Building and running an endless pool!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- Bit of a boring video (sorry) that runs through my endless pool, how I built it, what it costs, what it can do, and how much it costs to run!
Really did not need my own swimming pool....but I managed to justify it in my head as a cold water training tank for swimming the English Channel. Managed to save scrimp borrow...and put most of it on a credit card interest free for a long time and it was on!
Worth its weight in gold in the current corona virus isolation; im still bashing out a couple of "miles" a day.
Let me know if you want to see anything else...and follow my swimming story of facebook: Tom Swims.
Take care all!
Well done. Thank you for making this video and sharing your experience. Very helpful. Cheers.
thanks for sharing! great DIY!!! i love it!!
Hi Tom, Thanks for making this video. Very interesting and helpful. I'm looking to do the same in my garden and most of the stuff i've seen on the internet so far is for people with endless amounts of money. Well done on your Channel swim too. Awesome!
Great video Tom, good luck with your channel swim! I installed an ex-demo endless pool 7 years ago and it’s been a wonderful fitness investment. The only thing I would change about my pool is the roof - mine is in a barn and I’d love a retractable roof to let the sunshine in and the humidity out when the weather’s good. The other thing you might want to consider us a dehumidifier on a timer to stop those swim caps getting mouldy...mine comes on at midnight with the economy 7! Also do you have mirrors in the bottom? Looking forward to seeing your drill videos!
I'd love one of these. Especially since I live in a town with a pool older than my 53 year old dad, that is always closed even before these times. Not to mention I live in Canada where it's cold 8 months of the year.
Thank you very much. Was interesting. 👍
I didn’t even know that you could buy the blower and motor separate. I’m getting some great ideas from this,thanks!
Thankyou. That was really useful info and very straightforward. Cheers Mx
Proper i totally love it, great demo.
lucky you! it is a dream in this times... especially in winter. i need to content myself in the bathtub. It still a luxury, for sure. maybe i will have my swimsuit next time. :) and pray for summer to come! aquatic greetings!
You not forever clearing out little bits of polystyrene with that makeshift insulator? Beautiful build, inspiring
Yeah all the time!! 🤣 Handily they float quite well so it's an easy job with the big net!
Hey thanks for posting this! I love to come across indoor pool designs for regular folk! Like me! The palatial images on the internet are nice but naturally not what most of us can swing. I'm looking to put a Waterwell by endless pools in my basement. Always trying to find info on dehumidification. I'm in a condo so not planning on asking the board, which means no outside access for any system I put in. Thanks for the great vid and thorough explanations. Much appreciated.
Very nice job. Niee set-up!
Great vid. I'm currently torn between buying a proprietary swim spa or something like this or maybe something in between. Maybe I'll make a video when I've decided and installed it. Thanks again.
Hi me too not sure which way to go did you make a decision
This is brilliant! I understood very little of what you said because it was all in UK and I'm in the USA, but I love that you did this. We are all missing swimming right now.
Well done on the DIY job. I've got an Endless Pool E500, outside with the cantilever doors, it's great to start with, but I have decided, over the nearly 4 years I've had, that I'd wished I hadn't! It was an enormous start up cost. it's a lot of fuss to fully clean when leaves & dirt get in as my doors sometimes blow open (west of Ireland fun), the doors are wearing badly in the weather, but the worst of course is running costs. It's always been awful, as you can crank her up to 40 degrees, but with energy prices starting to run away, I just don't feel like running it anymore, maybe solar might be the answer, but that's not cheap to install, so who knows!!!!!! ;-(.
Yes I'm in the same boat to an extent. I normally run mine pretty cool so the heating cost isn't too bad but when it's frosty and the pool is 12 degrees I really don't want to do much in there and I found myself going back to the gym for big swims. I have just swapped onto an electric car tariff and electricity is pretty cheap overnight (6p/kw) so I could set the heating on a timer and run it a lot cheaper...
@@tomchapman5761 Hey Tom, glad to hear you're suffering too ;-). I do have a day/ night tariff here, so the only trick I can do is heat it at night & turn it off in the day, until someone wants to use it; your 6p is very good, I think my night is 9-10cents. I've asked my pool supplier here if they've had any experience with solar, but I'm not even sure I want to pay for it at the mo. I've decided in the last few years, that my biggest luxury, if I won the lottery, would be to leave all my lights on around the house without worrying about the bill, so I guess the pool is in that too!! Good luck with it mate.
Considering getting one in Ireland too... Nice to hear a real life experience like this. Probably impractical given energy costs now and how cold Ireland gets.
@@Chillmax I dont know what kind of yard/roof restrictions you have, but have you ever looked at a solar water heater? I have seen a couple DIY projects using a wooden box and the yellowish pvc i think its cpvc but I don't remember off the top of my head... paint the inside of the box black and put a greenhouse type plastic over it and they increase the water temps a good amount.
