It would make a great Flex Seal commercial. 😁

@matthewpeterson3329

10 ай бұрын

People laugh, but Flex Seal works great. First thing I thought of when I saw this. Flex Seal is already expensive, and still a well kept secret... it will get real spendy once people realize how good it is.

@TheLoiteringKid

9 ай бұрын

Discovered my swamp cooler had rusted through in one spot of the pan, dried it out applied tape, it leaked ever so slightly since I apparently didn't get t completely dry. Applied a milk jug full of water as a weight(wasn't about to turn off the swamp cooler in a heat wave) and it did seal after a day or so.

I would suggest welding rebar 2 inches off the floor all along the walls go across the span every 4 feet with rebar and pour another 4 inches of concrete

Now that's a great accomplishment !!!

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, its certainly a fun one! (-:

I really like it, and I may even do this when we build our barndominium, but yeah I would've went crazy with the fiberglass, bondo, and epoxy.

Awesome, I hope it holds up and you get many summers.

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, I hope so too! LOL

If i were you I'd would have used the tanking paste everywhere. Then paint over it... Also can you get CT1 or OB1 ( I think ) they are excellent in both sealing and bonding.... Excellent build though great effort and lot's of enjoyment I hope...

Love. Need an 80' w/8' depth. Wish I knew a magic way to cut & connect 2 40' together. Sigh.

Hey have you ever thought of spraying the inside of the pool with gelcoat like they use on boats??

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

No I never thought about gel coat

@anthonygalante729

10 ай бұрын

Gelcoat is very brittle

3m 5200 would work great on those corners and seams.

Looks great! If you did it again, would you just use the liquid rubber product with their mesh? Can it be painted over? Do you use a skimmer and suction from the bottom somewhere for the filtration system? Thanks!

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

Thought about that, and the answer is maybe. Would be nice to be able to spray it, I think it would work as the full coating. I would want to tint it instead of blue. Fortunately we get almost nothing on the surface of the water, at first I had a skimmer but removed it. I have 4 jets on one end as water into the pool and 2 on the other end as returns.

I am curious why you didnt just use a pond liner on the bottom siliconed to the sides and save all the cost of concrete and then having to seal it all. Pond liner attached a few inches up the sides would allow any flexing to not be a problem, and it would have been away cheaper. Can you share your thoughts on this please?

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

The bottom of the container was in bad shape, metal hooks and all sorts of stuff, that 3'' of concrete would cover up. Yes looking back, maybe a piece of pond liner under the concrete and up the side a bit, but then attaching it to the side? Also at the time was during covid, pond liners and pool liners were way up in price or not available.

Love what you have done. I’m stealing all your designs as I want a full depth container pool and I live in Ontario so both costs and winter suck. One question about your build, why not use a pond liner? You’ve structurally solidified the container, which has been the thing I’ve been stuck on for a while, but it seems to me that a pond liner would sort your leak issues. Again I really like what you have done and am grateful that you posted it.

@CanadianWoodworks

8 ай бұрын

At the time it was Covid and there were crazy shortages on liners, for sure that would have been one way to go. Good luck on your build!

Cool

@CanadianWoodworks

8 ай бұрын

Cheers

@Sawmill.skills.indonesia

8 ай бұрын

☕☕

Why wouldn’t you just weld in some steel for the floor? Also 2 boxed beams on either side running the length of the pool would keep the sides in shape without the shallow end.

@CanadianWoodworks

8 ай бұрын

Concrete was around $400 bucks, steel + time = much more expensive. I don't think the boxed beams would stay straight if running the 40' length. The top of the container is already built with a boxed beam, that bent and broke from the original owner filling with water.

Is there a purpose to the 2"+/- posts that run along the top lip? I'd love to see you show off with a nice natural wood shallow end.

@CanadianWoodworks

Ай бұрын

I left them so I would get 1 million comments about removing them (-: I just had so much other stuff to do that I did not get to them, they are pretty round and are kinda nice to pull your self along when in a floaty and beer in hand. I think I will remove this season.

Hi there, can you pls explain how you built in (and sealed!) the holes for the water access to and from the pump? Greetings from Tasmania!

@CanadianWoodworks

5 ай бұрын

Hi, the fittings I used from the pool store have rubber gaskets that make a water tight seal once the fitting is tightened up

Did you have the solar cover custom made? Curious how you got a solar cover with those dimensions (I have a square pool and everything I've found is either round, rectangular or oval)

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

I bought a cover that was 40' x 16' and cut it in half to fit. So I have a second piece which also fits if this one blows up.

@pinkmosquito22

10 ай бұрын

@@CanadianWoodworks ahhhh ok, I didn't see any seams so I was wondering what you did! Thanks for replying!

could you bolt or weld a piece of angle iron the whole length on both sides, then weld some rebar from angle iron to angle iron. then pour another shallow layer of concrete which will connect it all together?

