For over 30 years architects, pool designers and contractors have relied on us to design, supply and install underwater viewing panels into their luxury swimming pools and spas. Our experience of specialist underwater glazing is more normally associated with deep aquarium construction. This unrivalled experience has enabled ATL to position itself as the go to, industry trusted installer of underwater viewing windows. The demand for incorporating underwater viewing panels into swimming pools and spas has grown dramatically over recent years with more and more ambitious projects now being conceived. ATL are able to design swimming pool windows in flat glass or acrylic or curved or hemispherical shapes in acrylic.

ATL glass swimming pool viewing panel

Whilst theres been a recent trend towards using acrylic for submerged viewing panels there are also many examples where glass viewing panels are still preferred by some designers. Ultimately its really down to personal choice. For every designer wanting acrylic theres another specifying a glass product. Understandably an acrylic producer will only ever specify acrylic products and a glass producer their glass products but thats where ATL differs. We are equally comfortable designing and correctly specifying either medium in submerged scenarios. Low iron glass is increasingly popular option for some designers as it provides improved transparency and less of the ‘green tinge’ typically associated with multi layer laminated float glass.

ATL central London pool view in glass

When considering swimming pool windows in glass or acrylic, ATL is the genuine ‘one stop shop’ from initial design including rebate support detailing, manufacture, installation and sealing. Traditionally pool viewing panels are installed in vertical attitude either as a 4 edge supported fully submerged view or a 3 edge supported view such as an infinity edge panels. 3 edge supported panels are used extensively to create seemingly endless pool views.

Central London pool window sealing by ATL

ATL 3 edge support acrylic pool panel- central London

Acrylic weir edge glazing

Horizontally installed windows are becoming popular. Recently our team installed a large acrylic viewing panel into the pool base of a London penthouse. This required a crane to lift the panel from the transport up onto roof level before lowering it into the rebate, ready for our technicians to seal.

Craning ATL’s acrylic viewing panel into the London penthouse pool

ATL acrylic pool base viewing panel installed

Looking up from underneath the ATL pool base panel

We have extensive worldwide underwater viewing panel project experience. Whether its a single view or multiple swimming pool windows in acrylic or glass, please contact ATL for reliable friendly advice, a competitive quote and of course our ability to deliver the quality end product your project deserves.

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