@@lancelowrey8615 Hey Lance, no restrictions at all, I'm way out in the Irish countryside on 11 totally secluded acres ;-). I'm really cross with myself, when I moved here 4 years ago, that I didn't look into solar more, but because I'm in Ireland, I didn't think it was worth it. However I've since learned that solar is better than I thought nowadays with lower light levels. My roof also is quite complex, so I could have them follow the sun throughout the day!! I blew my budget on the install & massive house refurb at the same time, so can't do much at the moment, but thanks for the ideas, when finances allow, I'll try & look into it all. Ireland are pretty good with green grants, so maybe I could get some free money too ;-). Cheers JJ
How Much is Endlesspool motor? You did not mention this in your costs. I found the cheapest for 7999 pounds online.
3.5 k on ebay, he mentioned it
I could really use one of these right now.
maybe a little off the wall but - has anyone considered heating one of these off the back of a wood-burning stove ? maybe linked to an underfloor heating loop - I live in the UK and am more likely to have access to cheap wood than cheap electricity ! Maybe I could go solar in summer and wood in winter....
Really nice, I envy you :) Fortunately the pools here in The Netherlands finally re-opened after 5 months or so.
LOVELY JOB
endless seems loud, hearing will definitely suffer, I'm always concerned about noise :s
Brilliant mate many thanks
Brilliant 🤘 all the best in the channel 🧜♂️
My channel swim was last year!! But thank you!!
Oh, sorry and congrats! Awesome 🤘
@@tednruth453 no worries, I don't think I said in the video!! Really quite lucky with all that is happening this year! I'm supposed to be on a relay team in two weeks time, currently on indefinite hold!!
Ach, bugger, hearing similar stories across the sporting spectrum. Had entered a triathlon in the lake district, hasn't officially been cancelled but my swimming has been totally written off, unfortunately ☺ Keep healthy 🤘
Cool video with a lot of good information, Thanks
Hey Tom, Great Video. I did a test swim yesterday in one of those modular endless pools with a special type of recirculation. Great swimming but way too expensive. So I'm thinking about a similar solution like yours. Do you feel any kind of cross-or countercurrent when you swim because of water "bouncing" or "floating"back from the the back wall of your pool? Thx for your answer and kind regards
The 'proper' endless has those channels down the side the water comes back through. Mine like you say it bounces off the back wall and comes back down the side so the flume is a bit narrower and you notice your legs getting pushed round if you aren't straight...but that's no bad thing, it forces you to swim nice and tight and straight and not switch off! It's something you get used to too I think!
Creativity worth big $$$
have you thought of some kind of solar heater like black piping on the roof, just to offset the heating cost.
I only ever run the heating in the winter so it's not very effective. I had an air source heat pump to start with which is supposed to be super efficient...but because I only ever ran it in the winter I never got the most out of it so swapped to electrical resistance!
@@tomchapman5761 I agree with the heat pump. I found that they do not work well below 8 degrees.
Hi Tom why didnt you dig the pool half way in to the ground? It could gif you some more space above the head.
I did think about it but I figured it was a lot of extra effort and expense and I was worried it might fill up with water!
Looks like you could do with solar water heating panels.
Have you thought about improving the thermal lining of the shed?
Are there any other motors on the market?? For such simple tech it seems quite expensive.
have you any details on which equipment you used to pump the water, this is the part that seems to be very expensive. Any help much appreciayterd
Did you insulate the shed and the roof? Also what about the pool... like using Rock-wool board which is made for exterior use.. can take water so would have been fine inside. Did you insulate the concrete pad? Ie with perlite bags underneath and vapor barrier etc? I know these add cost but save on monthly utilities. I mean you are keeping it pretty cold.. but most people are going to want 87-93 F. Maybe a little lower for hard swimming.
The shed isn't insulated, the pool is wrapped in celotex boards and a space blanket. There's 100mm polystyrene on top when it's not being used. The pool has about 2" of insulation boards they use for the floor!
Why didn’y you just make the shed taller? And added a 3’ deep foyer on the entrance. You were already spending the money! That was just bad design on your part haha besodes that, looks awesome
Building regulations in the UK say the max height of a shed is 2.5m before you need to go through the full process of getting planning permission! Mine is 2.47m ;). I could have put a porch on it yeah I'll take that one!!
Excellent
Ah, one day all this will be mine...once I've cleaned out the garage, and got the finance in place....
Do you ever swim breaststroke in the pool, that's my preferred stroke but in most videos people do front crawl...what is breaststroke like with the EP jet? Thanks.
Yes, it's good for breastroke too! I did a slo motion individual medley video here, the breastroke is ace! th-cam.com/video/NCkfglntzZo/w-d-xo.html
I'm looking at putting a pool in my garage but I'm worried about overhead height and the pool being so close to the ceiling. How tall is your ceiling vs how tall is your pool?
My ceiling is 98" and my pool is 60"
Could u tell us what hydraulic motor u r using?
This is the FASTLANE that you can put in any pool ?
And is the lowest speed model EP produce ? ( it look fast anyway )
I’m looking to buy one but I’m wondering about extra cost like
Every 6 years you should change the motor
This is great. What is the brand, type of the hydraulic motor? Where can we buy it?
The company is called endless pools! If you google them you ight have a local supplier
@@tomchapman5761 Ah right.. I see they are selling the pools. I will check if they sell the motors.
