Diy swimming pool ideas

karl tyrrell

I need ideas for a diy pool my kids are driving me mad i can't get one anywhere all sold out i am even thinking of digging a hole in the garden and using the pollytunnel plastic its So hot help.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=876

Probably a better idea.

IM0

fill a bin with water

cassid

Do you have a garden hose ? or water guns/ jugs , anything that can be filled with water and thrown at each other.

5T3PH3N

Order a skip and fill it

keith16

Has anyone ever been so far hot as to water kids not usual way? If so, how to cool kids angry heat?

11Charlie11

cassid wrote: »

Do you have a garden hose ? or water guns/ jugs , anything that can be filled with water and thrown at each other.

Don't think the council will be happy with that! :P

HeidiHeidi

keith16 wrote: »

Has anyone ever been so far hot as to water kids not usual way? If so, how to cool kids angry heat?

What?

Seedy Arling

keith16 wrote: »

Has anyone ever been so far hot as to water kids not usual way? If so, how to cool kids angry heat?

wat

endacl

keith16 wrote: »

Has anyone ever been so far hot as to water kids not usual way? If so, how to cool kids angry heat?

Too much sun Keith! Go lie down!

Kylo Ren

Build a pool.

scudzilla

karl tyrrell wrote: »

I need ideas for a diy pool my kids are driving me mad i can't get one anywhere all sold out i am even thinking of digging a hole in the garden and using the pollytunnel plastic its So hot help.

That'll be a great idea, but what ya gonna do wit it for the remaining 50 weeks of the year?

karl tyrrell

IM0 wrote: »

fill a bin with water

Three kids and a dog in a wheelie bin

KeithM89

Just buy a load of water balloons and f*ck them at your kids for a few hours.

HeidiHeidi

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1013133_10152029952028835_146604972_n.jpg

or

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/941254_10152029952763835_2105129269_n.jpg

or if you're particularly desperate :eek:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1012399_10152030008468835_441955590_n.jpg

meoklmrk91

Try this:

http://diycozyhome.com/how-to-build-a-hay-bale-swimming-pool/

5T3PH3N

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1013133_10152029952028835_146604972_n.jpg

or

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/941254_10152029952763835_2105129269_n.jpg

Nah, too small.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=aaf_1374156336

karl tyrrell

scudzilla wrote: »

That'll be a great idea, but what ya gonna do wit it for the remaining 50 weeks of the year?

Probably go in to the equatic plant business feck off i don't care about the rest of the year

cassid

a birthing pool

http://www.doulaireland.com/pool.html

meoklmrk91

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Try this:

http://diycozyhome.com/how-to-build-a-hay-bale-swimming-pool/

feckin love that!! Now who has any hay bales for sale???

NuckingFacker

Argos sell suitcases - you could buy ten and sew them together, then line them with plastic and make them into a segmented pool...or they also sell pools...

HeidiHeidi

Jake1 wrote: »

feckin love that!! Now who has any hay bales for sale???

Are you mad??? First decent hay-making summer in a decade, and you want them to sell them for swimming pools???

Not to mention that the poor moo-cows are starving again now that the sun is shining (relentlessly) and the grass is burning.....

You gotta feel sorry for the farmers (or at least the poor moo-cows)....

Sorry. Back on topic.

keith16

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

What?

endacl wrote: »

Too much sun Keith! Go lie down!

Oh I'm sorry. Let me momentarily qualify my post. Given that it's my post that has attracted all the "WTF" replies, and not the OP, I feel obliged to add clarity to this thread.

The OP is faced with a baffling dilemma. He / she requires some ideas for producing a swimming pool using non-traditional means. A "do-it-yourself" (DIY) type approach.

His current "DIY" approach seems to involve digging a "hole" in his "garden" and filling it with "water".

However, this rudimentary approach would appear to frustrate the OP and rightly so since it also involves a "plastic tunnel", however, the role of the tunnel is not clear, and because of that, his / her idea would appear to be poorly thought out (it is), and hence his / her plea for alternatives.

I was merely attempting to echo the OPs request, a post which has only served to anger and confuse the masses. I hope my reply here provides some degree of clarity.

Seedy Arling wrote: »

wat

Please see above Seedy. Please. See. Above.

HeidiHeidi

keith16 wrote: »

Oh I'm sorry. Let me momentarily qualify my post. Given that it's my post that has attracted all the "WTF" replies, and not the OP, I feel obliged to add clarity to this thread.

The OP is faced with a baffling dilemma. He / she requires some ideas for producing a swimming pool using non-traditional means. A "do-it-yourself" (DIY) type approach.

His current "DIY" approach seems to involve digging a "hole" in his "garden" and filling it with "water".

However, this rudimentary approach would appear to frustrate the OP and rightly so since it also involves a "plastic tunnel", however, the role of the tunnel is not clear, and because of that, his / her idea would appear to be poorly thought out (it is), and hence his / her plea for alternatives.

I was merely attempting to echo the OPs request, a post which has only served to anger and confuse the masses. I hope my reply here provides some degree of clarity.



Please see above Seedy. Please. See. Above.

What?

