Making an Organic:Natural Pool with no liner
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2021
- Making an Organic Pool with clay instead of a plastic liner. Eleonora and her husband had a farmhouse pond in need of restoration and as part of the work, they incorporated my bubble pump (airlift) circulation system to provide the filtration in this clay-lined pool.
Formerly named: “Muddy Pond Reboot to Natural Swimming Pool”- Director's Unscrupulous Edit
Love the comedy aspect of this video. Wondering how the owners felt about it. I can't stop laughing thinking about it. Peace.
His sense of humor is hilarious.
There's something wrong with him!
Lady did her research she doesn't need him anymore
PMSL 🎉😂
This. Is. *Everything.*
This is exactly what I’d like to do with my farm pond. We have very clay soil and an unsightly pond dominated by bull frogs and duck weed.
I’d love to learn more about this particular project if you’re ever up for a more in depth follow up.
If you haven't gutted that pond, you can use duckweed as feed for livestock!
👍👍👍thanks David, you've made me laugh so much, cheers 😂😂😂 and congratulations for these ideas around organic pool, for sure one of the top ideas of the 21 century👌👌👌🎺🎺🎺😁
I was like, what the hell is he doing... bloody funny!
same! I was so confused at first. Brilliant edit and gorgeous natural pool!
BRAVO for everyone involved in the project 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
wow, amazing, tbh my dream is to make a clay pond with steep walls and i searched around, and everywhere clay and steep walls don't go along, either you pick clay pond and you have to settle for shallow pond or pick a deep one with concrete or plastic liner
thanks so much, this is the only video on youtube that showed me that it's possible
How many kids have no idea what a pond skater is or have never seen frogspawn. How many people are as lucky as this couple.
Love your videos, keep em coming!
Oh man im laughing that was funny, should have had a pile of potatoes 🥔 for peeling.. your funny 😆
Oh my goodness that was HILARIOUS!!
I love what your doing I think everyone should have one
Привет из Беларуси!
Райский уголок, красота, мечта!🌈🏞️❤️
Love it!! Who the hell disliked this?! Love your humor as much if not more than the pools you build! Just kidding love them equally.
This made me laugh so much. It wasn't me.
Bro, you're both awesome. Thank you!! Great Vid!
An organic swimming pond is a game changer! A must have for home stead.
I enjoy your sense of humor as much as your art of making paradise from someone's backgarden. A layer of laughing with a layer of admiring while watching every video on this channel. Just keep up good men. Greetings from your new fan from Serbia :)
Very funny a good laugh for a breezy Friday afternoon, thank you
Love your sense of humour - reminds me of Terry Gilliam.
I actually laughed out loud when your replacement came in screen.
Who is coming with me to search for the person who downvoted this?
This made me laugh out loud ! Thanks Kevin.
Hahah perfect cut! cheers from istanbul🙋
Loves you video, keep its going!
great interview David!!!
Love it.
I live in Florida USA and my husband and I would love to build a natural pool. What is upkeep like? Everyone down here who puts in a conventional pool says it’s not worth all the cost and upkeep. A conventional pool is way out of our budget and I (and incidentally, my children) have sensitive skin so a chlorine bath everyday is not even an option. Still nervous that we’ll build it and then have to drag a gator out of it every time we want to swim, but that’s purely a Florida problem 😅
I'm in the US, but not in FLA. I know to expect snakes, snapping trutles etc...in any "natural" pond or lake...purposefully built or nature made. I would draw the line as alligators. Snapping turtles have gone after children.
@smart viewer I think any liner regardles of color would turn mud colored with silt eventually. I've been in some beatiful Ozark creeks & rivers...but much deeper than 3 ft + you can't really see the bottom much or well at all.
Snappers might visit a no/low fish population pond to eat frogs. I've seen them go overland to travel betwwen ponds.
It’s not a huge issue until mating season. The rule here in FL is that if there is water, even a puddle in the road, there has been or will be a gator in it. Though gators aren’t terrible unless some idiot is feeding them and that’s when they get aggressive. Water moccasins are probably a bigger issue. I don’t think we know until we try which is a little disconcerting 😅.
Upkeep is an order of magnitude less than a chlorinated pool but an organic pool may not be appropriate for some situations.
Line with white rocks? Google the River Soca in Slovenia to see the effect of crystal clear river with white rock :)
Hilarious and educational!
I'm from Costa Rica, just looking at that weather the only thing i think of is hot cocoa, a sweater and a fireplace, how could you dream of swimming there! Lol
love it, so funny.
😂 That was hilarious and educational
While you were ignoring her (that was funny) she said something very interesting. The OLIVE does not have an electrical device in the pool with you. I have a koi pond that I get in to clean out about once a year. I have to disconnect the pumps when I do it because I am not 100% sure I won't get an electrical shock. Now that I am thinking of a bigger pond to swim in, this is an important consideration. Of course there are pumps that are not submerged, but I might not have thought of that until later. Are you now selling the OLIVE in the USA and/or Mexico? Thanks for the great videos.
