Mistakes When Making an Outdoor Swimming Pool

These mistakes when making an outdoor swimming pool like drainage around the swimming pool line for example can cause a failure and risk your safety when using a swimming pool.

The making of an outdoor swimming pool is not as simple as you might think, there are lots of things to consider in order to make your swimming pool not only aesthetically appealing but also safe for use.

So, here are common mistakes when making an outdoor swimming pool that we’ve summarized just for you!

Mistakes When Making an Outdoor Swimming Pool

1. Not Making a Reglet/Reveal

For an outdoor swimming pool, reglet or commonly also known as reveal is mandatory in the swimming pool.

A swimming pool reglet is a horizontal line that marks the boundary between the water surface and the pool wall. 

Usually made from durable materials such as ceramic or plastic, the reglet not only serves as an aesthetic element, but also has several important benefits.

Reglets help reduce debris entering the pool especially in the raining season, thus by creating a clear boundary between the outer and inner areas. 

Without these reglets, water from outside of the pool can easily go into the pool that may reduce the water quality in your outdoor swimming pool.

Other than in the lip of your outdoor swimming pool, reglets are also mandatory to make in your swimming pool’s pump room.

The reason is the same, as the rainwater that goes inside your swimming pool pump room can damage your pump and whole swimming pool water circulation system.

2. Not Applying a Coating for Your Swimming Pool Natural Stone

Natural stone sure gives your outdoor swimming pool a more natural and pleasing look.

Natural stone usually installed in the lip area of the swimming pool, with its coarse surface, the natural stone provides better traction for you so that will prevent slipping around the pool areas.

But sometimes, people tend to forget that these stones need to be applied with special coating to maintain their shine and ensure their durability overtime. 

But again, not all natural stones need to be coated. Especially with the swimming pool with an overflow water circulation system, this coating should instead be avoided.

This is to prevent any white spots that might appear in the natural stone that is really hard to clean.

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3. The Distance of Garden Around Swimming Pool

The presence of a garden around the pool area has become a popular choice for many pool owners. 

This is not surprising, because the presence of a garden around the pool area can increase the natural impression of an outdoor swimming pool.

Well, the thing that you have to pay attention to when creating a garden in the pool area is the distance between the garden and your swimming pool.

A garden filled with plants definitely needs soil so that the plants can grow. This soil can be a problem for your swimming pool.

The problem that usually occurs is that the soil in the garden of your swimming pool area will enter your swimming pool, which can eventually pollute your swimming pool water.

To overcome this, it is better to provide distance and also a partition between the swimming pool and the garden in the pool area so that they do not touch each other directly. 

But, for those of you who have limited space but still want to have a garden around the pool area, the best solution is to make the height level between the lip of the pool higher than the garden.

It is best to give at least 10-15 cm between the pool and the ground.

4. Machine Room Door Material

Another mistake when making an outdoor swimming room is not paying attention to the machine room door material.

Engine room cover door and pool balancing may not have any effect on the structure and water clarity of your outdoor swimming pool.

However, for us, the engine room cover door is also crucial to the overall pool construction.

Since this door is constantly exposed to the outside air and harsh weather, the choice of material should also be considered.

An ordinary iron door will certainly corrode more easily which will not only ruin the aesthetics of the pool, but also the functionality of your pool’s engine room door.

So, it is advisable that you choose a rust-resistant material such as stainless steel to be your engine room cover door.

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So there you have it! The 4 mistakes when making an outdoor swimming pool that we’ve prepared just for you.

Those mistakes surely do not directly harm you in any way necessary, but still considering those aspects can surely ease the maintenance of your outdoor swimming pool.

That’s why, Dimulti Pool is always one step ahead in identifying these mistakes and coming up with a solution of how to handle it.

That’s also why we are the best swimming pool contractor that is able to give you any answer surrounding the swimming pool construction and maintenance.

So, if you’re looking for the best swimming pool builder in Jakarta, Dimulti Pool is the best answer you can get!