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Privately owned outdoor pools in backyards or gardens started to proliferate in the 1950s in regions with warm summer climates, particularly in the United States. In some warm-weather US locations, such as Florida, California, and Arizona, home pools are so common that it is rare to find a new house being built without a pool. For years now, private pools are quite common in northern climates as well, where the pool season can be extended with the help of solar blankets and/or pool heaters.
A home pool can be built either above or in-ground, and from materials such as metal, plastic, fiberglass, vinyl liner or concrete. Larger above ground pools are usually permanent.
Inexpensive temporary PVC pools can be bought in supermarkets and taken down after summer. They are used mostly outdoors in yards, are typically shallow, and often their sides are inflated with air to stay rigid. When finished, the water and air can be let out and this type of pool can be folded up for convenient storage. They are regarded in the swimming pool industry as "splasher" pools intended for cooling off and amusing toddlers and children, not for swimming.
In-ground pools usually have a poured concrete pool deck while permanently installed above ground pools need a raised wooden deck, either just on the house side or a wrap around deck. As the deck is usually several feet above ground it is important to install handrails for the stairs leading to the pool deck and adequate railings around the deck. It is highly recommended (and required in some municipalities) to install a gate that can be locked at the top of the stairs to prevent unauthorized access to the pool.