Building and running an endless pool! 

The 'proper' endless has those channels down the side the water comes back through. Mine like you say it bounces off the back wall and comes back down the side so the flume is a bit narrower and you notice your legs getting pushed round if you aren't straight...but that's no bad thing, it forces you to swim nice and tight and straight and not switch off! It's something you get used to too I think!

My channel swim was last year!! But thank you!!

Oh, sorry and congrats! Awesome 🤘

@@tednruth453 no worries, I don't think I said in the video!! Really quite lucky with all that is happening this year! I'm supposed to be on a relay team in two weeks time, currently on indefinite hold!!

Ach, bugger, hearing similar stories across the sporting spectrum. Had entered a triathlon in the lake district, hasn't officially been cancelled but my swimming has been totally written off, unfortunately ☺ Keep healthy 🤘

Hi me too not sure which way to go did you make a decision

3.5 k on ebay, he mentioned it

Yeah all the time!! 🤣 Handily they float quite well so it's an easy job with the big net!

Yes I'm in the same boat to an extent. I normally run mine pretty cool so the heating cost isn't too bad but when it's frosty and the pool is 12 degrees I really don't want to do much in there and I found myself going back to the gym for big swims. I have just swapped onto an electric car tariff and electricity is pretty cheap overnight (6p/kw) so I could set the heating on a timer and run it a lot cheaper...

@@tomchapman5761 Hey Tom, glad to hear you're suffering too ;-). I do have a day/ night tariff here, so the only trick I can do is heat it at night & turn it off in the day, until someone wants to use it; your 6p is very good, I think my night is 9-10cents. I've asked my pool supplier here if they've had any experience with solar, but I'm not even sure I want to pay for it at the mo. I've decided in the last few years, that my biggest luxury, if I won the lottery, would be to leave all my lights on around the house without worrying about the bill, so I guess the pool is in that too!! Good luck with it mate.

Considering getting one in Ireland too... Nice to hear a real life experience like this. Probably impractical given energy costs now and how cold Ireland gets.

@@thebadtemperedbrit I dont know what kind of yard/roof restrictions you have, but have you ever looked at a solar water heater? I have seen a couple DIY projects using a wooden box and the yellowish pvc i think its cpvc but I don't remember off the top of my head... paint the inside of the box black and put a greenhouse type plastic over it and they increase the water temps a good amount.

@@lancelowrey8615 Hey Lance, no restrictions at all, I'm way out in the Irish countryside on 11 totally secluded acres ;-). I'm really cross with myself, when I moved here 4 years ago, that I didn't look into solar more, but because I'm in Ireland, I didn't think it was worth it. However I've since learned that solar is better than I thought nowadays with lower light levels. My roof also is quite complex, so I could have them follow the sun throughout the day!! I blew my budget on the install & massive house refurb at the same time, so can't do much at the moment, but thanks for the ideas, when finances allow, I'll try & look into it all. Ireland are pretty good with green grants, so maybe I could get some free money too ;-). Cheers JJ

Yes, it's good for breastroke too! I did a slo motion individual medley video here, the breastroke is ace! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NCkfglntzZo.html

I only ever run the heating in the winter so it's not very effective. I had an air source heat pump to start with which is supposed to be super efficient...but because I only ever ran it in the winter I never got the most out of it so swapped to electrical resistance!

@@tomchapman5761 I agree with the heat pump. I found that they do not work well below 8 degrees.

The pool is made by a company but I think it's treated redwood. It's probably about 40mm thick. All the joints are precut so it just stacks together

The shed isn't insulated, the pool is wrapped in celotex boards and a space blanket. There's 100mm polystyrene on top when it's not being used. The pool has about 2" of insulation boards they use for the floor!

The company is called endless pools! If you google them you ight have a local supplier

@@tomchapman5761 Ah right.. I see they are selling the pools. I will check if they sell the motors.

@@edizertekin3331 www.endlesspools.com/fastlane.php

I did think about it but I figured it was a lot of extra effort and expense and I was worried it might fill up with water!

I got my pool second hand off ebay! New they are like £7000 for the pool and £7000 for the endless pool motor. If you google endless pools, you might have a local supplier!

it a function of not actually moving forward I think! Try playing with your head position, perhapss try looking down a bit more towards the bottom of the pool. My stroke is a long distance swimmers stroke and I use a slow two beat kick most of the time, I find thats enough to keep your legs high!

You can set it to show pace per 100metres or 100yards- mine is set to metres!

Ah my solo was last year so yeah I was quite lucky! Supposed to be on a relay in June this year, fingers crossed it will get away shortly! Good luck with yours, I'd hate to have this disruption in a solo, probably a good choice to delay!

@@tomchapman5761 ah I see. Yeah would've been an odd year to do it out of all 145 years people been doing it. Hopefully delaying will be beneficial, lots of ideas that came late that I can implement now. Fair play to anyone doing this year. What was your swim like..any advice?

Building regulations in the UK say the max height of a shed is 2.5m before you need to go through the full process of getting planning permission! Mine is 2.47m ;). I could have put a porch on it yeah I'll take that one!!

I really can't get a better picture, it's just too squeezed in sorry! If you Google home pool filters tho there will be loads come up, it's fairly straightforward

The pool is pre made or diy

It's at the end of my garden so I can't really get gas to it but it's an option! I also had an air source heat pump for a while but because I only use the heating in the winter, it wasn't working very well!

There's 11m2 of water in that pool! I started out with a 1.5kw electrical, 7.5kw heat, air source heat pump. So for every 1.5kw of electrical power, I should have got 7.5 heat. Problem was I only run the heating in the winter...and as the temperature of the air drops, the efficiency drops as there is no heat in the air for it to take and put in the water. Most heat pumps rate there efficiency at 25 degree air temp so they are great in the summee. At 5degree air, the only time I was running my heating...they really don't work very well at all!

Hiya, it's made by a company called endless pools, if you Google them you should get a fair few results!

Ha ha they're USB so only a couple of volts....but the ones I bought are actually totally sealed so they're watertight!

@@tomchapman5761 It's an awesome setup!

Interesting. I built my EP kit (above ground) in 2004. Still going strong. However, two years ago I hired a pool builder to build a concrete inground pool with exact dimensions as the above ground shell. It looks beautiful now with blue tiles and a black tiled centre line! Just like the real thing.

Yep, genuine endless pool fast lane. You don't really hear the noise when you're swimming 😂