Thanks! Ya, not pumped on the fence either, but have a 2 year old. Better safe than sorry. I got a removable one so once he learns to swim we can re-evaluate.
This pool is awesome. I going to make one SOOO much smaller. 1 meter deep (0.5 meter below the ground and 0.5 meter built up above the ground) X 2 meters wide X 3.75 meters long.... with 4 industrial plastic barrels filled with rocks (one in each corner) with a bubbler in each for filtering and circulating water. Tie a waist rope for stationary swimming for exercise. Otherwise a nice plunge pool to cool off that is also a very nice water garden. I live in the tropics.... I have multiple year round water plants to chose from. Floating water lettuce will probably be my main nutrient eater. An elephant ear in each barrel. I'm about 1 month from breaking ground.
@@chrisyoung5721 Chris.... I finished my "soaking" pond. I made some very RUFF clips of the process, setbacks and end product. I have enjoyed the pond but haven't swam with a tether yet. It's a week old and no string alge. Fingers crossed.... I've added more water plants since my final clip. The floating plants are THRIVING. Thailand as been 39°-40° C or 99°- 101° F for the last 10 days.... So I finished just in time.
Beautiful. My question is how warm it will get with a dark liner in the summer. Love that it is a back yard pond, not just a pool. Enjoy, I know the family will.
From what I’ve noticed the water temperature appears to be consistent with the 24 hour daily average ambient (I.e. If it’s 100 degrees in the day and 50 degrees at night the pond is 75). Originally, I too, thought the liner would be a bigger driver than it has turned out to be. My opinion now is it’s the amount of air that gets pumped into the water column. All that said I haven’t actually checked, so this is predominately conjecture. That would be a good study to do! I’ll do that and post it. Thanks!
Hi Asher, Budget was $20k. We landed right around that maybe $22k to be conservative. BUT that was pre COVID. Everything is more expensive now so if you are targeting a similar size and planning to build it yourself I would budget $30-35K. Still a considerable savings over a conventional pool. Going the conventional “pool” approach for the size of ours you would be 2x that. Regarding keeping it clear, just time. As the plants get established it gets clearer and clearer. I did add some beneficial bacteria the first year to help speed up the process. I’m approaching 2 years now and I spent 15-20 minutes every other week netting up a little bit of algae that floats up around the perimeter.
Are there any other liner colors available besides black? I suppose you could also just line the bottom and sides with some kind of other material on top of the liner. I want to be able to clearly see bottom b/c i wouldn't want any critters in my pool lol
Hello, I’m not aware of other colors. You could put rocks on top of the liner to give it a different color. Regarding the critters, don’t forget it is a natural habitat so you want life, it’s part of an ecosystem. However, even with the black liner I can see to the bottom without any issues.
Really nice project Chris. Quick question: what are the large diameter pipes coming up at odd angles below the platform? Also did you make a filter/skimmer using the blue barrel?
Thanks! Simply put they were a contingency plan. I put those in on both sides of the pond (if you look close you will see a set on the other side too). I switched from the perf pipe and used solid for them. They connect to the perforated loops that are running below the crushed rock. Essentially as a fail safe. Originally, I wasn’t completely confident the airlift approach would move enough water so I wanted a means to be able to install a pump just in case without having to drain and dig.
@@chrisyoung5721huh. I am planning the exact same thing. Putting in perforated pipe as a fallback if I absolutely need a filter. This adds confidence in my plan.
Hi Gregory, Got the bags from Home Depot. I filled them with part cement part DG (decomposed granite). For the pavers I used a standard block adhesive. I’ll see if I can’t find the actual Mfg.
One other question: did you just sit the post for the dock/diving deck on those pavers, or did you screw them into the boards you used for the pallets?
Hi! I went with the Firestone product and I got mine from Pondliner.com where it ran roughly $1 per sqft. That was a few years ago, so I would expect prices have gone up since then. I will say the liner is very important. It’s the place the invest in good product. Best of luck!
Couple things 1.) Don’t need as much rock as I have (could have saved some money there) 2.) Would have added a bog to begin with (more planted zone helps) 3.) White sand looks great to begin with but requires a little more upkeep. Would go with a more earth toned version. 4.) Get the big hiblow pump. 5.) Bigger or more skimmers at the top 6.) Devise a better way to agitate the bottom so you can reduce sediment from forming at the bottom. 7.) While it worked for me I would suggest a geotextile (mirafi) in place of the recycled carpet. Not worth the risk. 8.) Probably wouldn’t do the pallets again. They work just fine, but I think a stone wall would be better (certainly more work and cost tho). Keep me posted!
@@chrisyoung5721 Wow great insight/infro, so thanks for that. May I ask why you say you would have added a bog to begin with? Is the down flow filer system not enough?
Hey Chris! So the perforated pipe you got going around the regen area… so you have a few of them that has a T fitting on it and they are pointing straight up. Why is that?
