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A variety of options are available. Following are some descriptions and guidelines of Swimming Pool options that can be included with your Swimming Pool. Personal taste plays a big role here, with a balance of budget and imagination.
Pool Fountains come in a variety of water fittings and jets that are mounted inside of the water area of the Swimming Pool or in ground spa / Hot Tub. Typically a jet will be mounted inside a Tan Shelf to make a Bubbler Effect.
Then for the Roman Fountains, also known as Pencil Jets, a thin stream jet is mounted inside the Pool Deck area, flush with the Swimming Pool Deck, for a very stylish look around the pool. Less expensive effect can be achieved with Fan Spray type Spray fittings, mounted in the wall of the pool.
A Gradual entry into pool area is referred to as a Beach Entry. This can be a
requirement for both aesthetics, (nice look), and ease of entry, for some health
reasons.
A tan shelf (also known as a Tanning Ledge), is similar in construction to a
beach entry, except that is actually the first step of the swimming pool, with
about 6 inches water depth.
A sheer Decent refers to a wall of typically 18 inches high. A plumbing fixture is cast into this wall, and the final product is called a Sheer Descent Waterfall, Sheer Descents, Water Arcs, Rain Arcs.
Different kinds of waterfall effects can be achieve, depending on the fitting. I.E. a smooth water flow, a Rain Arc type flows, or multiple stream type flows.
Swimming Pool Slides / Water Slides come with molded in plumbing, so that water
flow is provided to the slide. Many different designs are available, and range
in size, (the length of the slide), and also in height.
Alfresco
Pools
design the pool so that the Pool Slide Catch are and depth requirements are in
accordance with the Pool Slide manufacturer's installation guidelines, to meet
their requirements.
Rock Waterfalls are built on a waterfall pad, that forms part of the swimming pool shell. Rock Waterfalls will have a number a tons associated with it, to depict the size. A typical waterfall will be either 2-ton, 3-tons, 4-tons and so on. The smallest Rock Waterfall on average is around two (2) tons of rock.
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