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Pool In A House?

theholyghost

Has anyone ever seen a "normal" house with a swimming pool? Do you know anyone with their own pool?

Watching cycling in France and Spain on TV you see lots of gardens with pools some with little glass roofs. So are their private pools around Ireland but pmore hidden?

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oppenheimer1

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Are you Hyacinth, Daisy or Rose?

It was Violet that had the money, and room for a pony.

Fox_In_Socks

No, don't know anyone in Ireland with a pool and never saw one either.

I suppose a bath would be more the sort of scale we'd be used to. Jesus, you'd get lost in the bath in the late 80s. Great craic.:pac:

shuffles88

A family in the town I used to live in had one with a Jacuzzi and Steam Room. They opened it to the public and I think recouped the cost through admission prices and then closed it. I'm sure you couldn't get away with it today but it was nice while it lasted

Lando Griffin

ComputerKing wrote: »

No both upper middle class when married but he worked hard and they had to move around a lot for work but finally settled.

My apologies.
Just goes to show you that one should never judge someone without knowing them.
An admirable couple.

rustedtrumpet

I went to a party in Laois a few months ago with a indoor diving pool. Was about 12ft or more deep, except there was no water in it. And they had built a wooden stair case down into it and had equip it with a PA speaker system and a pair of decks. Fit about 50+ people. Sound was crystal clear aswell with the acoustics of a solid rectangular pit, piercing on the ears though after awhile. Great night

[Deleted User]

theholyghost wrote: »

Has anyone ever seen a "normal" house with a swimming pool? Do you know anyone with their own pool?

As a kind of pet DIY project some time ago I built an 8 person out door heated Jacuzzi. My target was to create it at less than half the cost it would have taken to have a professional team do it normally. In fact I got it done in less than 33%. Spent _ages_ on hobby sites and DIY sites coming up with ideas for it.

Step 1 of course was to put a load of shovels and a couple of crates of beer in the garden and inform my mates of the presence of both. The initial hole got dug with remarkable speed and efficiency. It went from there.

Its been used frequently now without eletrocuting or otherwise harming anyone so I am quite happy. I even built a speaker system around the outside of it which people can dock their MP3 players into. And useful drink holders. Wooden Gazebo over it providing shelter from any light weather too or heavy sun.

Quite proud of that project I am. The "opening night" party was one to remember. It is one of the three "big" DIY undertakings I have done to date.

Fizzlesque

theholyghost wrote: »

Has anyone ever seen a "normal" house with a swimming pool? Do you know anyone with their own pool?

Watching cycling in France and Spain on TV you see lots of gardens with pools some with little glass roofs. So are their private pools around Ireland but pmore hidden?

When I was a kid, my dad built a swimming pool in our back garden. It wasn't huge, but it was big enough to enjoy a swim in. All us kids helped build it - my sister and I were given the job of cleaning the stones for the foundation - and when it was done we got quite a few summers of fun out of it, inviting our friends over to swim, or floating on the water on a dinghy. One of my favourite childhood memories is reading Asterix and Obelix books while slowly drifting up, down and all around the pool.

Over time it was cleaned less and less, eventually turning to green sludge. Still OK for floating in a dinghy but not good for swimming. We weren't wealthy, but we had a large garden and a dad who was quirky enough to decide to build his kids a pool to play in. We had an odd upbringing - lots of ordinary everyday things were missing, there was no proper family structure, and sometimes no food to eat - but our house was interesting and unusual with fun things and quirky rooms. The pool was part of a medley of odd things we had.

Banjo String

While not an indoor pool per-say, I almost forgot about this DIY pool my neighbors constructed up home in the north during this year's hot spell.

One x Matbro
Few bales of straw
Few ratchet straps
Bit of rope
Some tarpaulin
Gallons of water.

Voila.

maryk123

One of my neighbours has a swimming pool in what I call the playroom/garage. It's weird to see but looks ok and they use it often enough.

Witchie

I know of 2 people in my town who have indoor pools. We always pestered dad to build us one and he promised to but never carried through on it. He bought a house in Florida with a pool though so that has to do us.

