PHTA and ICC Publish ANSI/PHTA/ICC-5 2025 American National Standard for Residential Inground Swimming Pools
The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance and the International Code Council announced the American National Standards Institute approval and publication of ANSI/PHTA/ICC-5 2025 American National Standard for Residential Inground Swimming Pools.
The standard provides specifications for new construction and remodeling of residential inground swimming pools and includes design, equipment, operation and installation. It applies to permanently installed pools intended for noncommercial use as a swimming pool by not more than three owner families and their guests and exceeding 24 inches in water depth.
The changes include a new section on nondiving pools, clarifying that certain sections of the PHTA-5 standard only apply to pools designed for diving. Additional content for circulation system pipe material standards and circulation system fittings standards were added, and requirements for barriers around the pool are now included. Other revisions include egress requirements in vanishing edge catch basins.
The new PHTA-5 standard is available to read here or purchase here. For more information, visit the PHTA-5 webpage, email standards@phta.org or call 703-838-0083.
