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| 5 Big Questions To Think About Before You Buy A Swimming Pool Posted: 16 Nov 2014 11:34 AM PST If you decide to buy a swimming pool for your back garden, you have to remember it’s an investment; swimming pools aren’t exactly cheap. When your pool is complete, you want to be dancing around with joy all the time. You definitely don’t want to be upset because you didn’t get what you wanted, but some people do get upset because they didn’t plan everything properly. You wouldn’t spend a huge amount of money on a car without having a plan, so don’t do the same thing with your swimming pool either. We’re going to look at some of the big questions you need to ask yourself. Obviously, there are thousands of different questions and we can’t touch on them all. However, think very carefully about these ones and then use them as a springboard to go on and think about the others. Decide what shape you want Don’t slip around the outside When you get out of the pool and you’re soaking wet, it’s easy to slip and fall. When you choose what material you will lay around the pool, it must be something that won’t get really slippery when wet. Liquid limestone is popular and there are a few others you can use too. It’s essential your children can’t fall and bang their head because anything could happen and if you’re not there and drowning is a possible hazard. It’s all about the features This is probably the most exciting choice you have to make because there are a lot of cool features you can have built into your swimming pool. If it’s deep enough, you could have a diving board, your children might love having a big slide to play on, and you could even have a cascading waterfall running into the pool. Some features are hard to install after your pool has been built, so think carefully about them now. Do you want to go green? Some people are into saving the environment through any means necessary. If they were to have a pool, building it would have to be an eco-friendly process. If you’re one of those people, you might decide to have a salt water pool because you wouldn’t need to use all those nasty chemicals. If you wanted to keep your pool warm, you would use solar heaters and harness all your energy from our lovely sun. Consider the weather where you live We’re not all going to live in beautiful places with lovely warm climates. What happens if you live somewhere that is sometimes cold? Do you just forget about building a swimming pool, or do you build it in some kind of enclosure? If you live somewhere with a lot of wind do you plant trees and hedges around the pool to stop the worst of the wind getting through? The weather will definitely dictate what you do. Five steps forward The author of this post, Leslie Kramer, is a freelance blogger who is currently writing for B-Rod Pools, which is a renowned name among swimming pool companies in New Canaan. Since she is a fitness enthusiast, she is fond of boxing and swimming |
| Infill House Design by Studio Mas Architecture and Design Posted: 15 Nov 2014 11:35 PM PST Situated on on the slopes of Signal Hill above Bantry Bay in Cape Town, sits on a site that has breathtaking views up the mountain and across the Atlantic was designed by Studio Mas Architecture and Design. The clients requested a comfortable, functional house for easy-living with a simple and natural exterior that, while timeless, was also daring and unusual. The design has two long boxes arranged around a courtyard connected by a circulation block of modular exposed concrete. Sea views are revealed from an extensive entrance hall where a top-lit stairway descends to the two lower levels, becoming lighter and more transparent as solid walls give way to a beautifully crafted oak balustrade and screen. Sunlight and air is controlled passively by way of sliding doors and timber screens. The relationship with nature is enforced by a selection of strip windows that frame views and the courtyard with White Stinkwoods that give testament to the seasons. For detail visit Infill House Design by Studio Mas Architecture and Design.
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