We Sell Garden Leisure – Above Ground Spas & Swim Spas!

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Illiana Backyard Fun is proud to provide our clients access to the Garden Leisure Spa line! This premium line of above ground spas and swim spas is constructed with high quality materials & a premium user interface. Control it with your phone and turn on some brilliant LED lighting.
Illiana Backyard Fun is proud to provide our clients access to the Garden Leisure Spa line! This premium line of above ground spas and swim spas is constructed with high quality materials & a premium user interface. Control it with your phone and turn on some brilliant LED lighting.

The Premier Garden Leisure Spas

Are you tired of cold & dreary winter months that keep you from enjoying the great outdoors? Stop feeling gloomy and instead turn your snowy backyard into a warm oasis that soothes the body and soul!

Illiana Backyard Fun is a proud supplier of the Garden Leisure Spa line. These above ground spas & swim spas consists of high quality benefits including:

  • High-efficiency pump & filtration systems
  • Energy saving heating & insulation design
  • Smart phone controls from the In.Touch App
  • Beautiful & illuminating LED lighting
  • Bluetooth capable audio sound system
  • Stunning acrylic & side skirting finish colors & materials

We pack these amazing values into 7 different spa models & 4 different swim spas. These spas are also customizable based upon which features you want to add. Consider it your opportunity to design your dream spa A La Carte!

All of our Garden Leisure Spas are designed to provide the user with ample leg room and plenty of massage points. Garden Leisure Spas invests hours upon hours calculating the exact position for each of their rotating spa jets. Each spa jet is specifically placed to focus on unique massage points for optimum relaxation and pleasure.
All of our Garden Leisure Spas are designed to provide the user with ample leg room and plenty of massage points. Garden Leisure Spas invests hours upon hours calculating the exact position for each of their rotating spa jets. Each spa jet is specifically placed to focus on unique massage points for optimum relaxation and pleasure.

Top Notch Quality & Energy Savings

Not only do we have some beautifully designed above ground spas and swim spas – but we also provide the highest quality materials & energy savings!

Utilizing some brilliant engineering, Garden Leisure Spas retains the heat expelled from the spa pump to internally heat the walls of the spa. Combine this internal heat with the heat of the water – and you’ve got a spa that is nice and toasty from that chilly winter evening!

Additionally the Garden Leisure Spa line installs high quality Icynene Foam. Designed for homes, offices and commercial applications, Icynene Foam retains heat easily due to its airtight design & spray in application. Therefore, the energy you spend on heating your spa is retained to a much higher degree than other models you may find at other retailers.

Our Garden Leisure Spas utilize the highest quality spa automation on the market. Powered by In.Touch, you can have the power to control all the aspects of your Garden Leisure Spa from the palm of your hand! Turn your lights on and off, adjust the temperature and play audio. This spa is designed for your ultimate enjoyment!
Our Garden Leisure Spas utilize the highest quality spa automation on the market. Powered by In.Touch, you can have the power to control all the aspects of your Garden Leisure Spa from the palm of your hand! Turn your lights on and off, adjust the temperature and play audio. This spa is designed for your ultimate enjoyment!

Premier Digital Controls with In.Touch App

What better way is there to enjoy your backyard oasis than from the palm of your hand? Swimming pools and backyard automation systems are now a part of our everyday lifestyle. Well, the same is now true for your above ground Garden Leisure Spa!

Powered by the In.Touch automation system – you can control all aspects of your Garden Leisure Spa from the palm of your hand! Turn your lights on and off, play audio via Bluetooth and control the temperature of your spa. These spas are designed to give you complete control; thereby providing the optimal environment to entertain both family and friends!

Our Garden Leisure Spas are beautiful, simply put! These spas include add-on LED lighting & accent lights. Now you can have a stunning visual effect in your backyard that is sure to wow your family, friends and guests!
Our Garden Leisure Spas are beautiful, simply put! These spas include add-on LED lighting & accent lights. Now you can have a stunning visual effect in your backyard that is sure to wow your family, friends and guests!

Ultimate Color LED Lights

In addition to amazing smart phone technology, Garden Leisure Spas also gives you some brilliant LED lighting options! Turn your spa a wide array of colors from Blue, Red, Green and much more. You can create any array of atmospheres for you and your loved ones to enjoy for the relaxing experience outdoors!

