Hi everyone. This is my first post and I'm excited to be joining the pool owner club
Our pool is under construction. It is a free form pool approx 33 x 22. It was supposed to be 3 ft to 4.5 ft to 6 ft deep. After the gunite, I thought that it looked pretty shallow, so asked my pool builder to measure and sure enough, it's 3 ft to 3.5 to 5.25. This is a reputable builder (the largest in our area) and they have good reviews, but this issue slipped though the cracks at several points along the way.
The pool builder is offering two options. 1) blast out the bottom of the pool, redo the rebar, plumbing and gunite to the correct depths, or
2) take a monetary credit and leave it as is. We are still waiting to find out how much money we are talking which will be a big part of the decision.
But, we have kids ages 7 & 8. They want to be able to jump in from the 18" raised beam and I want them to be able to do it safely. If I'm being honest, even my husband wants to be able to do a decent can-opener off the wall. I'm worried that 5 ft, 3 inches of deep end isn't enough for it to be safe. We know it's not safe to dive, we never intended this to be a diving pool, just a jumping pool.
What do y'all think? Is 5'3" enough to jump in? Are there benefits to having a shallow pool that we haven't considered? Should we make them fix it no matter what the monetary credit looks like? Anxious to hear from experienced pool owners and appreciate the feedback.
Our pool is under construction. It is a free form pool approx 33 x 22. It was supposed to be 3 ft to 4.5 ft to 6 ft deep. After the gunite, I thought that it looked pretty shallow, so asked my pool builder to measure and sure enough, it's 3 ft to 3.5 to 5.25. This is a reputable builder (the largest in our area) and they have good reviews, but this issue slipped though the cracks at several points along the way.
The pool builder is offering two options. 1) blast out the bottom of the pool, redo the rebar, plumbing and gunite to the correct depths, or
2) take a monetary credit and leave it as is. We are still waiting to find out how much money we are talking which will be a big part of the decision.
But, we have kids ages 7 & 8. They want to be able to jump in from the 18" raised beam and I want them to be able to do it safely. If I'm being honest, even my husband wants to be able to do a decent can-opener off the wall. I'm worried that 5 ft, 3 inches of deep end isn't enough for it to be safe. We know it's not safe to dive, we never intended this to be a diving pool, just a jumping pool.
What do y'all think? Is 5'3" enough to jump in? Are there benefits to having a shallow pool that we haven't considered? Should we make them fix it no matter what the monetary credit looks like? Anxious to hear from experienced pool owners and appreciate the feedback.