Hi guys
(bk - congrats on 1400 well written posts!
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Bruce, You can do almost everything with a liner pool that you can do with a 'crete' pool
Negative edges, sunning decks, irregular shapes, etc. are possible for a good liner pool company (paired with a good panel manufacturer ). The IG liner company I worked for in Ct. usually installed 'sport pools' - however, we usually had them as 3 tiered (shallow [3'], middle [4 - 5'], and deep [5.5 - 6.5'] - though we did do a couple 3 - 6 -3') The folks who make the liners can cut them to ~ anything you can imagine.
Dan, bk said it a little more clearly than I did, 20 mil throughout the pool is fine :-D I think you're correct in that most folks enjoying a pool are either swimming laps or standing around - as such, I would have a deeper end for the taller folks. BUT... some folks
absolutely require a diving area - especially the kids
Without a longer pool, you can't make that happen in your pool
By law, you need a 4' deep end wall, at least 6' of 8' bottom, and 13' of slope from the shallow end floor (3') to the bottom pad. At this point, we've already got 23', with no shallow end floor
- if you want a diving pool, you've got to extend the pool ~10'
However, You can easily install a slide into ~5' of water - just an option to keep the kids happy