Many people love to swim, and in fact swimming is an Olympic sport. After all, even though human beings are not native to the water, many swimming techniques exist, and a person can in fact swim very fast in pools today, with different techniques being well known. This is also good exercise and can be a lot of fun. Many homeowners choose to hire pool contractors to build a private swimming pool in their backyard, complete with a ladder, diving board, and pool screens to protect the water when not in use. Meanwhile, public swimming pools are larger and offer even more features, and some resorts and hotels offer what are known as infinity pools. Just what are infinity pools, and what type of pool is right for a swimmer today?
Public and Infinity Pools
Not everyone can afford to have a private swimming pool in their back yard, and some people do not even have a back yard. But many Americans love to visit public pools, and many hotels or resorts have pools as well that will often be more luxurious and have fewer swimmers at a time, such as at coastal resorts around the world. Infinity pools are one such model. What are they? Infinity pools are too complex and expensive for a regular community and certainly for a homeowner, so they are most often found at resorts. By design, these pools have clear plastic walls that appear to meld the pool’s water with a nearby, natural body of water or the horizon, making the pool appear endless, hence the name. A person should not and probably cannot swim outside of the pool so easily, but it may be relaxing to appear to swim in the middle of a lake or tropical ocean while in fact being in the safety of an actual, man made swimming pool.
Meanwhile, public pools are a popular option for most people, and are often visited in late spring and throughout summer (the exception being pools in Florida, which never close). Swimming is, in fact, the 4th most popular sport or activity in the United States, and as mentioned above, it is great exercise because it works out muscles all across the body with water resistance. A public pool may use chlorine to sanitize the water (85% of pools do this), and there may be features such as swimming lanes, markers for depth, a kid-friendly pool with shallow water and playground-like equipment, and there may also be water slides. These pools are large and may sometimes be crowded, and a person may choose to have their own private pool built into their backyard if they have the room and the budget. What might such a pool look like?
Your Private Pool
Some homeowners want a private pool in the backyard, and not only is a pool great fun, but it can act as a sort of landscaping. Landscaping is when a homeowner adds features to the front or backyard to make it more appealing, and not only does this make the yard attractive, but this also makes the property more attractive on the real estate market when the home sells. This generates a high ROI, or return of interest, on landscaping such as a pool.
Pool contractors will be hired to build the private pool. They will dig up the foundation at the desired location, then pour the concrete foundation and also install hardware such as the water filter and the pumps to keep the water fresh and flowing. Then, the pool contractors will put up the plaster and tiles on the walls and floor of the pool, along with features such as lights and even a diving board, along with water-level tiles which may be different in color than the rest. Once the pool is complete, an extra feature can be added: the pool screen. This will prevent hot summer sunlight from evaporating the water, and it will also keep debris like leaves from getting in, and may also prevent pranksters from getting into the pool without permission. Regular maintenance such as scooping out debris can be done, along with draining the water to repair tiles and plaster when they become damaged.