Underneath the liner is a sand or cement-like floor, specified in dimension to the "cut" of the liner that is to be used. The floors come up to meet the walls, which are commonly 3 ft by 8 ft panels made of galvanized steel or thermoplastic. These walls are supported from behind so that they won't bow out against the weight of the water. All of the wall panels are secured together to make up the perimeter shape of the swimming pool.
There are many advantages to installing a vinyl liner pool. Vinyl pools are very flexible and cannot crack like a concrete pool. A vinyl liner makes all surfaces of your pool smooth. Because of the flexibility with the steel walls, a vinyl pool offers unlimited design options, sizes, and shapes for your backyard. A vinyl pool may be less expensive than a fiberglass pool or concrete pool.
Vinyl liners are not limited in colors and patterns as they used to be. Over time, changing the liner will dramatically improve the visual effect of your pool. The cost of the liner will depend on its shape, size, thickness, and pattern choice. As in all inground pools, a variety of features may be added to your vinyl pool including spas, waterfalls, decking, laminar jets, lighting effects and pool heaters.
Now you can enjoy an inground pool, no matter how uneven the terrain is in your backyard. Slopes or hills are no problem for Optimum! With 2-inch thick insulated wall panels, all aluminum and stainless steel construction, Optimum is made to be installed inground, semi-inground, or built into a slope. Optimum is also ideal for waterfront property where the water table is high which typically prohibits traditional inground pool construction.
With its wide variety of installation options in an array of round and oval sizes, Optimum is so versatile, it can be installed to fit any yard. The minimalist deck and sleek infinity pool design set the scene and allow our eyes to focus on the gorgeous, expansive vineyard view ahead.
Opt for this kind of design if you're drawn to the visual illusion of a never-ending edge. So what if your backyard doesn't have enough space to build an Olympic-level swimming pool? Cocktail pools are shallow usually around four feet deep all the way across, so their actual size doesn't matter much.
They're best for cooling off, relaxing, and entertaining in, says designer Jay Jeffers. Beyond the romantic crawling vine-covered gazebo designed by April Powers , you'll see the solarium covering the swimming pool.
Enclosed by glass, the light can pour through without actually letting in as many harmful rays or rain. So, basically, it's the perfect mix between an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool if you can't decide on one. The s property is a perfect backdrop for a solarium, too, as it echoes the Art Deco architecture of the public swimming pools popular during the era. Natural swimming pools like this one designed by Rod Pleasants, president of McIver Morgan and saltwater pools have become more and more popular, as their self-cleaning systems mean you get to go chemical-free.
A natural pool features a self-cleaning area that filters out microorganisms, no chlorine needed. Read more about natural pools here. The soft edges of rounded swimming pools tend to fit in well with traditional architecture and design.
This one in a GRT-designed home also features natural stone, making it feel even more serene and relaxing. An in-ground rectangular swimming may be a better option if you're looking for a place to swim laps. Maybe your backyard isn't huge, but combine it with a den and you'll double the size. This indoor to outdoor swimming pool is about as unique as it gets. Architecturally striking, this pool also offers up some practical perks.
Now you can swim from indoors or outdoors depending on your mood or the season. The glass wall helps ease the transition. Now, this is a good use of basement space. In this home designed by Breegan Jane , the indoor swimming pool area feels sexy and stylish as well as serene thanks to the circadian rhythm light system that changes color and moderates the internal clock. It's super long and linear, perfect for laps.
A lap pool is a swimming pool built and used for fitness and health purposes. Lap pools are usually long and narrow, often more than 50 feet in length. Typically, lap pools are a rectangular shape and can be built on long, narrow lots. Natural swimming pools or swimming ponds, as they are called in Europe, where the concept originated back in the s are self-cleaning pools that combine swimming areas and water gardens.
Like any in-ground, private swimming pool, a natural pool can be designed in a freeform, rustic style with boulders and waterfalls, or it can be modern or architectural—sleek and elegant. Most natural pools are lined with rubber or reinforced polyethylene. A separate-within-the-pool "regeneration" zone is equipped with aquatic landscaping, which acts as a sort of organic cleaning system.
Skimmers and pumps circulate the water through the regeneration zone and draw it across a wall of rocks, loose gravel or tiles.
Friendly bacteria attaches to the wall, acting as an additional biological filter. The term pond conjures up images of cloudy water with who-knows-what lurking beneath the surface. Friendly bacteria attach to the pond, serving as an additional biological filter. Unlike artificial ponds, which tend to be as murky with groundwater runoff and sediment from soil erosion as the natural ponds they're modeled on, in a natural pool the water is clear enough to see through to the bottom.
Natural pools, which cost about the same as or slightly more than conventional ones, depending on landscaping, appeal to gardeners because of the great variety of plant life that can be grown in them, as well as to green advocates and others who don't want to swim in chlorinated water. Olympic athletic competitions and swimming are the most widely followed Olympic sports in the world and have the largest number of events and participants from different countries.
It's no surprise that aspiring Olympians and swimming fans get caught up in the big event and want an Olympic-sized swimming pool of their own. Plunge pools are small, cold-water pools that have been used for thousands of years in Chinese medicine and were also popular with the Ancient Romans.
Many swimmers and athletes like to plunge into a pool of cold water after a heated workout or sauna or spa session, believing it has therapeutic benefits. Plunge pools can be separate or attached to a larger in-ground pool.
They can look like a spa—but one cautious foot in the pool will reveal otherwise. OK, so you don't exactly look at a swimming pool and exclaim: "Wow—I love the way those saltwater pools are designed!
I'd know a saltwater pool from a distance, blindfolded! Popular in Australia and New Zealand for many years before making their way to other continents, saltwater pools are not a design or style of pool. But adding a saltwater chlorinator or generator is something you have built into your pool. The good thing is that the generator can be added during the pool-construction process or after. A chlorinator can also be added to an above-ground pool, as long as it's made especially for above-ground swimming pools.
Blending the words spa and pool, you get a spool. Since the Recession, pool builders have seen a rise in homeowner requests for custom-built spools. Many people have downsized, and their smaller lots can't accommodate a larger pool. Some like it for relaxation and entertaining, using it more as a lukewarm-to-cool small pool in which to soak and cool off on hot days. And, of course, they don't cost as much to build as a larger pool.
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