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SECTION 3: SITE LAYOUT
LOCATE YOUR POOL IN A SUNNY AREA OF YOUR YARD.
THE SUN WILL ADD NATURAL HEAT TO THE WATER AND PERMIT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, LONGER, MORE COMFORTABLE HOURS AT POOL SIDE. CONSIDERATION SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TO WALKWAYS, PATIOS, AND PROXIMITY TO DRESSING FACILITIES
WHEN STANDING AT THE DEEP END OF THE POOL AND FACING THE SHALLOW END, THE SUMMER SUN SHOULD BE PREDOMINATELY AT YOUR BACK OR SIDE, NEVER IN YOUR FACE.
AVOID ROCKY AREAS, HIGH WATER TABLES, AND SEVERE SLOPES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL ADD COST TO YOUR INSTALLATION. YOUR POOL AREA SHOULD BE FREE OF OVERHANGING TREES THAT WILL DROP LEAVES INTO YOUR POOL AND KEEP THE SUN'S RAYS FROM WARMING THE POOL WATER. POSITION YOUR FILTER CLOSE TO YOUR POOL TO OBTAIN FILTER OPERATING EFFICIENCY. THE FILTER SHOULD BE IN THE SHADE IF POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IN A DAMP AREA
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THE HOLE WILL BE DUG 30' GREATER ON ALL FOUR SIDES THAN THE POOL SIZE. FOR EXAMPLE: A 16'x32' POOL WILL BE EXCAVATED 21'x37'. FOUR (4) STAKES WILL OUTLINE THE EXCAVATION.
STEP 1: FROM STAKE "A" AT THE HIGHEST GROUND ELEVATION, LAY OFF THE DISTANCE OF ONE SIDE OF THE POOL TO STAKE 'B'. SEE FIGURE 1. YOU MAY WISH THIS SIDE OF THE POOL TO BE PARALLEL TO THE HOUSE, FENCE. BUILDING LINE, OR SOME OTHER EXISTING MARKING. USING STAKE "A" AS A
PIVOT POINT, AND A STRING THE LENGTH OF LINE TWO, SCRATCH AN ARC ON THE GROUND AT AN APPROXIMATE RIGHT ANGLE (90 DEGREES) TO LINE ONE.
USING STAKE "B' AS A PIVOT POINT, AND A STRING THE LENGTH OF LINE THREE, SCRATCH AN ARC ON THE GROUND. THIS ARC WILL INTERSECT THE ARC MADE IN STEP TWO AND DETERMINE POINT "C". DRIVE A STAKE INTO THE GROUND AT THIS POINT.
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