I am designing a 25 yard lap pool for back yard. The pool will be 12 feet wide and 75 feet long. As of now, I am not sure whether to add gutters to eliminate the waves when I swim. I know the gutters will be great, but the addition is very expensive. I am considering not adding the gutters and instead putting the floating lanes dividers which will break the waves. I am not sure if the floating lane lines are enough, especially in such a narrow pool. Does anyone have any experience which could help?
I'd definitely go with a negative-edge system (which would be similar to a gutter in a conventional pool). Basically the water falls over the side into a lower collecting pool beneath, which then takes it to the filter. Many pools here in the PHX area have them. The hotel I stayed at in Cabo had 4-5 pools like this, and since they were on a hillside, you would think the water flowed right into the Pacific.
I just have what I call a play-pool in my backyard, maybe 20-25 feet long at the longest end. Good enough to practice my *** pullouts, but not a heck of alot more (I've scraped my feet on the stones when I've tried doing flip turns). When I have the waterfall running, it really pushes me across the pool. When I try to swim in it, I mostly do ***, and I can definitely feel it when I'm approaching the end. I do have an in-floor cleaning system, which takes care of most debris, together with the normal skimmer.
If I could do it all over again (maybe someday), I'd splurge and get something longer that I could do a real workout in (at least 20 yards)....and definitely a hot tub.
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You're welcome.
This pool was the coolest. The gutter detail gives the illusion that the water is hovering alongside the stone terrace.
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Lucky for me I have a small back yard, else I'd be thinking, "how can I sneak that by Ellen?"... :)
Skip Montanaro
Just noticed you are from Evanston Il, a few great swimmers came from Evanston.
Richard Hanley 5th 100m 1956 Olympics, Melbourne Australia.
