Satin — 8m × 4.0m

Yes. At over 35,000 litres the Satin is above the threshold where a domestic pool is exempt work, so building consent applies and the work is inspected. Bayside manages that for you — the site-specific design for your property, the consent paperwork that goes with it, and the install sequence so the dig, the shell placement and the inspections do not hold each other up. Pool fencing requirements apply too, and they are part of the plan from the start.

1.23 m at the shallow end, sloping down to 1.84 m at the deep end. Bayside publishes depth as shell height — measured on the shell itself, top of the shell down to the base, as dimensioned on the engineering drawing — so the figure here matches the figure on your specification sheet.

45,100 L. That is a full family volume, and it is also why the Satin is a consented pool: that is the mark where the exempt work rules stop applying. Heating it is a matter of sizing the heat pump to the volume and the cover you choose, which your installer works out with you.

Comfortably. 8.00 × 4.00 m with an entry step at one end and a corner seat at the other means everyone is in the water rather than queuing for a turn, and the deep end is a genuine 1.84 m for the swimmers in the family. It is the size people picture for a reason.

Yes — eight metres is a real swim run rather than two strokes and a turn, and 1.84 m at the deep end is proper swimming depth. It is not a lane pool. If lap swimming is the main event rather than part of the mix, the Shoreline at 9 × 4.4 m is the model designed around length.

Generous, and it is doing two jobs: it is the way in, and it is a shallow lounging zone where younger swimmers can sit and play in water you are comfortable with. It sits at the shallow end, so it never gets in the way of the swim run.

It is a curved resting spot formed into the deep-end corner — somewhere to sit and catch your breath, or talk, without taking water out of the middle of the pool. It adds comfort without costing you swim space, which is the balance the whole shell is drawn around.

The Satin is a large, heavy shell, so the install is planned around access before anything else: how a 4 metre wide shell gets to the backyard, and whether your site needs a crane or a hiab to place it. Delivery is to the bottom of your driveway on the back of a large truck. Your local installer coordinates the site-specific design, the consent process and the install sequence.

A standard dig-out is included in your quote. Beyond that, some works sit outside the standard installation scope and are priced separately — special landscaping requests, raising or lowering ground levels, preparing grounds for concrete, topsoil and ready-lawn preparation, removal of rubbish or unwanted items around the pool area, removal of trees inside the proposed pool area, and relocating underground obstructions such as stormwater, soakrings or wiring. Landscaping packages (fencing, concrete, retaining) are only available in specific service areas, so check availability with us first. Your local installer prices your property before anything is committed.

Our shells are manufactured to AS 1838 / NZS AS 1838 — the design and fabrication standard for premoulded fibre-reinforced plastics swimming pools — and installed to AS 1839 / NZS AS 1839. Those standards set the layer build-up, the structural loads the shell has to carry, and the curing and finish requirements before a pool leaves the factory. It is the same standard we build to whether or not a council is checking, and on the Satin a council is checking.

By hand, in layers, and every layer has a job. From the water outwards: the gelcoat, the coloured surface you swim against; the corrosion barrier, a resin-rich layer that keeps water out of the laminate and resists osmotic blistering; the structural glass laminate, chopped and woven glass carrying the load; core and rib reinforcement stiffening the walls and the top flange; and an outer sealing coat against ground moisture. The swimming surface is finished with ChlorShield, our chemical-resistant surface technology.

It depends where you measure, and that is deliberate. The floor, the walls, the entry step and the corners each carry a different load, so each is laminated to its own build — and a shell this size is laminated heavier than a compact one, because it has more water pushing against it. Ask us for the layer specification in writing for the Satin and we will give you the figures rather than a rule of thumb.

Volume is the whole answer: over 35,000 litres takes longer to bring up to temperature than a compact plunge pool, which is why the Satin is normally specified with a heat pump sized to the shell and a cover to hold the heat in. Give your installer the way you intend to use it — weekends only, or all summer — and they will size the package to that rather than to a default.

Smooth fibreglass, no tiles and no grout lines makes the surface itself easy to keep clean, and the rectangle leaves fewer awkward corners for debris to settle in. Beyond ordinary water chemistry and a clean filter, Q360 in-floor cleaning can be added if you would rather not vacuum, and your installer can talk you through the sanitation options.

That is what the deep end is for. 1.84 m of shell height, a clear 8 × 4 m swim area and nothing in the middle to land on. The splash radius does not respect the fence line, which is worth remembering when the neighbours are out hanging washing.

Yes — and this is the size where that stops being a compromise. Float across one half, let the kids have the other, and keep the entry step clear for whoever wants out and straight back in. Everyone gets their own patch of water instead of everybody negotiating for it.

Usually that they did not think a pool that size would fit. Eight metres by four is the shape people recognise as a proper family pool rather than a plunge pool, and the conversation moves on fairly quickly from the fence line to an invitation. Expect to know your neighbours better by February.