced in writing.

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Build Your Feature Package, Pin by Pin

Tap a pin or a feature to explore it. Toggle on what you want and we will size the equipment and price the whole list in your free 3D design.

Custom pool at night with lighting, fire, and water features

Spillover Spa

Raised gunite spa with therapy jets and a blower, added to a new or existing pool. Heats in under an hour.

Typically adds$18k – $28k
Your feature list 2 of 8 added
Spillover Spa +$18k–$28k
In-Floor or Robotic Cleaner +$2k–$9k
Waterfalls & Sheer Descents +$5k–$15k
Salt, UV or Ozone Sanitizer +$2k–$5k
Color LED Lighting +$2k–$6k
Automation & App Control +$3k–$6k
Gas or Heat Pump Heater +$5k–$11k
Remote Monitoring +$1k–$3k
Estimated add-on range $20k – $34k
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Placeholder ranges. Your fixed price comes from the 3D design. All pool upgrades

Warranty

Every Feature, Every Pipe, Every Wire, Covered in Writing

Whether we add features to a new pool or upgrade the one you have, spa and feature structures carry a limited lifetime warranty. Plumbing, equipment, electrical, fixtures, and tile each have a set term, and manufacturer warranties are registered for you. Pick a term, or click a component in the system diagram.

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What is covered

Gunite spa shells, raised walls, and feature structures shot with the pool are warranted against structural failure for as long as you own the home.

One call Documented in 48 hrs Fixed
Full Warranty Build Guarantee

Terms are placeholders pending client confirmation.

Quality Partners

Who Stands Behind the Warranty

Our terms sit on top of the manufacturer warranties from the brands we install, and we are held to the standards of the associations that certify us.

Certified, insured & affiliated

Independent Pool & Spa Service Association Florida Swimming Pool Association Pool & Hot Tub Alliance Certified Pool Operator Google Guaranteed service provider BBB Accredited Business

Equipment we build with

Pentair Hayward Jandy Polaris Maytronics FL CPC 1459221
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Pick what you are trying to figure out. Each path gives you a quick answer, the tradeoffs, and a deeper page when you want it.

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Spas & water features

Spas & water features

Moving water, sized to the pump behind it

3 services

Quick answer

Almost any pool can take a spa or water feature if the plumbing and pump are sized for it. Spas need a dedicated heater and blower; waterfalls and descents run best on their own pump so they never starve the filter.

Good to know

A raised spillover spa is the most requested feature we build. With a gas heater it is ready in well under an hour.

Good to Know

Pool Feature Questions, Answered Straight

The things Sarasota homeowners ask us most before they add a spa, features, or new equipment. Don’t see yours? Call and a project manager will answer it.

01

Can features be added to an existing pool?

Many can. Lighting, automation, heaters, sanitizers, and equipment upgrades are common retrofits. Spas and water features can be added with structural and plumbing work. Some features, like in-floor circulation, need to be designed in before gunite.

02

What does pool automation actually control?

Pump speeds and schedules, heater setpoints, spa mode, LED color scenes, water and fire features, salt cell output, and valves. Systems integrate with smart-home platforms and can alert you to faults.

03

Gas heater or heat pump?

Gas heats fast and suits spas you use on demand. A heat pump costs much less per hour and suits a pool kept warm daily. Many homeowners install both.

04

Salt, UV, or ozone?

Salt generates chlorine on site for soft, steady water. UV and ozone reduce chlorine demand as water passes the equipment. They can be combined. We explain the tradeoffs without pushing one.

05

How long does a spa take to heat?

A properly sized gas heater brings a spa up in well under an hour. With automation you can start it from your phone before you get home.

06

Are safety features required?

Florida requires a barrier on new residential pools: a compliant fence, removable mesh barrier, safety cover, or alarms. We design it in and it is inspected with the pool.

07

Is the equipment warranted?

Yes. Equipment carries manufacturer warranties that we register for you, and our installation is covered under our written warranty.

Have a different question? Send us a message or call (941) 555-0142.

Ready When You Are

Ready to Upgrade Your Pool?

Spa, lighting, automation, heat, or a whole new equipment pad. Tell us what your pool is missing and we will show it running in 3D and price it, no pressure.

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