Small Backyards With Pool?

[fred cook]

I had a nice inground concrete pool installed about 15 years ago. It is rectangular with a width of 17 feet and a length of 34 feet. The shallow end is 4 feet deep with the deep end being 9 1/2 feet deep. No diving board, but there is a swim out on the deep end. We used it a good bit the first few years but now it seldom is used. I don't think that I would ever build another pool or buy a house with an existing one.

[EarlyPorsche]

Thanks guys! Keep it coming!

[Macroni]

Same issue..... my wife and I recently bought a house in South Jersey which the setbacks only allow for a small pool. The pool size is not what kills it is the pool equipment, house ac units and shower that make it a challenge......

[Miguel Antonett]

Prrrrrreeeettycool stuff!

[Don Ro]

Insane Pools | Animal Planet
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Insane Pools: Off The Deep End, set to debut February 20.

[MRM]

If you do go with a pool, make sure you keep safety in mind. A swimming pool is literally more dangerous than a loaded gun. A heartbreakingly large number of children drown each year, many in home swimming pools. My oldest son almost drowned at a public beach, so I am a bit of an evangelist on the subject, but do keep in mind how dangerous they are.

Op-ed piece on swimming pools vs. guns as the most dangerous weapon – Deltoid

From the article:

If every parent followed these steps, perhaps as many as 400 lives per year might be saved. This would be more lives saved than from two of the most successful safety-interventions in recent decades: the use of child car seats and the introduction of safer cribs. Potential lives saved from pool safety are far greater than from child-resistant packaging (an estimated 50 lives saved per year), keeping children away from airbags (less than 5 young children a year have been killed by air bags a year on average since their introduction), flame retardant pajamas (perhaps 10 lives saved annually), or safety drawstrings on children’s clothing (two lives saved annually). Simply stated, keeping your children safe around water is one of the single most important things a parent can do to protect a child.

[daepp]

OT - but wow, I never knew this: in 2013, 46 kids under 4 were killed by firearms. 393 died in swimming pool drownings. info from the FBI(guns) and the CDC(pools).