Custom swimming pool steps - how to add style and function to your pool
“Pool steps should be functional, but they can also add sophistication and style that is completely unique to your pool design.
Often overlooked, pool steps may be one of the most important design aesthetics and functions of your pool.
Enhance your pool experience
Applying thoughtful consideration to the design and layout of your pool steps will bring long-term reward. Not only do well designed steps enhance the pool aesthetic, but they complement the pool experience - delivering fun for water play for all ages, providing shallow areas for lounging and socialising, as well as contributing to the safety of moving in and out of the water.
Step location is key and it should make access into and out of the pool easy for all ages. They should connect with the surrounding outdoor living space, providing a seamless and convenient flow between the two.
With a custom pool, step size and shape can also be fully customised to meet your needs - whether it’s a splash deck for babies to play and splash, or a swim up beach step to lounge on your in-pool chaise lounger, or a safety ledge along the length of the pool - all options are available to you to customise your pool according to your family’s needs.
And whilst rectangle pools remain popular and linear steps perfectly reflect the pools architectural lines, curvy steps work beautifully with a lagoon style pool, complementing the organic flow.
Designing for function
Taking time to consider the needs of each user and the style of pool you want should inform the step layout. For a lap pool that is designed for fitness or swimming lengths, you might choose to have steps off to one side to ensure an unobstructed swim path, whereas if you are designing a family pool for all ages, shallow steps, swim up beach areas and extra-wide steps should be considered. Even thinking about the family pooch may be a consideration, providing easy access for cooling off your furry friend!
Step features
Adding a mosaic lip or alternating step design can help to visually define the step edge, adding a layer of safety as well as unique design aesthetic.
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