Quick Summary
Selah Pools built an inground play pool for the Lightfoot family in Fort Worth featuring a 26-foot pool, single LED light, bubbler, inline ozonator, 460 cartridge filter, Polaris 280 cleaner, and six-foot wood privacy fence.
Key Takeaways
- The Lightfoot family in Fort Worth chose Selah Pools to build a practical, enduring play pool scaled for everyday family use.
- The project includes a 26-foot inground play pool, bubbler, single white LED light, Polaris 280 cleaner, and six-foot wood privacy fence.
- An inline chlorinator with O3 ozonator and 460 Cartridge Filter keeps water quality high while minimizing chemical demand.
- The 2HP E Pump with IQ 900 Controller delivers quiet, efficient automation — the infrastructure behind a pool that runs itself.
Some pools are built to impress. This one was built to be lived in. On a Fort Worth lot enclosed by a six-foot wood privacy fence, the Lightfoot family envisioned something unpretentious and enduring — a pool designed for the way a family actually moves through a Texas summer. At 26 feet long and a maximum depth of five feet, the play pool holds nearly 13,000 gallons without demanding more space than the lot could give it. Fort Worth's long, sun-driven seasons call for a pool you reach for every day. Selah answered with a design that puts water — not architecture — at the center.
Wood
The water is kept crystal clear by a 460 Cartridge Filter paired with an inline chlorinator and O3 ozonator — a combination that reduces chemical load while keeping the surface consistently inviting. A single white LED pool light extends the swim into the evening without drama. One bubbler breaks the surface near the shallow end, giving younger swimmers a focal point and a reason to linger.
Lighting & Pump
The Polaris 280 handles the day-to-day so the family doesn't have to. A 2HP E Pump with IQ 900 Controller keeps everything running quietly and efficiently. The six-foot wood privacy fence does something no mechanical system can — it makes the space feel entirely your own.
Project Highlights
The Lightfoot family in Fort Worth chose Selah Pools to build a practical, enduring play pool scaled for everyday family use.
The project includes a 26-foot inground play pool, bubbler, single white LED light, Polaris 280 cleaner, and six-foot wood privacy fence.
An inline chlorinator with O3 ozonator and 460 Cartridge Filter keeps water quality high while minimizing chemical demand.
The 2HP E Pump with IQ 900 Controller delivers quiet, efficient automation — the infrastructure behind a pool that runs itself.
What Our Customers Say
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Frequently Asked Questions
What makes a play pool the right choice for a family?
A play pool is engineered around how families actually use water — shallow enough for young swimmers, deep enough for adults, and sized to fit a residential lot without overwhelming it. At five feet maximum depth and 26 feet in length, the Lightfoot pool offers genuine utility without the footprint of a resort-style build. For Fort Worth families, that pragmatism matters. Long summers mean the pool gets used regularly for months. A play pool built with quality systems — like the 460 Cartridge Filter, ozone-assisted chlorination, and the 2HP E Pump with IQ 900 Controller — runs cleanly and reliably season after season.
How does ozone filtration change the pool experience?
Ozone is one of the most effective oxidizers in water treatment, breaking down contaminants at a molecular level before they require a chemical response. Paired with the inline chlorinator, the O3 ozonator in the Lightfoot build significantly reduces chlorine demand — which means softer water on skin and eyes and fewer odor-producing byproducts. For a family pool used regularly by children, that difference is felt immediately. The water stays cleaner with less intervention, and maintenance becomes a rhythm rather than a burden. Selah specifies ozone-assisted systems when clients want a pool that performs beautifully without chemistry becoming a second job.
What should Fort Worth homeowners know about pool privacy fencing?
Fort Worth lots vary widely — some open to greenbelt, others closely neighbored on three sides. Before the first shovel turns, enclosure strategy shapes the entire experience of the finished space. A six-foot wood privacy fence, like the one Selah built for the Lightfoot family, transforms an open yard into something that feels genuinely private — a room without a ceiling. Fence height, material, and setback requirements vary by neighborhood and municipality. Selah's design process accounts for those variables from the beginning, so the enclosure is engineered into the permit package rather than retrofitted afterward.
How does Selah keep a simple pool from feeling like a compromise?
The temptation with a modest-footprint pool is to treat it as a stripped-down version of something grander. Selah resists that framing. A play pool like the Lightfoot build is complete on its own terms — properly filtered, efficiently automated, safely drained, and lit for evening use. Nothing is missing that should be there. The 2HP E Pump with IQ 900 Controller is the same category of equipment used in larger, more complex builds. The ANSI-compliant dual main drain system meets the same safety standards. Quality isn't reserved for larger projects — it's the baseline. What changes with scale is the palette, not the standard.
Can a pool this size still support regular evening use?
Absolutely. The single white LED pool light in the Lightfoot build does exactly what good lighting should — it extends the day without theatrics. In Fort Worth, where summer evenings cool just enough to make outdoor time pleasant, a well-lit pool becomes the gravitational center of the outdoor living space after dinner. The bubbler adds a second layer of evening experience: sound, movement, and a visual anchor near the shallow end that draws people in even when no one is swimming. Together, these features mean the pool earns its investment across the full arc of the day, not just the peak afternoon hours.
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