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    Mojo1 is offline ** No working email address ** Mojo1 0
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    Default Sideless Pool

    I was listeningn to am talk show about pools and they mentioned Sideless pools, any one heard of this or seen pictures?? Unless I mis heard what they were talking aobut ...

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    Default Re: Sideless Pool

    Do you mean a vanishing edge pool? A vanishing edge pool is a pool where a section of the wall is below the water level so that the water falls into a trough below to create an optical illusion. It can be made so that it looks like the pool is blending in with the sky(if located on a mountain), or blending in with a lake or large body of water. Hope this helps.

    You can check out the Vanishing Edge pool gallery here:

    http://www.masterpoolsguild.com/gall...olfeatures.asp
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    Default Re: Sideless Pool

    Quote Originally Posted by jonv112
    Do you mean a vanishing edge pool? A vanishing edge pool is a pool where a section of the wall is below the water level so that the water falls into a trough below to creating an optical illusion. It can be made so that it looks like the pool is blending in with the sky(if located on a mountain), or blending in with a lake or large body of water. Hope this helps.

    You can check out the Vanishing Edge pool gallery here:

    http://www.masterpoolsguild.com/gall...olfeatures.asp
    That could be it, thanks , those are some very nice pools!

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    Default Re: Sideless Pool

    Maybe they said "endless pool" .

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnT
    Maybe they said "endless pool" .
    Nope, We looked into those a few years back when the wife did Triathlons, they are not cheap for what you get .But a guy called in on the show asking about the cost of building a lap pool , he wanted a 80 x 10 pool to swim laps host recommended building a regular pool and adding the endless pool machine to one end for laps, not a bad idea. I would have sworn they called it a side-less pool and the host said there was only one in Houston and they are expensive to up keep and build. But I found nothing on Google search so I must have heard wrong...

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    Default Re: Sideless Pool

    maybe this is like it..a search on "pool without sides", brought it up..very natural!

    http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Ar.../Swimming.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by tenax
    maybe this is like it..a search on "pool without sides", brought it up..very natural!

    http://www.permaculture.co.uk/mag/Ar.../Swimming.html
    now thats very unique!

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    you bet..sort of like swimming in a marsh without all the slime and stench, i assume

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