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  • So lucky

  • Your lucky my wife won't let me build one so we just have an above ground pool

  • This job is not for diy-ers please do not attempt this !!

  • woow!!!! i'm extremely impressed. thinking of having a pool aswell but the only thing holding me back is the contract price but after seeing this, i think i can actually do it myself. but i'll like to no, what exactly are the main equipments needed to build one including tool. please help me :)

    thanks!

  • @solexta

    You would be best getting the details from somewhere like PA Pools. Don't know where you are based, but they deliver the parts according to your specification and are very good on advice etc. It is a lot of work, and you will need an electrician and gas fitter. But it's a great project and we get loads of fun out of it now.

  • woooow!!!! i'm extremely impressed. thinking of having a pool aswell but the only thing holding me back is the contract price but after seeing this, i think i can actually do it myself. but i'll like to no, what exactly are the main equipments needed to build one including tool. please help me :)

    thanks!

  • Nice job!!!!That must of took a long time.

  • that's what I call a team work.. Question, no iron grid??

  • @gabrielirlanda Not sure what you mean about an iron grid? Are you talking about re-inforcing around the edges? It has 1.5 feet concrete band around the top which is sufficient.

    And yes, it was truely a team effort; now it's a team passtime!

  • WOW!

    I bet now you have the coolest garden in your neighbourhood!

    I have to make do with my Intex 15ft wide 4ft deep pool, but I suppose it's better than nothing. But yours is absolutely brilliant!!!

  • @ILoveMadonnaForever

    Thank you. We do enjoy it.

  • @taseme you enjoyed it me to

  • @ILoveMadonnaForever yea i cant have a pool in my neiborhood cause the law is no pools in city limits

  • WOW! This is amazing! :D

    Pool looks GREAT! Do you mind if I ask how long it took and how deep it is?

    This is really great cause you get family bonding! :)

  • @bellaasmiley Thank you.

    It did take almost a year, due to the fact that I was involved in 6 amateur dramatic shows that year and we had to dig most of it by hand. It is 1.4 metres deep. We opted not to have a deep end as it is better fun to be able to play in it e.g. polo etc. The deep end would mean that someone was treading water all the time.

    Thanks for the comment

  • WOW! Very cool.

  • @taseme Thank you

  • pretty sweet work man u guys worked really hard

  • hey but at least u gaved ur kids something to keep them entertained

  • I like your pool. I got one recently but it is above ground,but it is a metal frame which is cool.And it is 15x42 so it is really cool! But the only thing is that the water is COLD.But we got a solar pool cover to make the water warm when its sunny and it makes it warm. ;)

  • nniiiceeee worrkkk!!!!

  • @040797762 Cheers. TY

  • @taseme how many days to finish the pool

  • OMG - that must have taken u 4ever!!! A labor of love for sure but the pics at the end show how much it was worth it. Soooo, what IS next???

  • @The1Gillette Thanks for the comments. It was a labour of love, and definitely worth it in the end. But don't think I'll take on another project like that again; once is enough.

  • Now, you have no backyard - but you have a pool !

  • wow!

    lol my backyard is like a hill so we have to get a little wall by it :O

  • thanks

  • There is a bit more to it than that. You need to have a pump and sand filter at least to keep the water clear. I would suggest you contact a selp build supplier to check out how to do what you want

  • well im thinking of getting 1. but my plan is dirt chep. just a pool nothing elese. hole in ground i have a digger, blocks or concrete and liner.thats it. the rest i dont need just yet what do u think its gonna cost me? ill do all the work myself. top to bottom. thanks

  • Dirt cheap: you figure $1,000 for 1,000 gallons, complete, with pump and filter.

  • how much for the pool excluding fancy stuff like heat lights i mean just pool so blocks concrete and liner. thx

  • I couldn't see ypu getting away with it for less that 15 000

  • nice how much time you spend ont it

    and how much that will be cost :P

    RESPECT

  • I built it in spare timeafter work, and while trying to fit in many other things, e.g. amatuer dramatics. So it took about a year to build. Would take less if you can get a digger in the garden. Total cost came to about 20K as it has a heater, is fully automated and it has a stepped entrance which is costly. Happy to talk through the pros and cons with anyone who is considering building one as we I had never built one before this.

  • how much is 20k

  • £20 000

  • thanks for reply

    i just wanted to ask what was those big square white blocks that you had around

    the pool

    becouse in my garden i've digged a big hole and know i just need those white blocks around pool

  • If you mean the actual walls, they are precast insulated panels. My guess is if you need blocks that big, you have probably got something or someone to bury; in which case you've got more problems than just looking for blocks, lol.

  • what was that blue plastic cover thing

  • Not sure what you mean. If its at 3.44, it's the liner which fites into the pool and is a plastic inner, rather than tiling the entire area.

    If that's not what you mean, maybe you are referring to the solar cover which is rolled up at the end of the pool. It is rolled out and floats on the water retaining the heat.

  • thats pretty cool..we are planning to build a swimming pool..what can you advise that we have to consider? can we make use of rocks instead of tiles? hope to hear from you thanks!

  • The pool is not tiled. It is a liner pool. I do not think you can use rocks. We removed tons of rubble and rocks from the site. This pool uses pre-fabricated insulated walls and a concrete base. A tiled pool is very costly and difficult to maintain. Consider what size you want. It is worth having it on a timer to filter the water etc. Don't know where you are based, but there is a massive difference in the cost of getting the gas boiler connected. Let me know if you need any more info.

  • awesome!

  • congratulations, good job. Ciao, Davide

  • are you rich?

  • Very, but not in the money sense. Rich in the sense that I have a lovely family and good friends. It cost about the same as building a new room on to the house.

  • that's beautiful.

  • How much did it cost?

  • All in it cost about £20k. That includes the boiler as it is heated. It also cost a considerable amount in concrete to back-fill the steps as we wanted a walk-in step arrangement for parents etc.

  • How long did that take you ?

  • It took a little over a year, but then I do have a day job and took part in 6 amatuer dramatic performances that year too. Most of the year was spent worrying would it work when it was finally complete!

  • wow the pool looks gorgeous now...u done a good job. =]

  • Thank you. It is strange now to see it all done and everyone having a good time in what used to be a place of hard work!

  • good job men ;)

  • wow who is that sexy guy on 2:21 he is wel god looking haha

  • The sexy gut on 2:21 is a cement mixer!

  • Cool. I like your backyard

  • wow! you have a beautiful backyard.

  • you should see the flowers, they got destroyed by the dog :S

  • aww.

  • Very good effort - however I'm surprised and disappointed it took a year and a half. The project should have been complete in six weeks.

    Poor show.

    (:-))

  • It might well have taken 6 weeks if I had not been working full time, and holding two voluntary trusteeships while also doing 8 stage performances during that year. Sorry, I guess I am human after all!

  • Oh well in that case - congratulations!!!!!!!

    I love your pool - especially during the summer playing catch(or rather someone throws something, I miss it completely and walk the rest of the length of your garden to retrieve it!!

    See you sunday

  • nice one Dad! ^^ we have so much fun using that. some peeps here in form want to know how long it took to make. cos i forgot :S

  • Get back to work slacker! lol.

    But it took a year and a half as we (I) only worked for a few hours each evening after work and some weekends.

  • i forgot that... :S seems so long ago though

    and for your information, it is perfectly legal for me to go on YouTube during registration :P

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