It is just a gimmick.
I'm going to use clay now, absolutely brilliant
It has its pros and cons Iv a clay natural pool, it will lose water so be prepared to keep topping it up regularly like at least once a week.
@@billycrotty4102 I noticed that when I did my test run, ended up not doing it. I will down the road it's was year 1 for me
@@MeI-vy2ls I'm going to give mine another year and if it doesn't improve I'll line it, the clay pond is the holy grail though really as it's the ultimate natural pool as my plants love it and it's so much easier for building sides and putting jetty's in etc I'm on proper blue clay too I'm hoping it improves this year a bit.
@@billycrotty4102 any tips for me doing mine?
The husband is hilarious in this video! Couldn't stop laughing...🤤
That was hysterical. Thanks for the laugh
only video on youtube that shows that you can make an interview using a rugby ball on a branch xD
Hi david, what is the optimal digging depth for wetland filtration?
LOVE this video... I feel an affinity for David's humour!
Hi David I love your videos Iv dug my pond and couldn't believe my luck that my Cambridge garden was full of blue clay ( like modeling clay think that's the phrase ) so saved thousands on a liner, I have the water from my house roof routed directly into my large pond and the next heavy rain will fill it, so rush to drive a few posts in and build a jetty and a wall of some sort out of posts n bords to sit below surface to turn off whe swimming.
Iv seen it asked lots on the older videos but what's happened to your olive bio filter I can't find them for sale anywhere?
Thanks for your informative and funny videos Iv spent months watching them and learning.
how steep were the pond walls?
YAHOO! Im the 1st to post!
Would lime plaster work as a surface? If you got to the clay level and then plastered it with a lime and sand mix? Just like you'd concrete a floor.
David, do you have a list of materials and equipment to build a natural lol? I live in the mountains of the island of Puerto Rico. It’s a tropical weather with an average of 70-80 degrees F
When they show his hair I'm laughing. Great video
Where did she get her research? I am looking for more details. I see they used the geotextile for the plant zone
Did she notice you went for a dip in the pool during the interview? :) Lovely pool btw.
😂😂😂😂This is great!
Hilarious!
How do you deal with snails and parasites? I live in an area with risk of schistosomiasis
I would like to replicate this in my garden, however we are very close to the water table all year - any ideas on how we can create the pool structure to avoid collapse? I doubt very much that a block wall would be sufficient. Could I sink a large pool mould?
i think a good stone wall can help but need wood beam supports, idk
With the clay liner, do you not have to watch out for earth worms putting holes in the clay?
Lol, I laughed so hard I almost sharted myself. 😂
I'd love to know how this pool is now.
I built a very similar pool in my garden digging in blue clay.
It isn't overly successful a year later as the water finds its way out the pool and it constantly needs topping up from a nearby stream using a pump, alough my plants have established very well they currently don't take enough nutrients out of the water as it isn't the same body of water due to it having to be filled up.
I can't imagine this pool holds water any better than my pool ??
I guess region makes a difference , if you are in wet rainy area, it basically top up the pool for you. If you live in dry area where hardly any rainfall then you have to top up yourself, which is not very sustainable if that is the case
Aaah, British humor is lovely
This one funny😂
Liner-free ponds & natural pools have so much untapped potential. The digger's coming in two weeks and I'm still undecided between liner and clay. Can anyone confirm whether it is a good idea to put a layer of lime under the clay?
What for? Lime and ponds are a no no.
I am building my own sub pond and would like your insight on why people don't use large rocks/boulders to mark out the swimming zone from the planted zone. I don't like the look of the cement blocks or the wood beams, and much prefer rocks.
My opinion....
They both work equally well. But... Large rocks need a crane and are not as easy to come by. The function of separating the gravel regenzone can be done with any immovable structure.
Thank you!
I can’t stop laughing 😂
Hi David, any update on how this pool is going? We are planning a clay lined pool in Australia. Have the book…. About to start….😂 cheers Luke and family
I imagine it’s going along swimmingly.
the first bit its amazing, only a british accent could achieve it
That is a really nice pool. Also, you really got the hair down pat on your likeness. I think it might have actually fooled her.
Is the water too green?
how much does something like this cost you?
Oh I have so much land I should be able to build something like this.
When I saw the foot ball in the limbs I started cracking up 😂😂
Is this sodium bentonite clay lined?
Some say that David is still underwater. ;-)
I am very interested in the possibility of creating a natural swimming pool. However, I am worried about one critter, the LEECH. Are these pools ever inhabited by leeches?
They can’t survive in this environment due to natural filtration and movement of water
Puddling clay is the act of pounding the clay to a homogenous mass, nothing to do with "puddles" forming.
David, I wonder if you can make the bottom of the pool bright blue with pebble or maybe white so it doesn't look so dark.
