Building a fiberglass pool in Highland

The recommended setback measures 5 feet to a point 1 foot from the inside wall of the pool, not to the edge of the deck. How that lands on your lot is a question we put to the city with the drawing in hand, once we know the adopted wording.

If the barrier-or-cover rule is in force, it's real design freedom: a powered safety cover meeting ASTM F1346 can stand in for the pool fence under the state code. But a cover only protects when it's closed. We don't rely on it alone: every MP pool gets an automatic safety cover, and the yard is fenced all the way around with self-closing gates, closed against the house. No single layer is enough on its own.

Pool equipment and other accessories have to meet the accessory setbacks too, so the pad doesn't get to sit on the line just because it's small.

Highland is on the Timpanogos Special Service District for sewer. That's where backwash and filter-cleaning water belong, with the district's permission, since Utah's pool code no longer allows pool waste water into storm drains.

We haven't found soils or groundwater data for Highland lots. The research behind this site lists the Utah County suburbs as unconfirmed, and we'd rather say so. The answer for your lot comes from testing it.

Fill the pool from the culinary tap. Secondary irrigation water isn't treated or monitored for germs, the state health department says. A fiberglass shell has a gelcoat finish and no plaster to cure, so there's no plaster startup. We balance the chemistry gently on the new finish.