Two-in-one perimeter gutter for swimming pools

Abstract

A perimeter gutter for swimming pools is provided comprising, in combination, first and second gutter conduits for disposition about the perimeter of a swimming pool, of which conduits at least one is adapted to carry water at a level below a predetermined level of water in the swimming pool; a retaining wall on the pool-side of the gutter conduits, over the top of which wall water may flow from the pool into one of the gutter conduits; the first and second gutter conduits having at least one common wall therebetween, separating interior space of the second gutter conduit from interior space of the first gutter conduit, of which common wall at least a portion is removable, so that upon removal of the wall, said interior spaces are combined and form a gutter whose interior space is greater than the interior space of either gutter conduit. The second gutter conduit can be in fluid flow communication either with the swimming pool or with the first gutter conduit, or with both.

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