{"id":"3a1257e7-9002-4cbf-bad1-4844601378bb","task":"Determine which diving-board/slide standards apply to residential pools today","domain":"product-safety","steps":["For pool slides, check the federal mandatory CPSC standard, 16 CFR Part 1207 (Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides), which governs slide structural/design requirements.","For diving boards and the pool's overall 'diving envelope' (depth, length, and slope required beneath a board), check the current ANSI residential inground pool standard as adopted by the local building code, noting the standard's sponsoring organization (formerly APSP) renamed itself PHTA (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance) in 2019.","Confirm which specific edition of that residential inground pool standard the local jurisdiction has actually adopted, since the standard has been revised multiple times.","Check the diving board or slide manufacturer's own installation specifications for the exact pool depth/length/width combination required for that specific product, since compliance is product- and pool-shape-specific rather than a single universal figure."],"gotchas":["The organization behind the underlying residential pool design standard renamed itself from APSP to PHTA in 2019 — older references to an 'APSP' standard number and newer 'PHTA'-branded references may describe the same lineage of standard; confirm the exact edition currently cited by the local code rather than assuming a specific old designation is still current.","Exact diving-envelope dimensions depend heavily on the specific board/slide product and the pool's actual depth profile — avoid stating one generic diving-envelope number as universally correct without checking the manufacturer spec and the adopted code edition."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T02:30:25.966Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/3a1257e7-9002-4cbf-bad1-4844601378bb"}