...due to the "corrosive nature of the humid, chorinated air"? This happened recently at a pool I swim at, and I have never heard of it happening anywhere. Thoughts? Experiences? I'm hearing from the peanut gallery (i.e. non-swimmers) that this sort of thing must happen or will happen elsewhere. Seems to me places like California and Florida, with the added salt in the air, would have safety measures/materials built in. So my thought, initially, is a) it was a fluke, or b) the construction wasn't done by a company experienced in pools.
Thanks for any thoughts.
I swim at the pool on the local Navy base (I'm a Navy retiree). They built us a new pool about 4-5 years ago. But before that the pool was housed in a big pre-WWII Quonset hut-shaped building. The arch support beams, and roof/ceiling were all wood...and pretty well preserved at that. Personally I thought it was unique pool/building. I don't think any of the light fixtures were over the water though. Until around early 2000s the ceiling and beams were all painted white. It made for a nice bright interior. But the paint was always chipping, and there were frequently paint chips in the water. Then they got smart and stripped it all down to bare wood and left it that way. It was a dark mahogany-looking wood. That's when I though it was really neat...swimming while surrounded by wood. (Coincidently that old building was just razed right before Xmas and you can't even tell where it was now.) But in the new pool there aren't lights mounted over the water either.
Dan
I swim at the pool on the local Navy base (I'm a Navy retiree). They built us a new pool about 4-5 years ago. But before that the pool was housed in a big pre-WWII Quonset hut-shaped building. The arch support beams, and roof/ceiling were all wood...and pretty well preserved at that. Personally I thought it was unique pool/building. I don't think any of the light fixtures were over the water though. Until around early 2000s the ceiling and beams were all painted white. It made for a nice bright interior. But the paint was always chipping, and there were frequently paint chips in the water. Then they got smart and stripped it all down to bare wood and left it that way. It was a dark mahogany-looking wood. That's when I though it was really neat...swimming while surrounded by wood. (Coincidently that old building was just razed right before Xmas and you can't even tell where it was now.) But in the new pool there aren't lights mounted over the water either.
Dan
