My wife and I (and our 18 month old daughter) recently moved into our new-built home in the lowcountry of South Carolina, and are looking to have a pool built. We're going a little different than usual though; we're looking to have a proper 25y (or meters) lap pool, at whatever width is reasonable; I was a college swimmer, and my wife likes to swim for exercise, although between shutdowns over the past year and care for our girl she hasn't been able to get out much. So far our daughter loves water, so we're hoping she'll enjoy her own pool as well (she has at least the little blow up one she has).
I've been in contact so far with three builders, each with a different build method; one concrete, one hybrid polymer walls braced with concrete piers, and one which would be a joined fiberglass pool. In addition to the lap lane, we'd also want some sort of 'tanning ledge'/shallow area to lounge/play in. My initial thought was ~75'x15', but that was just a swag as to what would fit and not be 'too' narrow; the hybrid polymer contractor told me that going above 10' wide drastically increases the price due to the water load on the long edge, so they're working up a proposal for 75'x10', while the joined fiberglass is more like 8' wide. Shallow area would either be at an end or in the middle, so 'T' shaped or 'L' shaped, just with very exaggerated proportions.
Thoughts/things to consider? In some other searching, I've already seen lane lines mentioned as a way to reduce chop, so I've mentioned that and been told it is doable, though haven't seen it listed on a formal proposal yet (I only have that from the hybrid contractor so far, fiberglass has told me I'll get something late next week and concrete we don't meet with for another week after that). We have plenty of space; we built in the middle of a 10 acre lot, without HOA, so we're well clear of our setbacks. Something that did come to mind, though; we're on well water, that needs some decent treatment to not smell. It's treated with water softener salt; assuming we get a 'salt system', would that take care of the water smell in the pool? We'd be running the pool from before the softener, so we didn't burn through that faster than we already do.
Thanks!
I've been in contact so far with three builders, each with a different build method; one concrete, one hybrid polymer walls braced with concrete piers, and one which would be a joined fiberglass pool. In addition to the lap lane, we'd also want some sort of 'tanning ledge'/shallow area to lounge/play in. My initial thought was ~75'x15', but that was just a swag as to what would fit and not be 'too' narrow; the hybrid polymer contractor told me that going above 10' wide drastically increases the price due to the water load on the long edge, so they're working up a proposal for 75'x10', while the joined fiberglass is more like 8' wide. Shallow area would either be at an end or in the middle, so 'T' shaped or 'L' shaped, just with very exaggerated proportions.
Thoughts/things to consider? In some other searching, I've already seen lane lines mentioned as a way to reduce chop, so I've mentioned that and been told it is doable, though haven't seen it listed on a formal proposal yet (I only have that from the hybrid contractor so far, fiberglass has told me I'll get something late next week and concrete we don't meet with for another week after that). We have plenty of space; we built in the middle of a 10 acre lot, without HOA, so we're well clear of our setbacks. Something that did come to mind, though; we're on well water, that needs some decent treatment to not smell. It's treated with water softener salt; assuming we get a 'salt system', would that take care of the water smell in the pool? We'd be running the pool from before the softener, so we didn't burn through that faster than we already do.
Thanks!
