| Swimming pools are not for the rich any more. | | | | First, the inflatable, rigid and other types of |
| New, strong, resistant materials are enabling | | | | outdoor above ground pools are much cheaper to |
| manufacturers like Bestway to produce large | | | | buy and to maintain. They can be installed by the |
| inflatable swimming pools that can be assembled in | | | | homeowner with the help of the DVD or written |
| no time by the owner. These new types of | | | | instructions. There are even pools that do not |
| swimming are redefining the idea of swimming | | | | require any tools to be installed. |
| pools and are becoming all the rage all over the | | | | For a long time, inflatable pools were linked with |
| world. For a very modest sum, everyone can | | | | the image of a pink baby pools in which infants |
| enjoy summer splashing, and when the weather | | | | played with rubber ducks. The new type of |
| turns nasty, it gets in a bag to wait for the next | | | | above ground outdoor swimming pools are now |
| summer. | | | | made in many sizes, including quite large ones, |
| For a long time, pools were the privilege of the | | | | which allow for normal swimming exercises. |
| rich. Swimming in your backyard meant that you | | | | Although Bestway above ground outdoor |
| 'made it'. The pools were, and still are, the sign of | | | | swimming pools can be disassembled at the end |
| social status and certain desirable lifestyle. | | | | of the season, many homeowners are making |
| It is not only the cost that stopped many people | | | | efforts to incorporate them in their landscaping, |
| from adding a swimming pool to their home. They | | | | by building decks around them and making them a |
| are extremely expensive to maintain, and in most | | | | part of the outdoor entertainment area. Once the |
| places can be used only during several summer | | | | pools are disassembled, the kids can use the |
| months. What to do with them during the winter | | | | space to play basketball or hokey or anything |
| is quite a headache: protecting pipes from | | | | else. |
| freezing, covering the pool to keep the debris | | | | There were several cases of children that |
| accumulating, it all adds to the reluctance when | | | | drowned in the above-ground swimming pools, |
| people are deciding whether to add the pool to | | | | which created a bad image and caused a stir in |
| their home or not. In addition, a pool takes a | | | | the media. Parents have to take responsibility for |
| sizable portion of the yard, and the land cannot be | | | | taking care of their children and cannot forget |
| used for any other purpose even during the | | | | that any body of water can be dangerous. |
| months when the pool is not in use. | | | | Children should not be left unattended near the |
| Above ground pools, especially the inflatable ones, | | | | water, whether it is a nearby lake, or in-ground or |
| like the Bestway swimming pools, changed all that. | | | | above-ground pool. |