My wife and I have purchased many small, cheap pools for our kids, and they usually ended up looking like this.
Deflated, no longer able to hold water, then tossed aside.
I didn't want to spend big bucks on a pool kit, so instead, I used materials I already had around our place and built my own custom pool.
I had recently torn down an aged wooden fence in our yard, so the lumber was readily available for reuse. I framed up the walls in four sections in our garage.
While construction of the walls took place indoors, I was also preparing the site in our yard where the pool would be located. I brought in a large quantity of sand and gravel and worked at building the grade, leveling it, and compacting it. I marked low areas with yellow spray paint, then added sand until I had made a flat platform for the pool to be built on.
Once the four wall sections were built, I carried them outside, then began building my pool. I used half-inch treated plywood for a floor, then added the walls.
I then insulated the walls, and began lining the inside of the pool. I used sheets of FRP (Fiber-Reinforced Plastic) for the floor, and corrugated steel panels for the walls. I then meticulously sealed all the seams with white silicone and elastomeric roof coating. I installed a drain tube at the bottom of the pool, and an outlet and inlet tube where I would later hook up a sand filter. I even made a LED light with a blue lens for illumination at night.
The pool even has a built-in shallow wading area with dry storage underneath.
Since our boys are still young (six and two years old), I only filled the pool to about 21 inches deep.
It is still plenty deep for me to soak and cool off after a long work day. The maximum depth I will fill the pool will be 32 inches, which I may achieve next summer.
Hello @countryinspired, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!
Hello there. Very good work. Looks really good. I' also thinking about building some little swimming pool in my backyard. I read a lot of information in internet and watch videos on Youtube about this. Also I found special pool calculator on https://concalculator.com/pool-calculator/ I think this tool will be quite useful!
That’s awesome! Good job buddy! Time for a pool party now 👍
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What a great idea. Fun in the sun. Goes to show what we can create if we give it a go.
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That is an amazing job @countryinspired. You certainly can make things happen. Have you started the guess/rental house yet?
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Sorry it took me so long to reply, @manorvillemike. I have not started any rental houses or lodges yet. I'm waiting for the funding to arrive.
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Hello @countryinspired, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!
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Hello there. Very good work. Looks really good. I' also thinking about building some little swimming pool in my backyard. I read a lot of information in internet and watch videos on Youtube about this. Also I found special pool calculator on https://concalculator.com/pool-calculator/ I think this tool will be quite useful!
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