LAPS OF LUXURY: IS A LAP POOL THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR YOU?
- Luxury Pools + Oudoor Living
- Mar 17
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 14
Choosing the best swimming pool for your backyard and your vision involves many considerations. You have to find a pool that doesn’t just cater to your personal taste – it has to fit in your yard and complement the space.
A swimming pool option that can offer you the best of both worlds is a lap pool. Usually, when people think of a lap pool, they think of what they’re typically associated with – swimming laps! While this form of exercise is an obvious benefit of lap pools, there are several other benefits to this type of pool you may not have thought of. Lap pools are a great swimming pool solution for many homeowners and their backyards.
Some things to consider are:
Backyard Space
Due to their slim shape, lap pools are perfect for smaller, more narrow backyards that may otherwise have been unable to fit a pool. lap pools give you flexibility in terms of placement; if the yard at the rear of your property is limited in space, you could see if you could have a lap pool installed on the side of your house. On the reverse, if you have a little space at the rear of your yard but don’t have much on the side of your property, a lap pool may be able to be built close to your back fence. Lap pools come in many different lengths, to accommodate different needs.
Pool Dimensions
There is no absolute length that a lap pool should be, however we suggest as long as practical on your property to get a good swim in without having to do too many turns. Common lengths for domestic lap pools are 12.5m, 15m, 20m and 25m. Of course one of the great advantages of concrete pools is that they can be constructed to any size to suit your requirements. As far as width goes, a good comparison is that lap lanes at most commercial swim centres are 2.5m wide. This allows for two people lap swimming. We have built them from 1.5m to 4m wide.
Pool Depth
In relation to the pool depth, you need to consider whether you want to be able to dive in from one end. If so, it should be around 2.0m deep. Many lap pools we build these days are 1.2m throughout.
Additional Add on Features
When considering costs, there are many additional features that can be built into your pool so that you are able to use it as comfortably and as frequently as possible.
Heating
When do you want to swim in the pool? Will it be in the morning, afternoon; all year? This will affect how you heat the pool. If you are planning to swim laps every afternoon in Summer and want to swim at around 25 degrees, solar heating will be perfect for most people. If you want to swim all year round, or early mornings, you will most likely need to consider some other type of heating; typically gas or a heat pump. Your builder will be able to help you choose.
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Pool Cover
If you are going to heat the pool all year round, you will need to maintain the heat in the pool to conserve energy costs. This can be done in a number of ways. You may decide to build the pool indoor for a year round facility. This can be a great option, but also expensive and does not allow you to enjoy the outdoor vibe in summer. There are a number of retractable polycarbonate domes available that offer the best of both words. Another method is to install an outdoor cover. This can be a simple thermal blanket on a roller, or a fully automated Remco Swimroll that will retract in under the pool.
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