Waterfalls into swimming pools...Cascades dans Piscines

     Building waterfalls into swimming pools is more challenging than falls into ponds.  Pool Falls have to be big so that you can swim under and into them.   Everybody like to take a "shower" under them and usually it is the first thing that you do when you jump into the pool, and for some the only thing.  The waterfall also has to have good sound to make attractive and inviting.  The sound should be directed and amplified toward the house and sitting areas.

Putting a waterfall on your pool increases the length season that it operates and increases the value because you don't have to swim to appreciate it,  since it can be run and enjoyed anytime even on cold days.
Building a waterfall into a swimming pool requires exacting talents.   It has to look good, natural and not loose any water.  It has to be physically separate from the pool and not cause any stress on the pool wall itself unless it is designed for that.   It has to have a full and separate foundation to below the frost line, to keep it standing level after many winters.  
I've built many as you can see by these few photos and more and have not yet had any "trouble" of any kind.  When I get to design the waterfall before the pool is built, I design the pool or get the pool contractor to place a "cove" in it to facilitate the objectives of creating an echo chamber and swimming hole.
 








La construction d'une cascade dans une piscine est plus difficile q'une cascade  dans un étang. Mais la plombier est plus facile.
Le son de la chutte vous invite a prendre une douche  ou meme nager sous la cascade pour se rafraichir. Alors ça demande que la cascade soit assez grande. Le son de la chutte dirigé vers la maison ou l'aire de repos réduit les sons ambiants, tel que la pompe, les voitures, les voisins ...etc. Elle augmentra aussi la valeur de votre instalation et vous permettra de l'utiliser pour une plus longue période.
Une cascade dans une piscine demande de l'éxactitude. C'est une piece d'eau séparée qui doit se joindre a la piscine, tout en gardant une apparence naturel, sans causé de stress aux murs de la piscine. La cascade doit avoir sa propre fondation, sous le niveau du gel pour que la chutte reste bien au niveau  pendant plusieurs hivers.   Pouvoir plannifier une cascade avant la construction de la piscine elle-meme nous facilite l'emplacement et la conception de la forme de la cascade.

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I build some waterfalls  on floating foundations and use a rubber liner to contain any leaking water.
My NWL waterfalls are permanent with 4-foot deep foundations separate from the pool, and totally water secure.

Les travaux   moins chère et moins durable, s'enserve d'un membrane en cauchut pour conserver l'eau.
Les cascade NWL sont fait avec le fondation a 4 pieds de creux et sont permanantes.

here we are testing one of my falls

  Some of the 

Jobs that I have done

Stubina...TMR  compact for a small area;

di Genova    (an AquaCreations division job)

Cardinal 

A focal point with a great view behind!

Graham own page to come

 the smallest one I've built into a pool.

Taraborelli see it's own page

I had the pool designed and built with the waterfall in mind.

The pool wall is reinforced to support 10 tons of rock.

The biggest one I've built.

during; 2 "coves" for the falls

  Loiselle see its own page  

Cyr    I designed the pool to the shape of the patio a big circle

 and note the cove for the waterfall.
 

no Diving board, they dive in from the upper patio.

Dowker  

   the fall is even visible from outside the front door looking

 right through the house.

Foley  I had the standard kidney shaped pool built

 with a special cove. 

Gillis  Again I designed the shape of the pool, note the 

wall opposite with the elevated patio. This one was built 

in conjunction with Strathmore Landscape.

Ward in Vaudreuil

Castanguay   built for Plantenance

Marc DDO  very little space to work in,  mais on a trouvé le moyen. Built for Proscape

Papas; A waterfall in the shallower end of the pool, there's an underwater bench and a small cove. Because of the shallow depth we have to keep in mind head room when standing up!

see its own page

Robert:  This ones for the dogs for real!

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