Pools, especially inground pools, are long-term commitments that will last many years. Some things to consider about who will be using the pool:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Will you be older and less inclined to swim in a 5 ft deep pool?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How old will your Children be in 5 years? 10 Years?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Will you have more grandchildren using the pool in 5 years? 10 years?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- If you decide to move, will a 5ft pool depth make your home easier to sell to prospective buyers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
What is the Purpose of your 5ft Deep Pool?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A thing to consider is how much time would you spend at the deep end of your pool? Where are people most likely to congregate? In this case, with a 5ft deep end, adults can still spend time at the deep end without having their heads under water so this might be considered a perfect depth for relaxation and anything deeper would move the gathering location for adults to the shallower middle part of the pool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are looking to add jumping rocks and a diving board, then a 5ft deep pool will be too shallow. In my opinion, for jumping rocks, you should have at least a 6 ft deep pool just to be on the safe side in my opinion. There is information out there saying that 4ft is deep enough to jump into a pool, but I swim in a 4ft pool daily and I can tell you that it isn’t deep enough for an adult to jump into. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A diving board requires an 8ft deep end at least, so a 5 ft deep end will not be adequate by law. You can read more about what depth of pool is safe to jump in <\/a>our article on the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hear from Pool Owners with 5 ft Deep Pools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Here are some quotes I pulled from an online group so you can hear what people are saying that own 5 ft deep pools. Although, do take everything with a grain of salt because there are others who have deeper pools and absolutely love it too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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16×32 with 3.5’ shallow end and 5.5’ deep end. Perfect for playing games in pool, just floating around, small children and 30 something’s and older. Teenagers will not like it<\/p>\n– Tiona Moore, from Vinyl Liner Swimming Pool Owners Facebook Group<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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We have a 20 x 40, and our deep end is only 5.5 ft, and I love that our shallow end is big, and we don’t have an awkward steep slope. Our kids are also 8 and 10, and so far everyone loves it. I love that I can stand or tread water in the deep end, and we can play volleyball and pass the football with people standing at either end. I will note, however, that I am especially cautious when I dive in the deep end, and I have rubbed my nose on the floor a few times. We don’t have a diving board, just a slide.<\/p>\n– Craig Marshall, from Vinyl Liner Swimming Pool Owners Facebook Group<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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A 5 ft pool is deep enough for kids to jump, but might be too shallow for most adults<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n Is a 5ft pool too deep to play games?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No, this pool isn’t too deep to play games given the average height of an adult is 5 foot 9 inches. If your pool is 5 feet deep, there will a slow gradual slope to that depth, so the middle of your pool will be working its way from 4ft to 5 ft which would put the water around the chest to waist level for most adults. A perfect depth for playing games like Volleyball and Basketball. For children, it will get a bit difficult for them closer to the deep end but a majority of the pool will be a good play area depending on their age and height.
With that being said, if the pool is mostly for children, I believe you would want to have an extremely gradual slope and maybe even consider a sports pool! I hope this article has given you a bit more information and what you need to consider but also let you know that a 5ft pool isn’t necessarily too shallow, it might even be perfect! If you would like to read a more deep dive into choosing the right pool depth for you, then check out our article about Pool Depth<\/a> here on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This question is quite common in many of the groups I am in online and among my dad’s clients when they are getting their pools designed. It really is a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":913,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878\/revisions\/913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolpoolhelp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}