Along with smart phone controls and brilliant LED lights, we provide you the ability to play music via Bluetooth technology! Simply pair your iPhone or Android device and play your music through integrated audio speakers! You can even select add-on LED backlights for your audio speakers. Absolutely stunning!
Along with smart phone controls and brilliant LED lights, we provide you the ability to play music via Bluetooth technology! Simply pair your iPhone or Android device and play your music through integrated audio speakers! You can even select add-on LED back lights for your audio speakers. Absolutely stunning!

Bluetooth Audio Sound System

If we make it sound like it just gets better and better, well that’s because it does! Not only can you control all aspects of your Garden Leisure Spa from your smart phone, but you can even listen to music!

As an add-on feature, Garden Leisure Spas allows you to add on Bluetooth capable audio speakers that sync right to your smart phone! And as if that weren’t enough, you can even illuminate these speakers with LED back lights for added beauty & aesthetics!

Our Swim Spas are excellent spaces for aerobic activity and water workouts! You can now get your sweat on even during the freezing winter months in your own backyard! This is an excellent way to relieve stress and manage your weight everyday with fun and rigorous exercise activities.
Our Swim Spas are excellent spaces for aerobic activity and water workouts! You can now get your sweat on even during the freezing winter months in your own backyard! This is an excellent way to relieve stress and manage your weight everyday with fun and rigorous exercise activities.

We Even Sell Swim Spas!

Oh yeah, one more thing – we also sell Garden Leisure Swim Spas. Now you can have access to water therapy and swim aerobics anytime of year. Don’t wait for Summer to arrive to get outdoors and stay healthy. Your Garden Leisure Swim Spa is the perfect place to exercise and stay fit all year round!

Just turn on the swim spa system and you’ll receive a steady current of water that provides the perfect exercise for your joints and muscles.

Contact Us for a Free Estimate

As you can probably tell, we at Illiana Backyard Fun are pretty passionate about what we do everyday! Simply put, we just love providing the best products and services to all of our clients.

If you would like a free estimate on a Garden Leisure Spa at your home, just give us a call! We would love to provide you with additional information to help you make an informed decision based on your needs!

Pool Equipment Repairs & Chemical Maintenance

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Swimming Pool Maintenance & Repairs

This home owner contacted Illiana Backyard Fun after they noticed mold developing inside of their swimming pool. At first glance, this appeared to be a chemical issue. After several chemical treatments, it was apparent that something else was wrong. Hence, they contacted Illiana Backyard Fun!

This home owner contacted Illiana Backyard Fun after they noticed mold developing inside of their swimming pool. At first glance, this appeared to be a chemical issue. After several chemical treatments, it was apparent that something else was wrong. Hence, they contacted Illiana Backyard Fun!

Identifying a Home Owner Need

The swimming pool shown above is a Vinyl Swimming Pool with a rectangle layout and radius corners. These are fairly easy swimming pools to maintain and are forgiving due to the Vinyl texture of the walls. However, our home owner had a stubborn mold issue that they could not solve and decided to contact Illiana Backyard Fun to take a deeper look.

At first glance, we agreed that it appeared to be a chemical issue. After a couple of treatments, the mold issue did not subside. This prompted Kristie to evaluate the pool equipment where she located the issue. The sand filter was not properly filtering the water due to several broken laterals (fittings inside of the sand filter).

Once the issue was narrowed down to the pool equipment, the solution became much simpler. Kristie’s new goal was to fix the internal components of the sand filter. Once the filtration equipment is repaired, the swimming pool would regain proper filtration and the mold would be wiped out with basic chemical maintenance.

Before we are able to get into this sand filter to swap out the filter media, we need to empty it first. These filters provide a great method of water filtration. However, they are a bit tricky to get into and empty out. Unfortunately, there is not just a compartment to remove the sand from the bottom. These need to be emptied from the top - hence our handy shop vac!

Before we are able to get into this sand filter to swap out the filter media, we need to empty it first. These filters provide a great method of water filtration. However, they are a bit tricky to get into and empty out. Unfortunately, there is not just a compartment to remove the sand from the bottom. These need to be emptied from the top – hence our handy shop vac!

From Chemical Maintenance to Repairs

As we stated above, once we pinpointed the root cause of our mold proper (improper water filtration due to a damaged sand filter) we solved this proper quickly. Kristie, first began her work by removing the old filter media inside of the sand filter. Sand filters are large fiberglass tanks that can hold hundreds of pounds of filter media (typically sand and pea gravel). This filter media is packed into the sand filter so that water is finely filtered when pushed through at high pressure.

