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A measured plan belongs on floor plan. This page needs the yard the water has to fit.

Pool shape

Coping

Placement

Stated size

What the yard must keep

Keep the house

Ground stays between the wall and the coping

Keep the boundaries

The water and its walk stay inside the lot

Keep the trees

A trunk stays even when it shades the water

Pool

Pool

State the size. Then draw only the ground the yard can spare.

Water

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A pool with a stated size, coping, and ground left over

Pool size comes first, then coping, then the surrounding ground you can still walk. House, boundaries, and trees stay. The water does not eat the setback at the foundation or the trunk of a tree you refused to move.

Seven pictures of one sized pool

The size, the coping, the ground left over, the house, the lot line, the tree, and a second rim each need a picture. Drop a file into the matching slot and the block fills.

  • Pool

    A size you can point at

    Length and width, or a named shape, come before the water grows.

  • Pool

    Coping marks the edge

    The rim is where swimming stops. It does not quietly enlarge the water.

  • Pool

    Ground the water did not take

    A walk and a place to sit remain after the pool is placed.

  • Pool

    The house stays a stop

    Water does not touch the foundation. Ground stays between wall and coping.

  • Pool

    The lot line holds

    A longer lane does not borrow the neighbor side of the boundary.

  • Pool

    The trunk stays

    Shade from a locked tree is accepted. The trunk is not removed.

  • Pool

    A second coping of the same size

    Try another rim without growing the water or moving the house.

Dimension

Pool size is a number you state

Pool size is length and width, or a shape you can describe: a short rectangle, a lap lane, a compact plunge. Say it. A glowing sheet of water with no dimension will grow until it hits the house, and that is a failed placement.

Edge

Coping is the edge a bare foot meets

Coping is the rim: stone, concrete, or a flush overflow edge. It is drawn at the pool size you named, not as a decorative border that quietly enlarges the water. You should be able to point at it and know where swimming stops.

Remainder

Surrounding ground is what the water did not take

Surrounding ground is the walk, the sitting margin, and the planting that remains. It stops at the house, at the boundaries, and at the trees. Those three stay. If the only way to fit the pool size is to delete a tree, the size is wrong.

The pool fits the yard you have

  • Stated pool size

    Length, width, or a named shape comes before any picture of water.

  • Coping line

    The rim is drawn at that size, so the edge you stand on is explicit.

  • Surrounding ground

    Walking and sitting space is what remains, not an afterthought strip.

  • House stays

    The foundation and the rear wall are a hard stop. Water does not touch them by default.

  • Boundaries stay

    The pool and its ground sit inside the lot. They do not cross a line for a longer lane.

  • Trees stay

    Trunks you refuse to move stay, even when they shade the water.

Name the water, then the rim, then the remainder

  1. 1. Show house, lines, and trees

    The yard photo should include the house wall, the boundaries you can see, and any tree that must stay.

  2. 2. State pool size

    Give a length and width, or a shape. Coping is drawn to that size, not beyond it.

  3. 3. Leave surrounding ground

    Walking room has to remain. House, boundaries, and trees stay even if the water would look larger without them.

Water

A pool with a stated size, coping, and ground left over

Pool design places water of a size you state, with a coping and enough ground left to walk, sit, and reach the house. The house, the boundaries, and the trees you refuse to move stay. A pool that consumes the yard and leaves no path is not a luxury. It is a tank.

Say the use: a lap, a place to sit in the water, or both. Those are different shapes. Coping is the edge you walk on barefoot. It meets the patio or the lawn in a line you can see. Equipment is not invisible. Leave a side for it that is not the dining table.

The backyard page is the yard the pool has to fit. Come here when water is the decision, then check the backyard again to see what life remains.

Read the page from four sides

  • The size

    Length and width in words. “Large” is not a dimension.

  • The coping

    The edge, the overflow or the deck level, and a non-slip stand. Pretty tile that ices over is still a choice you must name.

  • The leftover

    A path around, a seat that is not in the water, and a way to the door.

  • The keepers

    Trees and the house do not move to center the water.

Where this page stops

The links below are the neighboring jobs. Each one keeps a promise this page does not make.

  • Backyard is the ground this water has to share.

  • Patio is the paved room at the door, often the thing the coping has to meet.

  • Deck is the raised walk. Water and a deck need a joint, not two pictures that ignore each other.

Pool placement

A dimension for the water, the edge you touch, and the ground that has to remain.

Who decides the pool size?

You do, before the picture. Pool size, coping, and surrounding ground are the brief. An unsized sheet of water is not a design.

What is coping?

The finished rim a foot meets: stone, concrete, or a flush edge. It marks the pool size. It is not a border that makes the water bigger.

Can the water touch the house?

Not by default. The house stays, with ground between the wall and the coping unless you have a real detail that says otherwise.

Do trees stay if they shade the lane?

Yes. House, boundaries, and trees stay. Shade is a consequence of a tree you locked, not a reason to delete it.

Can the boundary move for a longer lap?

No. Boundaries stay. If the pool size does not fit inside them with surrounding ground left, reduce the size.

Does a larger sheet of water count as a bigger pool?

No. The size you state is the water. Coping marks that size. It does not enlarge it.

Can the house and the trees be read from this photo?

Only if the frame includes the wall, the trunks, and enough of the lot to judge the size. A close crop of lawn hides the stops this page is supposed to keep.

Show the yard the pool has to fit

Include the house, the trees, and enough of the lot line to trust the size. Coping and surrounding ground are drawn after that.