Giant Birds of Paradise - Poolside - issue?

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hollywoodfrodo

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So we planted this moderate sized plants when our pool was finished not quite 2 years ago in the planter that was integrated to go behind our waterwall feature:
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This is what they look like now:
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They are beautiful but the trunks of these things keep growing and are huge - I'm concerned about them damaging the pool. I mean the pool concrete is obviously super thick so I'm not sure if that's a legitimate concern or not, but figured I'd see if anyone here has any expertise or experience to weigh in. Thanks!
 
I don't have them installed right by the pool but I do have two big ones in a retaining wall on my front yard. I have never seen their roots becoming a problem or "invasive" is the term plant people use. I do trim them though about 1-2x a year to get the deadfall off of them. Here a mine but I have a foot or two of clearance from the wall itself. The one in this photo is probably 4-5 ft tall and is probably 8-10 years old.

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tstex said:
what type of wires are they and what do they service?
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All of them. House electric to the back, phones and TV/internet to the side and across the front, and it looks like 2 or 3 steel support wires going from the flowerbed to hold up the pole.
 
Newdude said:
All of them. House electric to the back, phones and TV/internet to the side and across the front, and it looks like 2 or 3 steel support wires going from the flowerbed to hold up the pole.
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Dead accurate! The lowest wires are cable so no biggie. The highest ones thankfully are electricity and are high enough to meet code over a pool. The "guy wires" in the planter - that's a whole story - those used to go into where the pool is now. We paid to have them moved before we started pool construction.
 
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