Recent content by swimorelse

How does that make any sense? You can fall into the deep end off the side of the pool too... what's the slope there lol? If you can't swim you should be wearing a life jacket.

Yeah the code should not allow diving boards for 8ft pools if anything...but as demonstrated, even with a diving board the steep slope arguably bodes better for you than the shallow slope because of distance and angle of attack. :)

Yes but if you are diving from the deep end of the pool, the wall of the steep slope will be much farther away so less likely to hit it with any kind of force even with a diving board. Personally I don't think 8ft is safe for diving boards regardless. BUT even with a diving board, you tend to...

How can a more shallow angle be safer than a steeper one that gets deeper faster?

Yeah but a steeper angle is safer than a shallow angle that's what doesn't make sense.

I'd rather have a 3.5' shallow shelf about 10ft wide, and then a steep slope 1:1 to 8 ft. Why waste real estate on a transition? Also I think with a standard slope and shallow end you will end up with a smaller 8ft area at the bottom making diving more dangerous....maybe 2 feet wide instead of...

Yes but it's stupid. Somebody could fall off the edge of the pool into the deepend. If you can't swim you should have a life jacket on...that should be the code. I haven't done the math but that means that a 32ft pool can't be within code and have an 8ft deep end suitable for diving.

Okay so the steeper the slope the better then that's fine. You can have a slope that's 1:1. That makes sense to me... Why do I keep seeing a max slope must be 3: 1?

Why do they even have pool slope restrictions? I mean if you can't swim, and are just a slip away from drowning then what are you doing in a pool without a life jacket? And anyways the slope from the side of the pool is like 100% straight down... So why does it matter what it is in the pool...