Pools experience serious structural distress most frequently when they are located near descending slopes.
Building a pool on a hillside.
Because we employ only the nation s best engineers sunset pools can build pools on 45 degree inclines or even higher.
This allows for some great tiered patios where the seating area sits overlooking the pool or vice versa.
Although it looks impossible we at sunset pools are experts who can help you build that dream pool in your backyard s hillside.
The topic of hillside pool construction and the construction of pools near descending slopes.
The natural occurrence of slope creep causes the majority of these failures.
An inground pool requires a flat and level area so in order to build on a hill you ll actually have to cut into it.
In this example we are looking a 12m x 6m pool that was constructed on a terraced hillside in proximity to an area that has been subject to soil creep or slippage over the years.
Tile the exposed walls or face them with natural stone to add aesthetics to your pool.
Hillside pools are any types of pool that require grade beams to support its foundation.
Or the pool wall on the low end of the slope can be built up so that the level of the walls is even all the way around the pool.
Or build a pool wall on the lower side of the slope until the walls level is even around your pool.
How do they do it.
My property is too steep to ever build a pool you might say.
Read on to learn about some of the great things you can do with a hillside inground pool.
Raised seating area or spa.