The term “swimming pool enclosure” formally refers to a structure that totally encases a swimming pool, providing a kind of indoor environment to an otherwise outside pool.
Generally, an enclosure is composed of a metal frame with transparent or translucent panels usually (though not necessarily) in an arch shape stretching the length of the pool. Most frequently, the enclosure is divided into separate panels each panel running along tracks fixed to the ground. The enclosure is “closed” when it fully encases the pool, also allowing you to swim in the pool “indoors” beneath the enclosure protected from any wind. Alternatively, the enclosure can be opened by sliding the panels, each independently of the others, along the tracks so that they nest one inside the other at or off the end of the pool, like the layers of an onion skin. With the enclosure off, the pool effectively becomes totally outdoors.
Principally, a swimming pool enclosure serves to keep the water in a swimming pool cleaner and warmer. It also reduces the various costs associated with maintaining a swimming pool.
