Mike and Trey Farley host the Luxury Outdoor Living Podcast and interview Wellington Gomez of New Jersey, a Brazil-born builder who started in hardscaping and landscaping, then began building pools after repeated issues managing unreliable pool subcontractors. Gomez describes focusing on full-scope luxury outdoor environments, emphasizing client collaboration based on lifestyle, entertaining style, and cultural background, and discusses New Jersey’s proximity to New York City and four-season climate. He highlights industry education through Master Pool Guild, Watershape, and Genesis, and supports stronger pool-builder licensing. Gomez explains typical Northeast winterization versus his push to keep pools open year-round using heated, redundant equipment setups, indoor equipment rooms, automatic covers, generators, and radiant heat/boiler integration. He shares design preferences such as extensive fire features, upgraded Wet Edge finishes, and black spa accents, and warns against poorly installed outdoor porcelain in freeze-thaw climates.
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00:00 Podcast Welcome
01:12 Meet the Hosts and Guest
01:36 Wellington’s Origin Story
04:05 From Pavers to Pools
06:22 Full Service Luxury Builds
08:43 Lessons From a Pool Float
11:13 Client Collaboration Philosophy
12:58 Life and Work in North Jersey
16:52 Training and Industry Standards
22:22 Year Round Pools in Snow
27:45 Winter Pool Engineering Setup
29:40 Dual Equipment Setup
31:13 Keeping Pools Open
31:53 Winterizing Reality Check
35:17 Freeze Protection Basics
38:18 Why Add Fire
41:51 Designing the Backyard
46:32 Where Not to Cut
47:42 Bold Black Spa
50:52 Trends That Age Badly
52:03 Rapid Fire Favorites
54:29 Travel for Inspiration
57:26 Four Season Comfort
01:00:08 Closing Thoughts
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