Their current house at home should have a pool coz it has everything else!

anncoates

Witchie wrote: »

I know of 2 people in my town who have indoor pools. We always pestered dad to build us one and he promised to but never carried through on it. He bought a house in Florida with a pool though so that has to do us. !

Taking a transatlantic flight to have your dip of a morning isn't ideal, is it?

Witchie

No, but hope to move there for a few months in the new year so will enjoy it then!

superelliptic

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Is she minted?

I'd get one shaped like an erect willy. The penis part for doing laps and the testicles for faffing about.

You mean fapping about, surely :pac:

Sleepy

As soon as I win the Lotto there'll be one more, it's my absolute dream.

mattjack

Deleted User wrote: »

As a kind of pet DIY project some time ago I built an 8 person out door heated Jacuzzi. My target was to create it at less than half the cost it would have taken to have a professional team do it normally. In fact I got it done in less than 33%. Spent _ages_ on hobby sites and DIY sites coming up with ideas for it.

Step 1 of course was to put a load of shovels and a couple of crates of beer in the garden and inform my mates of the presence of both. The initial hole got dug with remarkable speed and efficiency. It went from there.

Its been used frequently now without eletrocuting or otherwise harming anyone so I am quite happy. I even built a speaker system around the outside of it which people can dock their MP3 players into. And useful drink holders. Wooden Gazebo over it providing shelter from any light weather too or heavy sun.

Quite proud of that project I am. The "opening night" party was one to remember. It is one of the three "big" DIY undertakings I have done to date.

I'm waiting on tenter hooks here , was there a step two ?

A drinking aquaintance of mine bought a house with an outside unheated pool in Dublin years ago , no I don't why either .

Any way normally he is a placid laid back person , however he was in the pub one night miserable as hell and upset , one of his German Shepherd pups had drowned in the pool .He said he was going to get it drained and filled in ASAP.

That night he was woken by his German Shepherd barkin' her hole off and as he got down the stairs and out his back door, three members of a certain community here ran from his sheds.Two went out the front , the other one ran across his back garden and ran into the pool while being chased by his GSD , him and mr Baseball bat.All this on a Febuary night.

He still has the pool and little fence round it now.

Banjo String

mattjack wrote: »

I'm waiting on tenter hooks here , was there a step two ?

A drinking aquaintance of mine bought a house with an outside unheated pool in Dublin years ago , no I don't why either .

Any way normally he is a placid laid back person , however he was in the pub one night miserable as hell and upset , one of his German Shepherd pups had drowned in the pool .He said he was going to get it drained and filled in ASAP.

That night he was woken by his German Shepherd barkin' her hole off and as he got down the stairs and out his back door, three members of a certain community here ran from his sheds.Two went out the front , the other one ran across his back garden and ran into the pool while being chased by his GSD , him and mr Baseball bat.All this on a Febuary night.

He still has the pool and little fence round it now.

He must be really minted. Where did he get a dog that could be trained to bark out of its arse?

mattjack

Banjo String wrote: »

He must be really minted. Where did he get a dog that could be trained to bark out of its arse?

I tip my hat to you , sir , I tip my hat.

[Deleted User]

mattjack wrote: »

I'm waiting on tenter hooks here , was there a step two ?

Step 2? It mostly involved everything else once the hole was dug

. Wiring - structure - speaker installation - that kind of thing. I was just too lazy to do the first part myself when a couple of shovels and a few beers was enough to have it done for me.

Rocket19

My parents recently bought a house that has a large indoor pool.

It hasn't been in use for many years, and they are half thinking of filling it in (much to my dismay!). It would have to be restored (along with much of the house, which is quite old-fashioned), which would be very costly, and the maintenance costs are just sick.

House was previously owned and built by an American; hence, the pool and overall american style of the house.

I don't think indoor pools are as rare in Ireland as people are intimating, though? I know a handful of people who have them.

Honey-ec

Yep, a childhood friend of mine had a 10 metre pool. It was in the back garden, but covered and heated, and they had a sauna aswell. This was in a very normal 3-bed semi-d in Templeogue.

