Indoor Inground Swimming Pool

[webbmeister]

Anybody ever install one? During new construction? Sorry/Glad you did it? Gotchas? More pain than pleasure? Costly? More or less than an outdoor inground pool?

 

[DavidInNH]

I almost installed an endless pool this year. I ended up buying a tractor instead /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif. I like to swim laps, so unless I win the lottery and can afford to build a 25 meter indoor lap pool, this seems like my best choice.

-david

 

[webbmeister]

If you're asking me, I say you made the right choice. If you asked the CFO, that would be a different answer altogether. She priced and endless pool. $17K! Yikes!

 

[DavidInNH]

$17K was the cheap part. Enclosing the lower patio was the expensive part. I'll end up doing it in the next few years, but I think I'll do the excavating now that I have Ellie Mae. I'm hoping wroughtn_harv will post a tutorial on how to build your own endless pool. Maybe I can drive the pool's propellor from the tractor's PTO /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif

 

[beenthere]

If enclosing (building) an indoor pool, careful consideration needs to be given to the amount of moisture that evaporates from the water in the pool and causes high moisture conditions, which are very tough on any wood in the room or in the walls. Moisture inside, cold outside, condensation on and in the walls will cause mold, bacteria, and wood decay. Paint peeling off outside siding and wet insulation, etc. are some more headaches.

I tried to plan one in my new home of 35 years ago, and could not swing it mostly because of cost, but also because I couldn't figure a way to get around the high moisture problems. Probably the best thing that could have happened to that idea. However, the basement floor in the 16' x 40' rec room is still ready to be carved out for its installation. Hmmmm? Haven't thought about that for awhile, until you mentioned it.

 

[chim]

Beenthere, one of the fellas at work went ahead with one about 25 years ago. He ran into the problems you describe. Just last year we finished a project at a police academy, which included a pool dehumidification unit. The pool, which they preferred to call a Training Tank so it wouldn't sound too recreational, had been a problem since the place was built back in the 1960's. The unit is big expensive air handler that has heating and cooling capabilities. It usually does both at the same time (can you say expensive to operate?) in order to control humidity. Pool water is circulated to accept some of the (otherwise) waste heat. It has fresh air and exhaust built into it. With the chlorine in the water and atmosphere there are concerns over life expectancy for some equipment...........chim

 

[Mosey]

What is an "endless pool"?

 

[DavidInNH]

<font color=blue>What is an "endless pool"?</font color=blue>
It is a pool designed to swim laps in or with the optional deep end, you can do water arobics. It has a propeller that provides a constant speed current that you swim agains. Think of it as a treadmill for swimmers.
See <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.endlesspools.com/index.html>Endless Pools</A> for details.

-david

 

[webbmeister]

Did some research on humidity control. $12,000 plus install plus pool, plus excavation = no pool.

 

[spencer200]

go with one of those new vinyl four season glass patio rooms on a tile floor.. I just put one in stays toasty warm even in the winter. with a small heater. the room is 24x32.