Latest pool trends
Discover the latest pool trends. Maybe you have a pool or you are thinking about it. If so, keep reading and learn about the latest trends in swimming pools. Surely you like them and they will make you think about everything you can do in your pool.
Here you have in detail some of what today are the latest and most important trends in pool industry, around the world.
SWIMMING POOL AND LANDSCAPE, ALL IN ONE
Instead of looking at the pool as an independent element, families are more and more aware of the importance of making a complete design of the pool and its surroundings, achieving fantastic environments, from which you don’t want to go out.
Thus, the collaboration between swimming pool companies, architects, landscapers… is getting closer and closer. All of them going in the same direction and trying to exceed customer expectations.
POOLS WITH SPA AREA INCORPORATED
Why have just a pool and forget about a spa space when we can get both? No matter the space, more and more people decide to have a pool at home, but also to add a spa space, with seats, sun loungers, air jets, water jets … It can be in the pool itself, adjacent, overflowing, independent.
SECURITY GLASS FENCES
Glass fences have become a “must” in some markets. And not only to protect the pool, but also as a separation of environments in our garden or our terrace, providing of sophistication and exclusivity as well. The Australian market is a clear example of this.
Here, for the moment, the use of tempered or safety glass is the most common.
INFINITY POOLS AND MIRROR POOLS
Overflow pools are back in fashion, and among the different types, we want to highlight infinity pools (the pool’s overflow blends into the horizon), and mirror pools (the pool’s overflow is practically imperceptible, giving the feeling of having a huge mirror on the floor). Both options achieve spectacular effects in any pool.
TRANSPARENT POOLS
The windows or directly transparent walls in the pool have already become a «must». Differentiation and exclusivity in your pool. And if we also use it as an overflow space in the pool, the effect we achieve is simply great. In glass, but also in plexiglas, a material that is becoming the reference in the design of windows for swimming pools.
THE POOL AS A SPACE FOR RELAXATION, GAMES, BUT ALSO FOR TRAINING
It is clear that a pool is for playing, diving, cooling off, swimming … and training as well. The concern for our well-being and our physical shape is on the rise, and the pool has become an ideal space to develop ourselves.
The use of counter current swimming equipment in pools of no matter the size, is becoming more and more popular; both to keep fit, and to train in a more intense or professional way.
On the other hand, every time we find more equipment for cycling or running underwater, for example. And this trend doesn´t lok to stop in future, jus the opposite.
INVERTER HEAT PUMPS
Heat pumps have become the most widely used system for heating water in swimming pools, mainly for private use. Its practicality and its reduced consumption make these equipment a great alternative in pool heating. At this time, the use of inverter technology (more efficient) is becoming more popular in the supply of this type of equipment, displacing the traditional ON / OFF.
PORCELAIN STONEWARE COATINGS AND FLOORS
Year after year, the porcelain stoneware tiles have more successful designs and a better quality of its material. That makes them become one of the fashionable alternatives when we are talking about coating the pool interior, but also its exterior. Thus we achieve really attractive effects, not always possible with other materials.
AUTOMATIC SLATED POOL COVERS
Covering our pool is a good idea when it comes to reducing the maintenance of our pool, increasing security or even helping to maintain or increase the temperature of the water. Automatic slated pool covers, both in PVC and polycarbonate are a trend, and we can already find multiple manufacturers that offer us different designs and colors.
COLORED LED LIGHTING (RGB)
At this moment, the use of halogen spotlights in swimming pools is almost residual, with LED technology being the main player when it comes to lighting a pool. A few years ago, white light led bulbs were the standard. Today, more and more families are deciding on the multi-colored lights and programs that RGB LED spotlights provide us.
GLOSS EFFECTS
Coatings with a gloss effect are back in fashion and become another of the latest trends in swimming pools. They want the pool brighting even more in its contact with sunlight or directly with the interior light of the pool itself, in which the use of colors stands out as we mentioned in the previous point.
PROLIFERATION OF COLOR AND MATERIAL CONTRASTS
The minimalist designs in which elegance and modernity were sought through uniform spaces continue to be carried out. Now, contrasts also return, both in the colors chosen and in the materials used. But not only in the pool (interior glass, steps, beach areas, edges and others) but also with the rest of the exterior environment. Flooring, vegetation, furniture, decoration … all of these are combined to make our outdoor space unique.
We continue with other examples of the latest pool trends.
POOLS IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS
A few years ago, this new system was introduced in which shipping containers are reused to create spectacular swimming pools. With an important market in countries such as Australia or the United States, its demand is increasing in the rest of the world.
BEACH AREAS INSIDE THE POOL
In new pool designs it is common to find a space (larger or smaller depending on the case) within the pool in which the depth is reduced. These are soaking spaces, where you can sit or lie down in the water, and that on the other hand, can also facilitate access.
Many families currently prefer to sacrifice part of the pool in order to use it for this purpose.
PORTABLE POOLS
Another of the latest pool trends are portable pools. They have always been there and they will continue there, but with the arrival of Covid19, the confinements and the “new normality”, families who want and need a pool at home do not stop growing.
Portable pools are a great alternative when our budget is short, we do not want to occupy that space forever, we do not want to make a large outlay or simply we want a removable pool just as a preliminary step to building a pool in the future.
MORE OPTIONS TO IMPROVE AND PERSONALIZE YOUR POOL
Other examples of the latest pool trends that continue despite the passage of time are for example:
- Automatic pool cleaners, mainly electric or electronic pool cleaners. Manual cleaning is deprecated. We want to enjoy our pool the most with the minimum of work, and automatic pool cleaners help us greatly to achieve this.
- Salt chlorination equipments. The use of salt chlorinators to treat the water in our pool does not stop growing. Higher water quality and lower maintenance are 2 of its main advantages.
- Home automation systems. We want to be able to control our pool from anywhere. Thus, home automation systems allow us to manage our pool from our smartphone, wherever we are.
- Reinforced membrane as waterproofing, but also as the final design of the pool lining. Its use was more common in the rehabilitation of swimming pools, but currently it is also widely used in new swimming pools. Watertightness guarantee and more and more successful designs are some of its main attractions.
- Search for the most sustainable, efficient and comfortable systems. Our environmental awareness does not stop growing, and about pool performance as well. We look for equipment that allows us to reduce maintenance, reduce consumption, minimize harmful effects on the environment, while still enjoying our pool to the fullest.
In short, a lot of great options to improve and personalize our pool. In fact, the pool industry is a sector where innovation is continuous and new alternatives and creations appear year after year.
We hope that you have liked the latest pool trends. And now yes, it’s time to jump into the pool and not stop laughing and enjoying. Just the water!!!
