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Goodwill (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2012
Goodwill [Line Items]          
Highest goodwill balance among other reporting units       $ 5,700,000pool_HighestGoodwillBalanceAmongReportingUnits  
Average goodwill balance among other reporting units       800,000pool_AverageGoodwillBalanceAmongReportingUnits  
Number of reporting units with allocated goodwill balances       215pool_NumberOfReportingUnitsWithAllocatedGoodwillBalances  
Goodwill Carrying Value - UK Reporting Unit         6,900,000pool_Goodwillcarryingvalueukreportingunit
Goodwill impairment 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 6,946,000us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss    
Goodwill [Roll Forward]          
Balance, beginning of period 181,240,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross 179,249,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross      
Acquired goodwill 3,907,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod        
Goodwill, Translation Adjustments (1,957,000)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments 1,991,000us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments      
Balance, end of period 183,190,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross 181,240,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross 179,249,000us-gaap_GoodwillGross    
Accumulated goodwill impairment losses (9,266,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss (9,266,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss      
Goodwill impairment 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss 0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss (6,946,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss    
Accumulated goodwill impairment losses (9,266,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss (9,266,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss (9,266,000)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairedAccumulatedImpairmentLoss    
Goodwill $ 173,924,000us-gaap_Goodwill $ 171,974,000us-gaap_Goodwill