Owning your own swimming pool should be the culmination of a dream. Aside from buying your house, having a swimming pool installed will probably be one of the most considered purchases you’ll ever make. Choose the right pool for your house and garden now and you will be rewarded with many years of pleasure and a feature that will add great value and desirability to your property.

Whether you decide to have an outdoor or indoor swimming pool really comes down to personal preference. The obvious advantage of an indoor swimming pool is that, because you can control the environment, you are able to make use of the pool throughout the year. However outdoor swimming pools are an equally popular choice and can bring gardens to life with the addition of a carefully and sympathetically designed swimming pool.

Swimming Pool Design Considerations & Construction

Attention to detail in the early design stages brings multiple benefits to anyone purchasing a swimming pool.  The initial design team should include not only the client, but also architects, interior designers, structural engineers and M&E Consultants.

Developing an indoor swimming pool in such close consultation with qualified experts will ensure that the technical requirements of the swimming pool and environmental control systems are incorporated in the design of the new property whilst respecting the overall design and aesthetic appearance required by the client.

Analyse how the swimming pool will be used as this will have an impact on the dimensions or whether additional special features are required such as moving floors. Moving pool floors enable the pool area to be converted into usable floor space in the event of parties, dance floors, conferences or just an area for children to play safely. The ability to regulate the depth of the pool water enables the pool to grow in depth as the children grow in size and ability. For these reasons, swimming pools with moving floors are becoming more and more popular.

Additional design considerations include:

• lighting/sound requirements

• Automatic or safety pool covers

• Automatic chemical closing systems

• Filtration/water treatment

• Environmental heating control systems

• Solar heating

• Ground source heat pumps

So which swimming pool contractor should you choose to design and build your dream pool? The best place to start is SPATA or the Swimming Pool and Allied Trade Association.  SPATA sets the standards governing the construction and operation of swimming pools, saunas and steam and their members have to follow these.

Every pool contractor member of SPATA has their work inspected before they can join, and periodically re-inspected afterwards. They assess the standards of each pool contractor’s work and their trading ethics.

Construction is the largest part of any swimming pool contractor’s job and many will offer you services that encompass innovative ideas utilising the latest technology available including energy saving ideas that will ensure that your swimming pool running costs are kept to a minimum.

Whatever your swimming pool design, careful research will ensure that you find the right swimming pool contractor that will turn your ultimate dream swimming pool into a reality.