Certifications

CBP (Certified Building Professionals) – A professional certification and training program designed by the APSP (Association of Pool & Spa Professionals) to identify the very best in the pool industry. It also identifies those that make the effort to continue on a professional career track within the pool industry.

CSP (Certified Service Professional) – A designation created as a means of recognizing the technical skill and knowledge of very experienced pool/spa service providers. The designation is awarded to those who meet the years of experience and continuing education requirements, and pass a challenging, objective, written examinations.

NESPA (Northeast Spa and Pool Association) Member – A worldwide professional trade association. founded in 1958, represents the pool and spa industry in the Northeast United States and serves APSP members through education, promotion and representation. NESPA consist of five chapters, Capital, CONSPA, Long Island, Metro NY-NJ and Penn Jersey. Members include service companies, builders/installers, distributors, retail stores, manufacturer’s agents, manufacturers, independent pool and spa service companies and sub-contractors.

APSP Member (The Association of Pool and Spa Professionals) – The world’s largest international trade association for the swimming pool, spa, and hot tub industry. As an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited standards developer, APSP works with regulatory and legislative bodies to ensure that their codes, ordinances, and legislation are written to the safest and most current standards. The association’s mission is to ensure consumer safety and enhance the business success of its members.

LIPSA Members (Long Island Pool and Spa Association) Our local membership of NESPA – The Long Island Chapter Jandy Pro-Edge Builder and Authorized Warranty and Repair Center -The Jandy story is rich in innovation. It all began in the early 1950’s when Andrew Pansini, inventor of the first automatic pool cleaner, founded Jandy Industries. Around that same time, Los Angeles-based inventor Avy Miller revolutionized pool heater design and started a company called Laars. The Teledyne Corporation, seeking to expand into new markets, purchased Laars in 1966, Jandy Industries in 1996 and Olympic in 1999, becoming Teledyne Laars Jandy Products. Among the latest innovations are Jandy® AquaPure Salt Chlorine Generators, AE-Ti Heat Pumps, NeverLube® Backwash Valves, Laminar Jets, Deck Jets, CJ Series Filters, LJ Heaters and Low NOx LX/LT Heaters.

Center Moriches Chamber of Commerce Member – The Chamber of Commerce of the Moriches, Inc. is organized for the purpose of advancing the commercial, industrial, recreational, moral, and civic interests of the Moriches area; to promote integrity and good faith; just and equitable principles in businesses; uniformity in commercial usages; to acquire, preserve and distribute appropriate statistics and information of value; and to have a part in representing this area in the consideration and decisions of community, educational, town, county, state and national issues.

Montauk Chamber of Commerce Member – An organization designed to aid visitors of Montauk in finding local businesses, restaurants, real estate, etc. They also sponsor concerts, and festivals, as well as offer news links that describe Montauk upcoming events.

LIPA Energy Efficient Product Program Rebate Center – In an effort to increase the installation of energy efficient residential swimming pool pumps on Long Island, LIPA is again offering a mail-in rebate to LIPA electric account customers who purchase a two-speed or variable-speed swimming pool pump and eligible controller.* Pool pumps must be installed by a participating dealer within the LIPA electric service area in 2011 to be eligible for rebate. Eligible pumps must be 1/2 HP or larger. A list of eligible products is available on the LIPA Web site, www.lipower.org/efficiency. Residential retrofit and new construction customers are eligible.

Loop Loc Dealer – LOOP-LOC’s founder, Bill Donaton, co-invented the safety swimming pool cover in 1957, after a business associate complained about finding small animals drowned in the waterlogged solid vinyl cover on his pool. The key, Bill envisioned, was to create a new type of pool cover that would allow water to drain through, rather than collect. The first mesh safety swimming pool covers were marketed in Connecticut in the fall of that year, and an industry was born.

Authorized Polaris Warranty and Repair Center – Swimming Pools By Jack Anthony is registered as a warranty and repair center for Polaris products, including automatic pool cleaners, and cleaner booster pumps.

Authorized Hayward Repair Center – Swimming Pools By Jack Anthony is trained to repair Hayward pool products, including pumps, heaters, filters, and all other products manufactured by Hayward.

Factory Trained Sta – Rite Heater Repair Center- Swimming Pools By Jack Anthony is trained to repair Sta-Rite pool heaters.

Natural Chemistry Product Dealer – Natural Chemistry manufacturers specialty pool and spa chemicals designed to solve typical pool and spa water problems. Specializing in enzymes to treat water for oils and other contaminants, Natural Chemistry also provides solutions for phosphates, staining, salt water pools, and algae treatment. Their Stain Free product is a customer favorite using natural vitamin c to remove stains from your fiberglass pool.

Commercial Pool PPG Tablet Dealer – The Accu-Tab® system by PPG Industries is a leader in safer, simpler and accurate tablet chlorination. The custom-manufactured, NSF-listed system combines calcium hypochlorite tablets and patented chlorinators to provide a safer chlorination alternative for applications ranging from pools and drinking water to wastewater and food processing.

Authorized Merlin Liner Dealer – Merlin pool liners are custom-designed for your pool to provide the best possible fit and durability. Each liner is CAD-designed and custom manufactured to accommodate steps, angles, objects and unique configurations.

Authorized Aquatons Interactive Water Toys Dealer and Service Center – Since 1986, Empex Watertoys® has been an innovator of unique interactive Aquatic Playgrounds and Spray parks, providing interactive water play for hotels and resorts, municipal parks and recreation facilities, housing complexes, YMCA’s, YWCA’s, campgrounds, zoos, military bases, water parks and amusement parks.