Swimming Pool [Hardcover]

Tom Griffiths (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 1995

You can install the pool of your dreams--all you need to know can be found in this accessible, beautiful volume:

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For anyone about to deal with pool builders or designers, this sourcebook will provide practical information. Griffiths discusses budgetary and planning concerns from project beginning to completion, with checklists and advice, all of which provides assistance with site, design, landscape considerations, and selection of pool type (vinyl-lined, concrete, or fiberglass). Maintenance, general pool care, and safety issues are also covered. Stunning color photographs show many breathtaking outdoor pool environments complemented by spas, gazebos, cabanas, and spectacular views, Although less expensive, above-ground pools are discussed, and some simpler, smaller pools shown, the emphasis is on a far grander and imposing swimming pool habitat. Alice Joyce

About the Author

Tom Griffiths, Ed.D., is the director of aquatics and the safety officer for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Penn State University. He has served as a swimming pool and safety consultant for more than twenty years, and currently oversees five large pools and a fitness center and teaches a certified pool operator's course worldwide. The author of Sport Scuba Diving, In-Depth, and The Complete Swimming Pool Reference, he lives in State College, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two daughters.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 28, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671882929
• ISBN-13: 978-0671882921
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 0.8 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,212,971 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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77 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I would not buy this book again., July 28, 1999

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This review is from: Swimming Pool (Hardcover)

My review will be short and to the point. This book does not deliver what the title implies. If you just enjoy looking at pictures of pools in different settings -- then this book is for you. If you need what the title implies -- look elsewhere.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading Title, March 9, 2002

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Gregory B Waters (Statesboro, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swimming Pool (Hardcover)

The title implies that there are sections that show HOW to build and Landscpe a pool..There are not. There a ton of beautiful pictures of other people's pools. The book tells you what to tell the person that is building your pool. It is the only book I have ever returned to Amazon.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures and design, decent content, July 16, 1999

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Dan Hooper - See all my reviews

This review is from: Swimming Pool (Hardcover)

The subject matter lends itself to an extraordinary pictoral essay. Griffith's publisher does it justice. The content is a bit generalized but well organized. More detailing based on geographic locations and specific plant matter would round this out quite well. The comment that "a (residential) pool 20' x 40' would be considered average" is indicative of the Grifith's ambitious nature; this book is for people looking to build and spend big. Here in Massachusetts, that's a "larger" pool.

Anyway, it's a pretty good value for those needing a little incentive to get excited about a substantial investment in time and money. One thing I didn't see mentioned, though I may have missed it, was the fact that good pool contractors in NE need to be contacted nearly a year in advance; if they're reputable they bound to be exceedingly busy. Another thing missed in emphasis anyway: contact your landscape designer and/or architect with the pool contractor to produce a 'master plan" of your yard. This will create the correct sequence of productions - pool construction makes a mess of any yard but is more painful when extensive landscaping was done recently.

Finally, from a formatting perspective, the body copy/editorial content of the book is set in a somewhat elaborate typestyle making it a little slower read. It would seem approriate for chapters & titles but maybe not the body copy.