@CanadianWoodworks

8 ай бұрын

Will try next time (-: I hope there is not a next time (-:

what about sealing it with Raptor or LineX ?

@CanadianWoodworks

5 ай бұрын

I've had this suggestion so much, I might have to do a test! Thanks for watching

Ever heard of Flex Seal??? Hahaha. Hope it all works out fer ya!!!

@CanadianWoodworks

Ай бұрын

Tried it, not fantastic

Very cool. Curious, how much did it cost to fill the pool?

@CanadianWoodworks

9 ай бұрын

Was $1000 for 60,000L ( Canadian dollars)

@WSmith_1984

4 ай бұрын

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@ThePianoMan1953

3 ай бұрын

@@CanadianWoodworks Did you have to fill it twice for $2,000?

Have you stepped on one of those metal spikes around the top with bare feet yet?

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

I planned to cut them off, but then when on a floatie they are nice to move your self around the pool, so for now I left them.

@usapilot78

9 ай бұрын

@@CanadianWoodworks Maybe if you want to keep them purchase some t-post or rebar caps and paint them if you can't find the color you like. Those could do some serious damage. As a kid we made ramps out of old plywood for skating, bikes, etc and we didn't notice a nail that we had missed and I fell on the ramp and fell on the nail then slid down the ramp. It left a deep gash in my outer thigh. Just don't want anyone getting hurt. Thanks for the vids and good job!

hot tub next ?

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

It's been on my mind!

I'll never forget when I read that a cubic meter of water weighs a metric ton (2200 lbs)!! That fact explains a lot of your "challenges"....

@CanadianWoodworks

9 ай бұрын

Most don't understand this

@ZafiraSteve

9 ай бұрын

Forget lbs, just think of 1 litre of water is 1kg So if its a 60000 litre pool, that'll be like 60 tonnes Water is God damn heavy

Did it freeze solid or do you use air pump in the winter?👍📐🇨🇦

@tmmtmm

10 ай бұрын

if it froze solid the shipping container would be no more. water -> ice = 3% increase in dimensions

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

I drain the pool, it just had a bit of water in it from snow melting and freezing

it probly flexs away from tbe concrete and all that stuff on the floor comes up.maybe you shouldve painted the floor floor before concrete

@CanadianWoodworks

9 ай бұрын

Your exactly right, under the concrete was plywood and all sorts of hooks and metal stuff, really bad shape so I did not consider doing something before concrete, but ya might have worked better.

You really shoul cut off all of those bolts sticking up. They're a massive safety hazard.

Why not just use a pond liner ?

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

You could, but I choose not to. One reason was this was durning Covid and wait time was over a year for a custom liner. Also I thought it would be an issue to secure the shallow middle for strength with a liner.

Spray foam cement... I saw someone use it in a hot tub build. If you used it where the sides meet the bottom, then use your pool seal. It may be enough. Enjoy the season of swimming.

puth plant filter on the pool you wil have drink water quilty

@CanadianWoodworks

8 ай бұрын

Plant filter?

@chefdoedel

8 ай бұрын

@@CanadianWoodworks yeah google its realy simpel solution that wont cost you mutch if done richt i breed shrimps my self and this works extreemly wel no alge etc

Gunite the whole thing.

@CanadianWoodworks

10 ай бұрын

That would be interesting!

I hope you don't let kids swim in there unattended. That "shallow end" is an absolute death trap. Can you imagine how tempting it would be to try and swim under the platform... and running out of air half way?

@CanadianWoodworks

9 ай бұрын

I would not suggest letting kids swim in any pool unattended.

What an epic waste of time, money and water... Also can't believe you didn't cut those stubs off the top rim, so dangerous somone slips on one...

@curtwarkentin2887

5 ай бұрын

I'd say it wasn't a waste of time. The first year was an experiment to see if his idea would work. The second year he learned from his first year and fixed the shortcomings. I'd watch his videos and call them educational. He showed us what he tried and didn't work, then tried something new the next year that did work. Now he is swimming in a leak free swimming pool and having a great tim. I'd call that a hit and a success.❤ I will agree with you on one point though.... those nubs poking up along the roof is the sea container. I'd definitely recommend removing them. To me they do look like a hazard.

@CanadianWoodworks

Ай бұрын

Exactly! Also the nubs have made this video explode because of all the comments! LOL but yes I think i'll get rid of them this season.

WOFTAM Waste of time and money

@CanadianWoodworks

5 ай бұрын

I agree all the swimming I did this year took a lot of time and I was unable to work and make money )-:

This is a one of those things that seems like itll work out on paper but is a stupid idea in reality I could think of a handful of better ways to make a pool.

@CanadianWoodworks

Ай бұрын

It worked in real life (-: