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Lap Pool Ideas
A lap pool is the most efficient pool shape there is: long enough to swim properly, narrow enough to fit where a conventional pool never could. These designs run along the side of a house, down a narrow lot or across a modern courtyard, and most look better for the discipline.
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Lap Pool Ideas, explained.
A lap pool is the most efficient pool shape there is: long enough to swim properly, narrow enough to fit where a conventional pool never could. These designs run along the side of a house, down a narrow lot or across a modern courtyard, and most look better for the discipline.
Plan for at least forty feet if you mean to swim laps, and think about what you see at each end — a wall, a screen, a tree, a view. Save the lap pools whose proportions and materials match your house.
What to look for as you browse
- The coping — how the deck meets the water sets the whole tone
- Where the spa sits and how it spills into the pool
- Night lighting: which features glow and which stay dark
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