Liberty Opportunity 14x33 Fiberglass Pool

We think of the Opportunity as the sensible big pool. Thirty-three feet gives you real swimming length, enough for kids to race end to end and for adults to do some easy laps. Yet the deepest point is only 5 ft 4 in, so almost everyone can stand almost everywhere. Parents watching from the deck like that. So do guests who are not confident swimmers.

Liberty describes it as a pool you swim into relaxation in, with graceful entry stairs and swim-up seating. The stairs are wide enough to sit on, which is where small kids tend to spend their first summer.

The Opportunity is a straight rectangle: entry stairs at one end, swim-up seating along the side and a gentle slope from 3 ft 7 in to 5 ft 4 in. It is non-diving. At about 11,700 gallons it holds noticeably more water than the 14 by 30 models, because it is longer and keeps a fairly even floor.

Compare it with the Valiant, which is 14 ft by 31 ft 6 in and slopes to 7 ft. If you have teenagers who want a deep end, the Valiant is the pick. If your household is mostly young kids and adults who stand and talk, the Opportunity uses its water better.

With our 4 ft deck, the Opportunity needs about 22 by 41 ft. A rectangle this long usually runs parallel to the back of the house. In Hudson, pools must sit behind the main mass of the house and 15 ft from side and rear lines. Green measures its 15 ft to the closest feature of the pool installation, so the deck edge counts. On a lot around 70 ft wide that still works, with room left for a side walkway and a gate.

Liberty tags the Opportunity as auto cover ready. On a long rectangle an automatic cover is simple to plan, and it is the single most useful upgrade for holding heat through cool Northeast Ohio nights.

You get 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 the pool in 3D and handle the permits.

Site items are priced after we see the property: the barrier fence, extra decking, spoils haul-off, dewatering if needed and the power run from the panel. A long, straight pool often means a long, straight fence, so it is worth sketching the fence and gates early.

An automatic cover and a heater, first. Sheer descents along one long side look good on a rectangle and add sound. Many owners widen the patio at the stair end, where people sit, and add automation to run the pump, lights and heater from a phone. A shallow pool of this size also warms faster than a deep one, so a heater goes further here, and a couple of extra weeks at each end of the season is a realistic goal.