Memphis, Tennessee swimming pool contractors add diving boards
There are many reasons to consider adding a diving board to your swimming pool and many reasons you may not have done so up until this point. Maybe you didn’t think your family would want one or maybe the children were too small when you originally had your swimming pool, but now you’ve decided the time is right. The first step is to talk to your swimming pool builder from Advanced Pools, Inc. to make certain 
your pool is large and deep enough to accommodate a diving board — there are specific guidelines in place — relating to safety for needing certain depths and lengths for your pool. Once you’ve had a diving board added to your pool, swimming pool contractors caution, you need to add to the “rules of the pool” as they relate to using the diving board.
After a diving board has been installed, your pool contractor will make “inspect the diving board” a part of his routine maintenance when he pays a service visit. He will ensure that the hardware is still firmly in place, that no cracks are in the foundation and that the cover of the diving board still provides a firm grip for swimmers.
Here are some swimming pool rules relating to being a diving board owner that Memphis, Tennessee swimming pool contractors say you must share with your family to ensure everyone’s safety:
- Use diving boards the way they are intended – one person using it at a time, and making certain the water is deep enough for diving.
- Never dive – or swim – alone.
- Stay out from under the board when someone is on it.
- Know the weight limits of the diving board.
- Make sure when you jump away from the board that you jump far enough away so you don’t hit your head.
- Don’t run on the board – it can be slippery and you could slip and fall.
- Avoid the diving board – and the pool – if you’ve been drinking.
- Don’t dive from the board if the pool is crowded with swimmers. The space in and around the diving board must be kept clear to prevent injury
- Never dive headfirst from the board (this also counts if you have a slide — no head-first sliding into the water)
If you want to change up your swimming pool routine, a diving board might be just what it needs. Talk to your pool contractor now and begin the project so it’s ready when next summer’s swim season rolls around.
