A spa that was engineered with the pool, not added onto it.
Integrated spas, infinity and negative edges, and geometric design — the technical repertoire behind our most photographed projects.
Schedule Your Private ConsultationWhat changes in the engineering when you add a spa?
An integrated spa isn't a smaller pool bolted onto the main one — it runs its own circulation, its own heater, and usually its own jets, sharing a wall or a spillway with the pool but not its water chemistry or temperature. On a recent Boca Raton project, that meant a 7'x7' spa with 8 hydrotherapy jets engineered alongside a 174-linear-foot infinity edge pool — two systems designed together from the first sketch, not fit together after the fact.
Does my lot need to slope for an infinity edge to work?
Mostly, yes. An infinity edge is designed to visually disappear toward a view or a lower elevation, so it works best where the lot already slopes away from the pool. A negative edge — sometimes called a vanishing edge — creates a similar effect on a smaller scale into a catch basin, and works on lots without that natural drop. Both require more precise engineering than a standard edge, because the water level has to stay exact for the effect to read correctly.
How does the pool's shape relate to the house?
A clean geometric pool reads best against a modern, architectural home — sharp lines that continue the house's own proportions into the yard. A freeform design suits a more traditional or landscape-driven property. We design the shape from your home's own architecture first, then bring the spa, deck, and lighting into that same geometry, so nothing in the backyard looks like an afterthought.
What heating and automation options come with a spa?
Most of our integrated spas run on app-based automation, so you can bring the spa up to temperature and set the jets from your phone before you're even in the backyard. A salt chlorination system on the pool side keeps day-to-day maintenance lighter, which matters more once you have two systems to manage instead of one. Our JMC Pools team stays on after the build for the service side of that equipment.
Integrated spa projects
Infinity Edge New Construction — Boca Raton
An infinity edge pool with an integrated spa, an LED bubbler sunshelf, and a fire pit set into the edge.
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New Construction with Custom Fire Feature — Palm Beach Gardens
The largest of the five showcase projects — a pool with a spa, sunshelf, and a custom wall fire feature.
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Full Renovation & Sunshelf Addition — Parkland
A full renovation with a new sunshelf addition, completed in partnership with the landscape architect at Dreamscapes By Zury.
See more projects in Parkland, FLQuestions about pool & spa design
In most of our integrated designs, yes — a dedicated pump lets the spa run hot and jetted independently while the pool stays at its own temperature, without one system compromising the other.
An infinity edge is designed to visually disappear against a view — the water appears to run off toward the horizon. A negative edge (sometimes called a vanishing edge) creates the same effect on a smaller scale, often into a catch basin, and works on lots without a long sightline.
It depends on the size of the spa, whether it's raised or built into the pool's edge, and the equipment package — jets, a dedicated heater, automation. Tell us your project and we'll give you real numbers, not a rule of thumb.
It depends on grade — infinity edges work when the yard slopes away toward a view or a lower elevation. If your lot is flat, a negative edge or a raised spa with a spillway usually gets you a similar visual effect without needing that drop in elevation.
Both. The shape follows the house — a more modern, architectural home usually calls for a clean geometric pool with sharp sightlines, while other properties suit a freeform design better. We design to the architecture, not to a house style of our own.
Designing integrated pools and spas across South Florida
- Pool & spa design in Boca Raton, FLLocal project examples and service area details.
- Pool & spa design in Delray Beach, FLLocal project examples and service area details.
- Pool & spa design in Boynton Beach, FLLocal project examples and service area details.
- Pool & spa design in Palm Beach Gardens, FLLocal project examples and service area details.
- Pool & spa design in Parkland, FLLocal project examples and service area details.
Let's design a pool and spa that work as one system.
An infinity edge pool with an integrated spa, an LED bubbler sunshelf, and a fire pit set into the edge.
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