EXHIBIT 23.1


                        Consent of Independent Auditors

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-16639)
pertaining to the SCP Pool Corporation 1995 Stock Option Plan for the
registration of 900,000 shares of Common Stock of SCP Pool Corporation (the
"Company") of our report dated February 19, 1999 (except for the fourth
paragraph of Note 3, as to which the date is March 25, 1999), with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1998, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                         /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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                                         Ernst & Young LLP



New Orleans, Louisiana
April 1, 1999