You can easily modify a 20 foot or a 40 foot container into a stunning swimming pool for your backyard.
Diy backyard shipping container pool.
You have the option to construct it either above the ground or in ground.
Basically a hole has been dug for the pool and it has been dropped into the hole.
You can effectively hide the shipping container in this way and instead of celebrating that it is from a shipping container perhaps pretend to be a bit posher and that it is just a normal swimming pool.
Found this cool project by brooke from austin texas using sani tred to seal a shipping container to make a backyard swimming pool.
A prefab pool can run you upwards of 20 000 with fancy features like windows costing extra.
Above the ground container pools are quite popular as they can be built off site.
For extreme diy ers youtube has plenty of tutorials for building your own shipping container pool.
We have treated it as we posted previously like an inside out ship.
But a shipping container pool is easy to install and comparatively light on your pocket.
Diy shipping container pool using sani tred.
We have been using periodically a product called water weld made.
Rust is part of our expectation and freaking out about a few spots is not our game.
The clear and bright pool colour contrasts well with the rich greens of the surrounding area and the deep bluish greys of the pebbles.
By will fowler wednesday 16 september 2015 published in blog projects swimming pool repair.