indoor pool design

The concepts involved in setting up fully enclosed swimming pools seem pretty straightforward, observes indoor watershaping specialist Kevin Ruddy. But appearances can be deceiving, he adds, and the situation you encounter in balancing water temperature, air temperature and relative humidity can go from bad to worse in a hurry if you discover, much to a client’s dismay, that you aren’t completely sure of what you’re doing.
Inside Air
It seems so simple:  No matter whether it's a residential or commercial project, the design parameters for indoor swimming pools generally call for warm water (typically 82 degrees, or a bit less for a competition pool), air temperature two to four degrees warmer than the water, and a relative humidity in the enclosed space of between 55% and 60%. And it wasn't some committee of pool builders who came up with those figures:  The numbers are endorsed and published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and have been accepted as
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