Looking to partition IG pool

[waste]

I believe that safety should always be the FIRST concern!!!! (I too was a lifeguard and once, thankfully only once, had to recessitate a ~8 yr old girl, water safety is something that CAN'T BE OVERSTRESSED!!!!).

I did start an auxillary thread here, in hopes that this idea might become a reality and make the pools a safer place (sure, I'd upgrade to an 'all wheel drive vehicle'), but I'd hope to support not only the forum, but give a large part of the proceeds to 'swimming education', ie @ the YMCA or other groups that need the funding to educate young swimmers and teach them the 'rules' of water safety and how to swim.

[ivyleager]

Seems to me that any partition would most likely not pass code/safety regs, as legs or arms could be ensnared or tangled in anything that would be under the water surface, such as a pickett fencing or slat idea. Ropes also for that matter. So using that as an assumption, how about putting a board-type barrier ONLY along the bottom of the pool just before the deep end slope, as well as the rope at the water line? So, design would need to be telescoping to stay firm against the sides? I don't know. However, it will need to be aasy on the liner, both at the bottom and along the sides.

Just a brainstorming idea. Throwing it on the wall and seeing what sticks.

CaryB

[CanuckPool]

The pool my kids learned how to swim had a tot dock, it was essentially a metal table, think of a 5'x5' square metal table about 2' tall made of stainless steel that sat at the bottom of the pool. The kids that were too small to keep their heads above water stood on the dock and took turns with the swimming instructor. The top of the docks made of that diamond plate steel so it had some grip. I dunno if this design could be modified into something or maybe not.

[CanuckPool]

oops I should have posted this in the other thread...

but can you tell me why ropes and floats that is set back 1' from the beginning of the slope wouldnt be the ideal solution? Cheap, easy to take off, easy to store, minimal damage to pool. Already is approved by various safety codes.

I assume your child can walk around in the shallow end. If she knows to stay behind the ropes then she should stay relatively far away from the deep end.

Its like the fireplace glass, your kid makes the mistake of touching it once (ouch) and they learn to respect it and never touch it again. I think the number one safety device is the brain. IMHO... I think a solid barrier might a person a little more "casual" in their awareness of what their child is doing... I'm not implying you... but if such a device existed in general.

[Poconos]

Whatever is decided on you will have to keep it on the pool bottom. Perhaps a section of PVC pipe filled with cement and weighted down at the ends with sandbags? The net or whatever can be attached to the pipe and that would keep the net on the bottom and stretched tight.
Al