After opening up the filter, Kristie utilized a Shop Vac (can found at a local home depot) to remove the old filter media. This is typically a very easy step and the shop vac would suck out the old debris within a few minutes. However, our sand had crystallized on the bottom of our filter tank because the water had sat in the filter for too long without complete movement.

Good Ol’ Fashioned Hard Work!

Moving into manual debris removal, Kristie had to get a good ol’ fashioned plastic scoop and a strong arm to remove the solidified filter media from this sand filter. It’s of paramount importance to remove all old filter media when doing a sand change out. The reason being – old filter media can contaminate the new filter media rendering it less effective in proper filtration. Our objective here was to completely clean out the inside of this filter before repairing the broken components.

Rather than just diagnosing our customer's mold issue as a chemical proper and continue to sell them chemicals - we took a deeper look. It turns out, the root cause of their mold issue was not a chemical error but improper filtration. This image shows our broken lateral system from inside of our sand filter. They laterals needs to be replaced for this filter to achieve its proper flow levels.

Rather than just diagnosing our customer’s mold issue as a chemical problem and continue to sell them chemicals – we took a deeper look. It turns out, the root cause of their mold issue was not a chemical error but improper filtration. This image shows our broken lateral system from inside of our sand filter. These laterals need to be replaced for this filter to achieve its proper flow levels.

Rapid Equipment Repairs

After the old filter media was removed, we purchased a Lateral Component Kit from our local distributor. This kit includes new laterals, a manifold (to hold the laterals) and a PVC riser. We used this kit to rebuild the internal components of our sand filter.

Once our new manifold system was installed, we poured in our new filter media. In case you haven’t heard, we are avid believers in the Glass Filter Media by Maytronics. This is a relatively new filter media on the market but does an unbelievable job of filtering out particles from your pool water. In fact, this new glass media is capable of filtering your pool water down to 3-5 microns (which is the finest level of filtration in our industry).

Regular silica sand (the same as what we removed from this filter) only has the capability of filtering down to 20-30 microns. This is a massive improvement and will greatly boost the water clarity of our customer’s pool water!

Here you can see Kristie, replacing the manifold system for this sand filter. The PVC riser & replacement laterals are shown on the back end of this manifold system. The black valve with the handle is the diverter assembly that controls the flow of water going in and out of the filter system.

Here you can see Kristie, replacing the manifold system for this sand filter. The PVC riser & replacement laterals are shown on the back end of this manifold system. The black valve with the handle is the diverter assembly that controls the flow of water going in and out of the filter system.

Proper Repairs Every Time!

You may be able to tell by now; we are very passionate about doing a terrific job for each and every one of our customers. In fact, we care so much that we invest a great deal in showing our customers what we do day in and day out. We do this in order to build our customers’ trust and provide exceptional value for those who’d like more information on how to care for their pool & backyard.

In fact, Kristie loves providing as much information as she can to help customers understand how to care for their backyards better. If you have an opportunity to, we invite you to stop by our retail store located in Wateska, Illinois.

Not only do we offer a wide range of swimming pool & spa products and services, but we cover the complete backyard experience! Our retail store is a flag ship of new products and outdoor living products that will greatly boost your overall outdoor lifestyle. From Grills to Pergolas, Spas and Furniture – we have everything that you need to enjoy your life outdoors!

We like to install Glass Filter Media on every sand filter due to its superior filtration quality and lifetime warranty. This product has completely revolutionized the sand filter industry. What used to be the lowest end filter systems are now the best on the market place. This glass media has the same consistency as sand but has the color of green glass. Pretty cool!

We like to install Glass Filter Media on every sand filter due to its superior filtration quality and lifetime warranty. This product has completely revolutionized the sand filter industry. What used to be the lowest end filter systems are now the best on the market place. This glass media has the same consistency as sand but has the color of green glass. Pretty cool!

On To The Next Job

Now that this filter change out is complete and our customer is taken care of, we are on to the next job site! We believe in showing up to our job sites and doing the work ourselves. It’s a great way for us to connect with our customers and ensure that your job is done right the first time. Whether it is a Above Ground or Fiberglass pool installation, a Pool Repair, or Pool Opening or Closing – we are on the job. We care very deeply about our quality of work which is why we stand behind it and ensure that you receive the best level of customer service. It’s our way of going above to sell more and provide you with the best level of service available.

If you have any questions over our products or services, we invite you to give us a call! We are available to answer your questions and would love to provide you with the information that you need to enjoy your backyard experience during this Summer 2018!