Build a Swimming Pool from Wood and Plastic

You will require a lot of 2" by 4" pieces of wood, at least 8 as long as you want a side of the pool, and a lot of other ones for the bracing, at least 20 braces will be needed depending on height of pool.

Steps

  1. Build braces for the side of the pool by placing two pieces of wood the length of the pool on the floor. find out what height you want the pool and then cut wood to that length minus the width of the 2" by 4".
  2. Screw the pieces into the wood at minimum 1' distances and maximum 2' distance.
  3. Repeat step 1 and 2 until you have 4 braces like this.
  4. Cut 4 pieces of plywood to the height and length of the braces. Attach them on the front side of the bracing.
  5. Now you need to build side bracing to hold the water in. You can either design your own bracing or use this one. Build a box of 2" by 4" the height of the pool with another piece of 2" by 4" on the inside going diagonally. Try to make sure the wood on the inside goes from the top of the pool wall to the ground at the bottom of the base.
  6. Build at least 4 for each side, and attach them to the 2" by 4" on the inside of wall bracing.
  7. Attach the walls together by either putting them together and screwing the sides in, or you can use a block on the corners and connect them. The first one is the simpler and easier one, you just require long screws.
  8. Screw the pool walls into the floor from the braces and from the pool walls itself, use many, many, many screws.
  9. Put the pool liner inside the pool walls you have connected, and then screw 1" by 4" or 1" by 3" into the top of the pool walls to secure the plastic.
  10. Fill it with water.
  11. Finished.

Tips

  • You do not need to set up a pump to fill the pool, but it would help to keep it clean.
  • If you don't put chemicals into the pool or use the new UV method, then the pool will get disgusting over only a few days at max, possibly a day at minimum.
  • You can line the floor of the pool with plywood to try to help it, but it doesn't matter.

Warnings

  • Water will leak out, you'll have to clean it up or the floor could be warped depending on how much.
  • The deeper the pool is, the greater the water pressure pushes the walls out. Be prepared for catastrophic failure of the walls.

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