With 2012 quickly approaching, homeowners should make sure that their swimming pool codes are the most up-to-date. Some updates include changes in the main drains and the flow rate. All new pools must be built to the standard of these new codes. Pipe sizes are changing along with the suction, which ultimately gives you a better flow rate.
This all may sound like a different language to the general consumer, but it is ultimately your swimming pool contractors responsibility to update and educate you on these codes.
The provisions in the new 2012 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC) were completed during the Final Action Hearing on October 31, 2011 in Phoenix. The approved changes from the 2011 codes for the 2012 codes will be published in the 2012 Editions of the International Codes.
In 2009, the International Code Council (ICC) approved the development of the first comprehensive swimming pool code coordinated with the current requirements found in the International Codes to meet the requirements of the Virginia Graeme Baker Act to upgrade pool safety.
For more information and to view the new codes, check out the International Code Council’s site.