Bronson & Heather Livingston

Making the most of every moment side by side.

Living, working and playing together makes for a sweet life when you find the right partner. 

Bronson and Heather Livingston affirm that truth every single day.

Heather, who has lived in Umatilla her entire life, graduated from Umatilla High school in 1993 and then studied sports management at Florida State University (graduating in 1999). 

Bronson hails from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and graduated from Sevier County High School in 1994.

They met when mutual friends Bronson has known since elementary school introduced them while Heather was vacationing in Pigeon Forge. They hit it off and Bronson moved to Florida in 2004. The couple married in 2007.

Bronson has been in the same field his entire adult life. He was 18 when he started working at Sea Ray Boats, learning fiberglass from the ground up.

“When I moved to Florida, I started doing pool repairs for a local company,” he says. “As I got to know all the pool dealers, they asked if I did side work. Eventually I took a leap of faith, gave six months notice at my job and in 2014, we started our own business, Glassworkxx Fiberglass Pool Repair, doing repair throughout Florida and across the country.” 

Heather worked for the Lake County government for 13 years before leaving to work with Bronson at Glassworkxx.

It’s typically Heather talking with customers while Bronson is hands-on, literally wielding the torch to apply ecoFINISH®, a flame-sprayed polymer coating.

“There’s nothing better than a happy customer,” Heather says. “Word of mouth has been our best advertising.” 

When they’re not working or giving back to the community in whatever ways they can, you’ll find the Livingstons doing something fun, often joined by their grown children Aaron, Reno and Kayla. Reno also works for the family business.

“We like to golf, go boating and to the beach,” says Heather, adding that they also dote on their two grandsons. “We love college football and are big FSU and Tennessee fans. We have a pool, so all our friends and kids come over to swim and watch the games.” 

Multiple times a year, the Livingstons pack their bags and hit the high seas.

“We’re homebodies, but Carnival cruising is our thing,” Heather says. “That’s what we give each other for birthdays, Christmas and our anniversaries. Our best destination so far has been Aruba, but for our 50th birthday celebrations next year, we’re cruising to Hawaii from Seattle.”