That's a great idea,bet you could. On the bottom anyway,maybe not up the side.
Making the bottom of the pool white/light in colour will heat up the pool. Not something you want. Higher temperature water = lower oxygen concentration. Not good for wildlife or plants.
He is a nut...lol I love it.
no liner for the pool is great but the plants still need a liner. is it possible to build one of these pools with no plastic except the aeration system?
Why would the plants need a liner? Rivers and lakes don't have liners and they have plants.
@@billycrotty4102 did you watch the vide? 1:51 shows them clearly putting down some sort of liner underneath the filter plant bed
@@jujitsujew23 it clearly shows but it doesn't mean it's necessary and they aren't "plastic" liners they are geo text styles so it's probably more to do with the fact the stones won't mix with the mud, I had a landscaping firm, I could be wrong though as I'm far from an expert on this but why would you need that for plants to grow ????!!!
@@billycrotty4102 if you’re not an expert and therefore don’t know what you’re talking about, why are you trying to answer my question directed video maker?
@@jujitsujew23 I know more than you you fool if you think that's a plastic liner 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You are the guy in Horrible Histories!!
Quiero información de la biopicina es increíble que pueda decir que no necesita electricidad plsss
Ingresa al canal de David Paganbutler para ver la lista de videos y en los videos antiguos él explica cómo hacerlo. Básicamente necesitas plantas en los bordes para que absorban los nutrientes en el agua y burbujas de aire para mantener el agua circulando.
see orgnicpools.co.uk
@@organicpools-davidpaganbutler ty
I'm planning on building this in 2 years. I'm a lil scared tho
Don't worry... it's worth it in the end
Anyway to get an update on how this pool is going? We are about to start building a clay lined pool in Australia ?? Any help would be grand. We have the book from David but not allot of info on clay lines
Probably a stupid question, but is concrete not an option to use instead of a liner? Is it just a cost consideration? What if one is in a country where that liner material can't be found and every male over the age of 18 is an expert with concrete? Would concrete be a good idea then?
Here's the answer....
Concrete can be used. But.... You must use an additive or coating because concrete is slightly porous.
And.... if it cracks? You're really in a bind. How do you find the crack? Drain the water, remove 2 dump trucks of rocks and plants???
I made a small pond.. 1m × 2.5 m × 4 m.... It was a good learning experience. Early next year.... I'm going to construct a full size pond. After learning from my baby pond....
I'm planning to dig a hole. Put a liner and then concrete on top. No worries about porous concrete or cracking. It will require great attention to avoid puncturing the liner during construction. But... once built, the liner will be protected by concrete from animals or accidents.
@@francus7227 why put concrete over a liner? What's wrong with stones and pebbles?
Concrete leaches lime. Not good.
@@ChrisShortyAllen
I want 100% puncture protection. We'll be swimming in it. I'm not too worried about the lime. This pond will be getting 60 inches of rain a year..... With the roof rain catchment, it will get flushed regularly.
British humor at it's finest
I have a pond id like to swim in but am afraid there might be snapping turtles in there.
4:02 🤣🤣🤣😂
So unscrupulous!
4:01 I've always wondered if Wilson got off that island & had any kids...
What did David want to object to at the moment of the conversation?
Quiero más información por favor 🙏
Ingresa al canal de David Paganbutler para ver la lista de videos y en los videos antiguos él explica cómo hacerlo. Básicamente necesitas plantas en los bordes para que absorban los nutrientes en el agua y burbujas de aire para mantener el agua circulando.
see organicpools.co.uk
I thought this would be a quiet tranquil location ....
Don't drink coffee while watching her interrupt he speak, I messed up all my keyboard while doing it. 😂
@stephaniejarvis
So funny.
Oh to have enough land to do this.
Title "no liner" 1:50 adds liner?
The geotextile is to protect the clay floor when the pump is on.
I wish i could make One
Could you support technicaly
Thank u
4 meter thats so deep wow, better start building a diving tower.
1:06 I've always wondered if Benny Hill had any children...
😂😂😂😂 can i pls say something myself?
But...but... he asked her the question...
don't get me wrong I love the stuff this guy does but why would he be disinterested in the answer to the question he asked....? I know it's a joke but...
Hahahahaaha!
It’s called a pond.
hahahaha
Hello Nice ! What about the cost ? Is it possible to do the same without geotextile ? Thanks for your answer !
Any issues with snakes?
The only snakes in the UK that will go in water are grass snakes and they are non-venomous and quite rare. They eat frogs so might be attracted to a pond.
Hahahahah
:D :D :D :D :D
ahhahahahaha
not gaining yt cred off the comedy gold of moaning about women who never stop talking cliche I hope? considering it is her pool and all..and u were interviewing her...and most other appearances of women in your vids seem to be humorously veiled jabs at or objectification of women...and not men?
Guess don’t have alligators or bears, must be nice, Brits with owls, etc….don’t try that here….