My parents very nearly bought a house with an indoor pool in it when I was about 14, but eventually decided not to as the house itself needed a lot of modernisation and they just didn't fancy taking on a "project" property. It took me about ten years to forgive them. Again, it wasn't a mansion on anything near it - just a detatched house on Kimmage Road West in Dublin that happened to have had the garage converted into a poolhouse.

They still live around the corner and every time I pass that house, I give a little "if only" sigh.

Teyla Emmagan

My best friend grew up in a house with a pool. It was indoor, amazing, had little cabin changing rooms, the works. She had a pool party for her 16th, it was the coolest thing ever. Then they had to sell it and move to a 3 bed semi d with a handkerchief sized garden. Sigh.

You see a lot of them up on the big wheel in Funderland, in the backs of the big houses in Dublin 4. I think an outdoor poor just wouldn't be worth the hassle in this country, it's indoor or nothing for me (so nothing, then).

Bog Standard User

does cavan still have a lot of outdoor pools the council still havent gotten round to fix yet?

[Deleted User]

A family I know in Kerry have a massive indoor pool in their house. I don't know of anyone else around here that does though..

We used to live in France and lots of people have pools (outdoor) there. But it's like they get them, use them for a few years, and then the maintenance get too much so they just do nothing with them!

A good few of my friends have hot-tubs in their gardens, though! And all of these friends live in the middle of nowhere..
They became very popular a few years ago.

holystungun9

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Bought one of them kiddies pools during the hot spell and at the end if the first day was full of grass and dead flys and bugs.
Had to empty it every night a pure pain in the butt as it took well over an hour to fill.

Erm, what were you filling it with exactly? One Lando Griffin one playpool. Eww.

Skuxx

My girlfriends grandparents have an outdoor swimming pool at their house! Half of it is fully outdoors and half goes in under an outdoor dining area/ bar so it's covered! It's quite nice 😊
I've no idea if they actually use it though!

jimgoose

I had a snooker table in the garage for a while, but... ah, shag it...

rustedtrumpet

Honey-ec wrote: »

Yep, a childhood friend of mine had a 10 metre pool. It was in the back garden, but covered and heated, and they had a sauna aswell. This was in a very normal 3-bed semi-d in Templeogue.

My parents very nearly bought a house with an indoor pool in it when I was about 14, but eventually decided not to as the house itself needed a lot of modernisation and they just didn't fancy taking on a "project" property. It took me about ten years to forgive them. Again, it wasn't a mansion on anything near it - just a detatched house on Kimmage Road West in Dublin that happened to have had the garage converted into a poolhouse.

They still live around the corner and every time I pass that house, I give a little "if only" sigh.

Haha janey small world. We use to drink cans in that pool (boarded over, small crawlspace with candles) in that house. Not even ****tin' ye

Ray Palmer

Pools are a pain to maintain. They don't add value to houses in the USA as a result. Many people don't want the hassle and the danger to their kids.

The robot cleaners are not enough to do the job and they don't maintain the chlorine levels. Friends of mine have one in Florida and the huge bug cage they have around the pool is the greatest benefit as they can drink and eat outside

Mr. Manager

I've a pool out the back but rarely use it. Used it a good bit last year but probably got in it about 3 times this year.

Still gets cleaned every Monday though

endabob1

OneArt wrote: »

Most people in South Africa have a pool. When I lived there, we called the robot thing the Creepy Crawly because it crawled around the edges of the pool as it sucked on the sides. I was f*cking terrified of it and wouldn't swim over it. This was after my dad told me it sometimes would go mad and try to suck up unsuspecting children.

Does anyone know what it's actually called? I've always known it as a creepy crawly.

kreepy krauly is the brand name that's become synonymous in SA
www.kreepykrauly.co.za/

As pointed out elsehwere they are rather boringly called automated pool cleaners.

I have one in my pool & it's a breeze to keep, maintenance takes a few minutes once a week in summer once every other week in winter, cleaner is on a timer, no hassles.

Yes this is a blatant "oh look at me with my own pool" post