Liberty Anthem 14x30 Fiberglass Pool, Installed

We point people to the Anthem when two people in the house want different pools. One wants to swim a length without turning around after three strokes. The other wants to sit in a few inches of water with a drink and a book. The Anthem's 30 ft length and long ledge let both of them have their way without a second structure.

It is also a good fit for families with younger kids. Liberty lists a wading area and swim-up seating on this model, and the shallow end starts at 3 ft 6 in. Small children can play on the ledge within arm's reach while older ones use the deeper water, which goes to 6 ft 1 in. Like every Liberty pool, it is non-diving.

You walk in on a bench entry at one end. The tanning ledge runs the length of the pool, so a good part of the 14 ft width is shallow shelf, and the rest is open swim lane. That explains the gallons. Liberty lists the Anthem at about 7,900 gallons, noticeably less than the 10,000 it lists for the freeform Relaxation, which has the same 14 by 30 outline. Less water means less to treat and less for the pump to turn over, and on an Ohio pool that runs from May to September, those savings add up.

Exits on both sides help more than people expect. On a busy afternoon nobody has to swim to one set of steps, and your deck layout is not forced toward one side of the pool.

Add our standard 4 ft wrap deck and the Anthem takes up about 22 by 38 ft before you place a single chair. Then come setbacks. Stow asks for 10 ft from the side and rear lot lines, Hudson for 15 ft and only behind the main mass of the house. Green measures its 15 ft to the closest feature of the pool installation, which can mean the deck edge, not the water. On a typical suburban lot that still leaves room, but the rectangle has to sit square to something, usually the back of the house.

The barrier fence takes more space. Most towns follow the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, which calls for a barrier at least 48 in high with self-closing, self-latching gates. We draw the fence, the equipment pad and the deck on the 3D design so you can see the real footprint before anything is dug.

Being a rectangle, the Anthem is tagged auto cover ready by Liberty. In Northeast Ohio, where the evenings cool off quickly even in July, a cover that runs in straight tracks is one of the more useful things you can add.

The package covers the Liberty shell and full installation, a Pentair variable-speed pump, a Pentair DE filter, Pentair MicroBrite color-changing LED lights, a 4 ft concrete wrap deck, a cleaning kit, starter chemicals and the electrical hook-up at the equipment. We design it in 3D first and handle the permits.

Some costs depend on your yard, so we price them after the site visit: the barrier fence, extra patio, hauling off the dig spoils, dewatering if groundwater fills the hole, and the power run from your panel to the pad. It helps to plan for those from the start so the budget matches the whole project.

The ledge invites bubblers, which are a cheap way to add sound and movement. An automatic cover and a heater are the pair that stretch the season past Memorial Day and Labor Day. Beyond that, owners add more patio beside the ledge for loungers, automation so the pump and lights run from a phone, or a salt system.