OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS 



ready for enjoyment from early spring until late 

 autumn. 



When lined with brick, stone, or concrete, pre- 

 cautions must be taken to provide for the comfort of 

 the swimmers. No jutting pieces should be allowed 

 in the pool no rough projections that can hit or 

 catch the bather. A pool that is bull-nosed at the 

 corners and has the angles coved will be ideal in its 

 make-up, and these precautions need not add ma- 

 terially to the cost. A bit of inventive ingenuity, 

 and a fund of practical good sense, will provide many 

 little comfort-dispensing details during the process 

 of construction that would be overlooked by the 

 careless builder. 



Pools of oval and rounded form^are seldom ad- 

 visable, whether of elaborate or inexpensive con- 

 struction. The ones built straight, or of rectangular 

 form especially when of good size are best for 

 jolly races and straight-away swimming. But the 

 main advantage of having them of the latter form is 

 the management of the material used for lining. 

 When hexagon ceramic tile is employed (for the pool 

 that is to be made quite decorative as well as useful) 

 an oval pool would prove unwise, as the curved form 

 needed to achieve the rounded corners would make 

 the tiles sensitive and liable to crack ; for the outside 

 would thus sweep a fuller circle than the inside. Also 



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