There are two main negatives with adding a tanning shelf to your existing pool.
Add baja shelf to existing pool.
Most shapes and typical sizes can accommodate one.
Whatever the price is consider the fact that a baja shelf could help you get more use out of your pool.
This will not be popular with pool users who use the pool to do laps and stay fit.
Each year the swimming pool goes through some minor changes.
To get a truly customized look the best option is a concrete pool.
Shelf options with fiberglass pools are limited.
Look around and see how this innovative convenient pool feature has become a favorite amongst pool owners.
Now just pop a glass of rosé in your hand and you ve got summer figured.
Adding some kind of plastic top to the pool spa benches would be perfect though.
I assume adding a sun shelf or baja shelf would entail draining pool demo out the bottom two steps tie into the existing pool wall pour a shelf or raise it shelf level etc.
With your chairs perched on your baja shelf you can dangle your toes in the water cooling down while remaining reclined.
I have three steps into my pool.
Paddle ball and chairs close to the water.
Nothing like spending 5k.
First your pool remodeling contractor will need to evaluate your pool to see if its dimensions and pool configuration will allow for the space and position that a baja shelf will require.
Also called a baja shelf or tanning ledge a baja step is a large flat shallow surface in the pool typically about 6 inches deep.
There is a variety of add ons to choose from of course and one of them is the tanning ledge.
Typical construction to add a baja shelf onto an existing pool.
Firstly it does reduce the length of your pool as tanning shelves are normally wide enough to fit two sun loungers on side by side.
It allows you to relax in the water without having to change into your swimsuit or maneuver yourself onto a pool float.
Many people who grew up in sunny areas with access to a beach may remember two things.
But its for the kids right.
The baja shelf option will add approximately 2 500 to the cost of a new in ground pool.