Wave Outdoors Pools - Swimming Pool Planning

A pool affects more than the household that owns it. When neighbors have young children, the pool becomes something those children can see, hear and be curious about, sometimes from the other side of a fence and sometimes from much closer. Planning with neighboring families in mind does not shift responsibility onto them. It recognizes that a pool sits within a small community of yards and that children do not always respect property lines. Think about how a child might

Trees and pools have a complicated relationship. Shade from a tree can make the deck comfortable on a hot afternoon, while the same tree can fill the pool with leaves and keep the water cooler than swimmers would like. When choosing a pool location, it helps to look at nearby trees in terms of both shade and debris, and to understand how each changes through the season. Understand what falls and when Different trees drop different things at different times. Some shed

A pool cover only helps when it is closed. That sounds obvious, but households often develop loose habits around covering, leaving it off for the afternoon, closing it only at night or covering the pool only when they remember. Deciding when the cover should be closed, and making that decision part of the household routine, helps the cover do the job it was chosen for. Start with why the cover exists Covers serve different purposes. Some are mainly about keeping debri

Pool equipment has to go somewhere, and in many older pool areas it ended up in an inconvenient spot. It may sit beside the patio where people eat, under a bedroom window, in a low area that floods or in a corner that is hard to reach for service. A renovation offers a chance to fix that, and there are several options depending on how serious the problem is. Name the specific problem Equipment placement problems usually fall into a few categories: noise near seating o