Crafting up a Natural Swimming Pool at Home with an NJ Pool Company
August 20th, 2014 | By: Mitchell Knapp | Pool & Spa Design
Sometimes, giving back to nature while refreshing and exercising yourself is a logically sound decision. Jennifer Blair of SFGate.com writes:
If you’ve held off adding a pool to your backyard because you aren’t crazy about the maintenance involved nor the use of chemicals to keep the water clean, a natural swimming pool may be right up your alley. Meant to look like a natural swimming pond in koi pond design, this type of pool uses plants to filter out harmful bacteria and keep the water clean. Designing any pool is a complex project, but with a natural swimming pool, the process is even more challenging because so many details go into creating the delicate balance that allows the pool to function naturally. That’s not all, for if it’s an indoor swimming pool, you’d also have to take care of the maintainance around the pool area. One example of this could be the duct cleaning of the air conditioning system for the area around the inner pool.
New Jersey’s location on the Atlantic Seaboard does add dimension to people hitting the water as way of calming their bodies, whether out on the beach or simply in a pool. There are a number of municipal pool facilities, but privacy concerns warrant you to consider setting one up at home, with various considerations taken into account. When you are ready to take the plunge with a natural swimming pool in more ways than one, get the ball rolling through a builder of pools in NJ like Tranquility Pools, Inc.
Material composition
A natural swimming pool often requires additional finesse than your average swimming pool. Blair says such pools usually have a lining of bentonite clay that fuses well to hold the water in; however, the pool stands to dry up if the ground adjacent to the pool comprises of dry soil or sand, which compromises the clay’s integrity. Have your pool contractor fashion an EPDM liner backed up by a layer of manufactured gravel to add lining protection.
Area
Natural swimming pools must have ample space on the property to accommodate plants that will serve as a filter system; some design experts peg the plant bed to be roughly 50%of the entire pool area. Blair recommends sloping the pool to protect against cave-ins on a ratio of one-foot drop per three feet of length. Plan ahead with defining the swimming and plant zones and put in the plants depending on root depth.
Machinery
A reputable NJ pool company like Tranquility Pools will recommend machine solutions to add efficiency for something like a natural swimming pool. An underwater pumping and aeration system works in helping circulate water and air all over the area and assists the plants’ filtration process.
A natural swimming pool can work well in refreshing your body. Working with well-known pool experts are a means to that end.
(Source: How to Design a Natural Swimming Pool, SFGate.com)
