How to pick the perfect panel for your pool.
Hints and tips. Get a quote.
What kind of pool are you building?
Pools come in many shapes and sizes.
AAT Acrylics custom-makes every pool window:
- Cute plunge pools
- Luxurious spas
- Standard and premium residential
- Large and innovate commercial pools and projects
Pool window panel shapes
The majority of swimming pool windows are supported on either three sides (one horizontal rebate pus two vertical rebates) or all four sides (two horizontal plus two vertical rebates).
Handy hints and FAQs
The following information may prove useful when it comes time to get a quotation. Feel free to call us on 07 5441 3302 if you need help gathering the information needed to obtain a quotation.
The “viewing area” is the part of the acrylic panel that can be seen. The panel is bigger than the viewing area, because some of the acrylic is goes into the rebates around the outside of the windows.
Acrylic Window Supported on 3 Sides
Acrylic Window Supported on 4 Sides
The top of the viewing area is above the water in some cases, and below the water in other cases.
For “dry-edge” panels, with the top of the panel above the waterline, simply measure from the waterline to the top of the panel.
For submerged panels, measure from the waterline to the highest point of the viewing area.
To specify an appropriate panel for your pool, we’ll need to know the depth of water it is in.
Measure from the water surface to the lowest point of the panel.
If the water level is below the top edge of the acrylic, then we call it a dry-edge panel. Some pools have an infinity edge with water rises right to the top and flowing over the acrylic. We call this a wet-edge panel.
The wet side of the panel faces inwards and touches the water, and the dry-side of the panel faces outwards towards the air.
The pressure on the panel from the water is on the wet side.
Some construction companies, pool builders and acrylic installers may undertake their own acrylic-specification calculations, in which case they supply us with detailed panel dimensions, including thickness.
Alternatively, we calculate the recommended thickness based on the other information that you have supplied such as the size of the viewing area, the distance between the water level and the top of the viewing area and the number of rebates that will support the panel.
When we provide thickness recommendations, it is normally in two steps.
- The first step is to establish an estimated budget, for approval, and then a more detailed analysis to confirm the initial calculations.
- The second stage may involve adjustments to the recommended thickness.
Request a quotation
Just call 07 5441 3302 for a no-obligation discussion or submit the online enquiry form below.
See FAQ’s above to assist you.
- How many acrylic windows you need?
- For each acrylic window:
- Is the acrylic window flat or curved?
- Is the acrylic window square, rectangular, round or another shape?
- Will the pool window be vertical (such as on the side wall) or horizontal (such as on the floor of the pool)?
- Is the pool window supported on 3 sides (3 rebates) or 4-sides (4 rebates)?
- For vertical 3-side supported panels, is the top-edge wet or dry?
- What is the width of the viewing area in mm? (ie., not including the rebate)
- What is the height of the viewing area in mm? (ie., not including the rebate)
- What is the depth of the water to the bottom of the windowsill?
- Does it have corners, such as a one-corner L-Shape (made from 2 panels) or a 2-corner U shape (made from 3 panels)? For L-Shaped and U-Shaped panels, consider the dimensions of each section that will be joined together.
- Do you need supply only or installation too?
- If supply only, are you supplying the required thickness specifications too?
Information that we'll need in order to generate a quotation
(See FAQ's above to assist you.)
- How many acrylic windows you need?
- For each acrylic window:
- Is the acrylic window flat or curved?
- Is the acrylic window square, rectangular, round or another shape?
- Will the pool window be vertical (such as on the side wall) or horizontal (such as on the floor of the pool)?
- Is the pool window supported on 3 sides (3 rebates) or 4-sides (4 rebates)?
- For vertical 3-side supported panels, is the top-edge wet or dry?
- What is the width of the viewing area in mm? (ie., not including the rebate)
- What is the height of the viewing area in mm? (ie., not including the rebate)
- What is the depth of the water to the bottom of the windowsill?
- Does it have corners, such as a one-corner L-Shape (made from 2 panels) or a 2-corner U shape (made from 3 panels)? For L-Shaped and U-Shaped panels, consider the dimensions of each section that will be joined together.
- Do you need supply only or installation too?
- If supply only, are you supplying the required thickness specifications too?