Hello all, hoping for some opinions and thoughts around pool depths… I know – yet another pool depth thread 
Building our first inground pool, it will be a 16x32 flat back kidney shape. The stock plan the builder put forward to us for review has the following depths and lengths:
- 3’4’’ depth shallow end for 7’5’’ in length
- 14’ of transition slope
- 7’ depth deep end for 6’ in length
We are thinking we’d like more usable shallow end space, but also feel like 3’4’’ is a bit too shallow for the shallow end and we suggested 3’8’’ to 3’10’’. And we are also comfortable going as shallow as 6’ in the deep end. After communicating this to builder, the 2nd design came back as follows:
- 3’4’’ depth shallow end for 10’ in length
- 14’ of transition slope
- 7’ depth deep end for 3’5’’ in length
Now, maybe I’m missing something here – but 3’5’’ length of deep end seems small. And they didn’t address the 3’4’’ shallow end depth at all. The builder mentioned that due to my stairs insert, that going to a depth of 3’10’’ would cause the steps to be off and that he could add in a vinyl step at the bottom (which would like cost more $) and likely have to relocate the stair insert off to the side a little more.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I think we are trying to balance the usage of the pool. We have kids that are not little (11 and 13), want more shallow end space to hang out in. But we also want kids to be able to jump a little (with a no diving rule). Feeling is more time will be spent in the shallow end...
I’m probably overthinking all this… first world problems for sure.
Thanks!
Building our first inground pool, it will be a 16x32 flat back kidney shape. The stock plan the builder put forward to us for review has the following depths and lengths:
- 3’4’’ depth shallow end for 7’5’’ in length
- 14’ of transition slope
- 7’ depth deep end for 6’ in length
We are thinking we’d like more usable shallow end space, but also feel like 3’4’’ is a bit too shallow for the shallow end and we suggested 3’8’’ to 3’10’’. And we are also comfortable going as shallow as 6’ in the deep end. After communicating this to builder, the 2nd design came back as follows:
- 3’4’’ depth shallow end for 10’ in length
- 14’ of transition slope
- 7’ depth deep end for 3’5’’ in length
Now, maybe I’m missing something here – but 3’5’’ length of deep end seems small. And they didn’t address the 3’4’’ shallow end depth at all. The builder mentioned that due to my stairs insert, that going to a depth of 3’10’’ would cause the steps to be off and that he could add in a vinyl step at the bottom (which would like cost more $) and likely have to relocate the stair insert off to the side a little more.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I think we are trying to balance the usage of the pool. We have kids that are not little (11 and 13), want more shallow end space to hang out in. But we also want kids to be able to jump a little (with a no diving rule). Feeling is more time will be spent in the shallow end...
I’m probably overthinking all this… first world problems for sure.
Thanks!
