How to Make a Cheap and Deep Swimming Pool

This how I made a cheap above ground pool deep enough to jump and dive into.
If you have any questions about specifics I would be happy to answer them in the comments.
Happy staying cool without huge GHG emissions!

8/12/23
Since I have made this pool the glue that I used has surpassed it's useful life. Check out the video on how I used waterproof tape to repair it.
Happy to share more info if anyone has questions.

[gparsons]

That is incredibly innovative, and completely awesome! (I really wish we were handy and could do stuff like this!).

[donniesponseller]

Man, I'm doing this. Already have a 48" deep pool. Gonna drain it in September, and get the spot dug out before winter. When spring gets here, its on. What a great idea.

[thedreadedmother]

This is exactly what I needed to see to move forward with my idea! Thank you 🙏🏽

[lindamoore]

I’m very impressed. That turned out Beautiful 😻. Lucky u know your stuff I’ve know some guys who didn’t do as awesome..lol 👍

[bennerdan]

Affordable and clever. Thanks for sharing a good idea.

[dcast]

Wow that looks amazing, thanks for the idea

[paulroach]

That's awesome. How deep is the spot??

[Dustin-klhm]

I have been subscribed for a while and also watched the update when the pool sprung a leak. 5-6 years without trouble is not bad. I plan on doing this in a couple of months with the exact same pool size and shape. Can you tell me why you wouldn’t recommend going too much deeper with the deep spot? I was thinking if a 4-5ft deep spot shifted to one end a little more.

[AutoNomades]

Very nice idea !! Have you seen the teichswimmer and david pagan butler's approaches to keep water clean without chemicals ?

[jillnida]

Swimming in this pool is fun!! I’ve enjoyed it a lot!

[LordLambertius]

Man I would love to be able to make a pool like this. Hopefully one day

[shortview]

Why not using a pond liner 🤔
I mean that plástic sheet

[jesslong]

Only Video i can find so far. I really want an Fitmax Ipool for the small size and depth. but at $1600 and up its not realistic. The footprint is 9x9 but If i can get one of the smaller bestaway or intex ovals or rectangles I want to make it deeper for therapy /exercise and tethered swimming. Where did you get the vinyl liner? MM thickness?

[endorphinder]

What a great idea! I wonder if you could head-weld the vinyl together. I assume that is how the vinyl is attached at the factory.
Also, I wonder how much you could get away with having a deep-er area in the middle of the pool with the vinyl stretching to fill The supports for the perimeter of the pool would still have to be but the center could possibly be a foot deeper without causing problems (maybe).

[rochellemiller]

We have a pool that looks to be the same as yours. 16 by 31 from Costco. I also have our 9 by 18 from before. We are attempting to do this. We lined the hole with area rugs we got free. I’m having a hard time keeping them from wrinkling. Anyways. Thank you for the video. I’ve watched it 100 times.

[sethlamson]

So there is 1 ton of greenhouse gasses in an unground pool? Is this a metric ton?

[michaelwest]

What glue did you use to connect the liners together.

[RobertGibbs-xw]

How deep is the deep spot is is it 12 feet

[sadow]

Just curious. How does this save greenhouse gas emissions? Lol

[angelaparadis]

All you have to do is order a pool liner that is deeper than the one you have dig middle out, or square depending on your pool size…….much easier and less risk to leaks…….that is what we did