@@edizertekin3331 www.endlesspools.com/fastlane.php
Nice video! What about dehumidification system? Doesn't your pool room get stuffy?
Excelente!!!!!!!!
Did you insulate the cabin walls?
I need an exercise pool for my health but I can’t afford to build a shed over it do you think it’s possible to have one all year round without in the uk? Any thoughts would be gratefully received
Is there a company that produces pool kits in the likes of which yours is built?
Could you tell me which endless pool system you used on your pool. Or recommend which one you wish you bought. Like yourself, I dont have an endless bank account? (like the joke endless). Any help much appreciated. Thanks Robert
Dude why are you paying for heat?, you've got all that roof for a hillbilly pool heater. Black pvc pipe with a bit of perspex over it. You would be amazed
What kind of pump is using in the endless pool?
Can you not fit solar on the roof to heat it up?
Do you have a write up on how to made the propeller system
Soooooo coooool
what's the average cost to heat that a week.
get a heat pump you'll be sorted .. i read at least 1kwh per rise of 1 degree celcius per meter squared water.. work that out and you gonna be skint very soon. 1kwh is about 14p unless you use economy 7 at night
There's 11m2 of water in that pool! I started out with a 1.5kw electrical, 7.5kw heat, air source heat pump. So for every 1.5kw of electrical power, I should have got 7.5 heat. Problem was I only run the heating in the winter...and as the temperature of the air drops, the efficiency drops as there is no heat in the air for it to take and put in the water. Most heat pumps rate there efficiency at 25 degree air temp so they are great in the summee. At 5degree air, the only time I was running my heating...they really don't work very well at all!
You say 3kWh costs 50-60p. That sounds like you're heating water with an electric heater. Why don't you use a gas boiler to heat up the water?
It's at the end of my garden so I can't really get gas to it but it's an option! I also had an air source heat pump for a while but because I only use the heating in the winter, it wasn't working very well!
Curious about the pool/liner! Which one is it?
Why is it so wide and why not sink it in the ground so the cabin can be Multi use.
I got nervous when you touched the led light strip near water.
Ha ha they're USB so only a couple of volts....but the ones I bought are actually totally sealed so they're watertight!
@@tomchapman5761 It's an awesome setup!
What was the outside size of your building please,
Want one but need the more expensive "elite" unit because 1:14 is fast enough. #swimmerprobs
Hi just wondered what make is the pool where did you buy it from.
Also the endless pool pump where did buy this from costs.
Many thanks
I got my pool second hand off ebay! New they are like £7000 for the pool and £7000 for the endless pool motor. If you google endless pools, you might have a local supplier!
Think I asked the question below on my son's account. So im asking the questuon again. Im not very good at this computer stuff
Loving your work fella. Is your swim still on for this year? I rescheduled mine for 2022.
Was making do with an above ground and ratchet strap. Wasn't quite cutting it!!!!
Ah my solo was last year so yeah I was quite lucky! Supposed to be on a relay in June this year, fingers crossed it will get away shortly! Good luck with yours, I'd hate to have this disruption in a solo, probably a good choice to delay!
@@tomchapman5761 ah I see. Yeah would've been an odd year to do it out of all 145 years people been doing it. Hopefully delaying will be beneficial, lots of ideas that came late that I can implement now. Fair play to anyone doing this year.
What was your swim like..any advice?
What type of wood did you use zise and thickness and how you did you join them together
The pool is made by a company but I think it's treated redwood. It's probably about 40mm thick. All the joints are precut so it just stacks together
how do you keep your legs floating on the surface? Mine keep sinking, but this is never an issue in a lap pool
it a function of not actually moving forward I think! Try playing with your head position, perhapss try looking down a bit more towards the bottom of the pool. My stroke is a long distance swimmers stroke and I use a slow two beat kick most of the time, I find thats enough to keep your legs high!
Where can I find the link where to buy the simulator?
What is this motor
Hi, can someone send me a picture of their endless pool plumbing? Txs
I really can't get a better picture, it's just too squeezed in sorry! If you Google home pool filters tho there will be loads come up, it's fairly straightforward
Not homemade
So the speed measurement is your 100 yd/m pace?
You can set it to show pace per 100metres or 100yards- mine is set to metres!
can you make abother video detailing the pump section? thanks
The pool is pre made or diy
could you give me any details on the actual name of the product which pumps the water. Ive built my shed and the pool. Just need the pumping equipment. Any help much appreciated. Do you want an email address from me
Hiya, it's made by a company called endless pools, if you Google them you should get a fair few results!
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My Endless Pool was installed by a certified Endless Pool installer. It was a horror show. Would never recommend anybody do it on their own. Ever.
Interesting. I built my EP kit (above ground) in 2004. Still going strong. However, two years ago I hired a pool builder to build a concrete inground pool with exact dimensions as the above ground shell. It looks beautiful now with blue tiles and a black tiled centre line! Just like the real thing.
That engine is kinda loud and annoying huh ✋😖
Is this the company Endless Pool or just you using their name? - it’s awfully noisy
Yep, genuine endless pool fast lane. You don't really hear the noise when you're swimming 😂