Deep Pool Ideas (floor, pools, build, concrete)

[psu2pgh]

As the hot summer approaches, I am looking looking to remodel my pool and trying to get some ideas of what to do with the deep end of the pool.

Currently my pool starts at 3.5 ft and slopes down to 10 ft. There is very little "play area" and a lot of steep slope.

Any thoughts on whether to raise the deep, add some type of ledge to stand or sit on, bar stools, etc. to make the most use of a deep end of a pool? I've never owned a pool before and looking for ideas on what people think is most useful.

Thanks!

[centralaustinite]

I have no idea what is possible, you need to talk to a pool company but I'd get rid of the deep end. Most newer pools these days have a beach entry and a play pool concept where the deepest it gets is about 5 feet. Deep section use a huge amount of water. You can dive (carefully) in but most insurance companies frown on diving boards. These sorts of deep ends were popular in the 1970s but they seem dated now. A pool company could best tell you if it would make financial sense to do it.

[Austin97]

if you have kids I disagree. One of the best parts of a pool is being able to jump in. That being said we love our shallow pool which is about 5.5 feet in the middle and gets shallower at both ends. We do have kids and they want to jump in which we allow, but they just have to be so careful.

If we had had more space I would have done a T with the shallow ends like our existing pool and then the base of the T becoming a deep end for jumping and maybe a water slide.

[convextech]

We specifically bought our house because of the big deep pool. Our kids are grown and all the adults that come over love to show off their skills jumping off the diving board.


That said, I have seen some pools with a ledge around the entire perimeter of the pool that people can sit on.


My husband rigged up a pop-up tent that, on two of the legs, he put boat bumpers on, so that two legs are on the concrete and two legs float, so people can be in the pool but get out of the shade.


I did find a place that sold stools that are weighed down with sand bags that sit on the bottom of the pool, and can be removed, but they were ~$200 apiece.

[bpb]

psu2pgh, I'd love to have a 10ft deep end. For the way we use the pool, our 8' deep end and overhanging diving/jumping rock is great.

If this is the first pool you've owned, before you get swamped and overcharged by pool store recommendations, go visit the online forum at TroubleFreePool.com. We pool owners there are, uh, enthusiastic about simplifying maintenance, and if you post your renovation question there you'll get some good ideas. Check out the pictures posted in the "under construction" subforum for what's going in now.

[chet everett]

Modifying any existing pool get very tricky and costly. My buddy that used to build pool for a living (it was hard work and he is retired now...) has a long list of things that are just too much trouble / unsafe / insurance nightmares.

There are a few firms that do market technology of "adjust depth swimming pools" that are generally NOT suitable for retrofits -- Home - Hydrofloors & Residential lifting pool floor - AKVO Spiralift are easiest to find. As to cost? Well if you have to ask, you probably don't want to know. It is in the range of a top of the line collector type sports car ...