(sorry if i'm being repetitive here...)

HeidiHeidi

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Are you mad??? First decent hay-making summer in a decade, and you want them to sell them for swimming pools???

Not to mention that the poor moo-cows are starving again now that the sun is shining (relentlessly) and the grass is burning.....

You gotta feel sorry for the farmers (or at least the poor moo-cows)....

Sorry. Back on topic.

feck the cows, the kids need a pool

meoklmrk91

Jake1 wrote: »

feckin love that!! Now who has any hay bales for sale???

Try your local co-op they probably won't have any but there will be posters on the notice board. Or even try the faming section here.

keith16

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

What?

(sorry if i'm being repetitive here...)

Clearly Heidi, it is in your nature to be repetitive given your username so no need to apologise.

meoklmrk91

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Try your local co-op they probably won't have any but there will be posters on the notice board. Or even try the faming section here.

ah, thanks, I was just kidding, they seem to be cheap enough in argos alright.

karl tyrrell

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Try your local co-op they probably won't have any but there will be posters on the notice board. Or even try the faming section here.

How much is a bale of hay it looks like the best option

karl tyrrell

karl tyrrell wrote: »

How much is a bale of hay it looks like the best option

I tried to get some a few years back for halloween display I think they were between 5 and 8 euro.

karl tyrrell

karl tyrrell wrote: »

How much is a bale of hay it looks like the best option

http://www.farmersjournal.ie/toplink/categories/Animal%20Feed/670

How about a pre-formed pond liner. They are made of rigid plastic. You could try your local garden centre.
http://www.clearpond.com.au/images/upload/howtobuild7.jpg

IM0

karl tyrrell wrote: »

Three kids and a dog in a wheelie bin

tell them they have to take turns

karl tyrrell

Deleted User wrote: »

How about a pre-formed pond liner. They are made of rigid plastic. You could try your local garden centre.
http://www.clearpond.com.au/images/upload/howtobuild7.jpg

Probably cost a fortune just thinking the ground would be like cement at the moment so the hay is top of my list

Rasheed

karl tyrrell wrote: »

How much is a bale of hay it looks like the best option

Depends on the bale. Small square could be about a fiver, round bales maybe €20/ €25 and much the same for a silage (wrapped) bale. The tarp ( lining of the pool) and ropes could set you back too as most farmers will have used their tarp already. Looks class though.

MadsL

Retire to your bathroom to consider. Notice large tub shaped object. Fill bath-type thing with cool water.

Problem solved.

You're welcome.

Failing that, you live about 30 minutes drive from the ruddy Irish sea!!! Take them to the beach!!

9959

Stick the kiddies in the washing machine, they'll never pester you again, guaranteed.














HEALTH AND SAFETY NOTICE

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE WASHING MACHINE BE TURNED ON, PARTICULARLY IF THE CHILD IS UNACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.

martinedwards

not hay.

STRAW

cheaper, lighter, and the bales will be more solid, as Hay bales shrink as they continue to dry and so the strings go all loose.

and silage cover doubled up is the best liner. strong, flexible and (potentially) very wide.

sorry, I'll stop being a culchie now.......

Freddy Smelly

karl tyrrell wrote: »

I need ideas for a diy pool my kids are driving me mad i can't get one anywhere all sold out i am even thinking of digging a hole in the garden and using the pollytunnel plastic its So hot help.

fill a wheelie bin full of water.

fryup

is this publicity pic photoshopped or what??

Mr Benevolent

Fill one of those Lidl kayaks with water and voila!

wingnut

The CoOps have big round drinking troughs for cattle.

Annasopra

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Argos.... sell pools...

They're all sold out!!!

Chucken

mango salsa wrote: »

They're all sold out!!!

Who would have thought that there would be a shortage of Pools and Fans in Ireland? I saw a queue of about 200 people outside a shop in Limerick yesterday where they were going to sell pools at 2 pm...1 per customer.

fryup

Pete Townsend of The Who once famously said..........

"i only wanted to be a rock star so as to make enough money to have a swimming pool in my back garden"

bit of rock trivia there for ya

GT_TDI_150

fryup wrote: »

Pete Townsend of The Who once famously said..........

"i only wanted to be a rock star so as to make enough money to have a swimming pool in my back garden"

bit of rock trivia there for ya

Buy a plastc sand box, fill it and lid with water -> 2 paddling pools

I had a very posh upbringing. Dad made us a swimming pool by filling the dumper with water. Good times!

Or, childrens slide, some sort of plastic, hose and fairy liquid. Put hose at top of slide and plastic at bottom. Try to get plastic as long as possible. Squirt copius amounts of fairy liquid on slide, plastic and kids. Turn hose on.

Hours of fun ;-)

Annasopra

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

fill a wheelie bin full of water.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1000285_341109486023041_1943419179_n.jpg

Celly Smunt

I made one with Plywood and a roll of plastic 2 days ago.I will have pics later.

Celly Smunt

MY NEW OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL !!!!!!11!

KeithM89

Celly Smunt wrote: »

MY NEW OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING POOL !!!!!!11!

Size of your hand, the women must love that.