design

Hi folks - my wife and I recently moved to west central Florida after spending our entire lives (40 years) in Michigan. We both grew up with the standard Michigan above ground pool but are now embarking on building our own in our new home, which is currently under construction and will be ready...

Hello THP community! I was hoping I could borrow someone's expertise. My wife and I bought a Florida home that needs a lot of work. We love the home... or what it can be through some elbow grease and long hours after work. We have been making strides to fix a TON of handy man problems. Most of...

Hi - looking for some feedback on our design, initially wanted only coping around the pool + 9 feet of decking for loungers on the entry side. We’d like to conserve some grass space (roughly 20ft of grass past the pool) so we thought about removing loungers from entry side and adding more...

First post: I've been trying to sort through all the excellent advice but still would love suggestions in every area. We live outside of Austin on a small farm and my husband and daughter with Down syndrome would benefit from gentle exercise. I'm trying to keep it simple since we have had...

Hello! I would love your advice on how to arrange the coping on top of the stepping pads in my pool. With 1/2” overhang on all sides, the footprint of each pad is 40” x 42” and the material is the same marble as the coping in the picture and measures 12” x 24”. The pads are in line with...

Hey y'all we are finally taking the plunge and building our first pool! Very excited about starting the process but just want another set of eyes to ensure we aren't missing something. Building in the north Houston area of Texas. Project is expected to take six weeks. Thanks for the help in...

Hello! I’m in the process of planning a 16 x 28 oval above ground pool. I found one picture where someone seems to have mounted their solar cover on the long side of their oval pool. They must fold in the two sides before reeling it up? I’d like to mount mine similarly if it won’t become an...

Hey everyone, I need some help on where best to position my pool in my backyard! Please see the attached image for what I’m working with so far with my builder. After initially planning my pool alongside my fence, we discovered an easement so now I have to change up all my plans. I’m mostly...

So I’m trying to figure out the best place to put a small bathroom (no shower) and some storage. 1. toilet on one side of the garage back door, storage on other side? 2. Next to hot tub deck creating a screening wall for privacy also. 3. To the right of the firepit area centered in the short...

I am in the early stages of building a new home with a pool. I have attached a very rough sketch of my thoughts/plans for the pool. Wanting a sports pool with no deep end. Plans for now are 4' at each end and 5' in the middle, gunite 18' x 36' with 12' x 12' offset for a sun shelf and steps...

None of the 3 builders I've had out recommend an SWG setup for an inground gunite pool. One has even insisted I sign a waiver to have a SWG installed. I'm being told there are not many SWG pools being installed anymore. The rationale is that "you see what salt does to roads, it does the same...

Hi everyone, We are getting our future home plans ready and we are getting to the pool design phase. We have quite a few site restrictions and must-have's that are making the design challenging and would like to get more ideas or maybe call-outs on things we may be doing completely wrong...

We are in the design process for our pool & cabana and we currently have a contemporary rectangle style in-ground pool. I had my designer leave a gap in the middle of the stairs off the sun shelf to allow for a wall that would allow for me to swim laps in the pool. My designer said he has...

We live in a relatively warm climate (northern CA) and are planning to build a pool in our backyard for the adults (serious lap swimming, but no one professional) and our two kids. What would you say is wrong with this plan? How would you improve it? 50’ x 10’ pool (possibly 50’ x 12’) + hot...

Hi All, Getting close to signing with a PB for our new pool. We are first time pool owners/builders. It's an in-ground SWG pool, 27.5 x 14.5. See attached design. Equipment/Specs: Pentair Superflo 2 Speed Pump Clean and Clear 200 Filter Pentair Automation - asking for Intellitouch, currently...