new build - Ohio 20x40 sports pool vinyl

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Oct 6, 2017
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Getting closer. Does anyone have pictures of their sports pools? Going with a 20x40 vinyl 3.5' 5.5' 3.5'. We might try a 3.5, 5.5, 4 as we are looking at finalizing the depth this week and have read the many comments on this topic here and appreciate all the input.

I was hoping to find pictures of finished sports pools to get ideas on patio space, landscaping and liner (we are thinking of a Barolo Prism as its dark blue color should look nice).

Thanks for the help in advance
 
Hi there :wave: Welcome to TFP!

A sport pool is a great idea in your part of the country- the more shallow water warms up quicker, IMO. My only concern would be to make it *not too* shallow. As it makes it difficult to actually swim in if your knuckles are scraping the bottom during strokes, y'know?

One member here is "Harleysilo" and he built a nice sports pool.. Use the search feature and you can find his posts with pics.

Keep us posted and we'd love to follow along with your build the entire way..... :)

Maddie :flower:
 
Hi j2,

We came into a plaster sports pool about 3 years ago. We recently re-plastered and kept the dimensions and features, including a lane line of tile along the length of the floor for lap swimming, with tile touch pads on either wall. The depths are roughly 39" - 55" - 37". For depth, I would not have gone any deeper in the middle, as this depth already makes it hard for a medium sized person (5'6") to play at a volleyball net strung across the middle. 39" in the shallow ends has worked for kids about as short as 52" on the back line of the volleyball game.

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Just a suggestion, make sure its' clear what you want the water depth to be. The builder may assume you want the pool height x inches but in reality the water will be several or more inches from the top of the water to the bottom of the coping. A 42" inch pool can leave you with 38" of water.
 
So thanks for your input. if I went with 4' as this seems to be the consensus here on the board how do people get around the drop off from the steps into their 4' section? my pb says the steps are made for 3'6" depth and you will have a large last step in to the pool. Just wondering how "large" this feels and it poses any issues.

id like to have a water depth of 3'6"-3'9" a a minimum level a deep section water depth of 5'0" - 5'3" a max depth.
 
Most of our pool is 4' and we have a 12" deep baja shelf in the entry area. That seems to work well to get the steps to fit nicely. There are two standard 12" steps to get from the pool floor to the baja shelf. From the baja shelf to the coping then is quite a bit more than 12" so we put a small step onto the baja shelf, about 6 or 8" high. It's slightly offset from the other steps so you don't really notice that one step is a different height.

It's kind of like in this picture (this is not our pool):
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yes I will gladly post pics throughout the build. it will be an inground vinyl 20x40 with an 8' wide end step on the shallow end with a ladder on the opposite shallow end. plan to preinstall the volleyball pole holes and basketball hoop holes. Biggest thing now is trying to decide on pool depth (even though we are talking inches difference ) but that coupled with concrete patio layout is enough to keep me on this site all day looking for ideas.
This site is amazing with all the input and suggestions across the country. definitely appreciate the input / criticism if any as I go along. Figured people here may have valuable input that can save me from a lifetime of regret.
 
HI! What a fun and scary time in your life!

With you going vinyl that will truly affect your steps..........I would do that end with the drop in steps in mind. You do not want to make it hard for older or smaller people to get out of the pool.

I would love to see where this pool is going to go!

Kim:kim:
 

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