Indoor Inground Swimming Pool

[Anonymous Poster]

I didn't believe the storys about pool humidity doing damage till I saw a tar buggy and roofer fall thru the roof of the school pool 8 years ago.
That was the brilliant rehab project where they decided to reroof the pool over 2" gypsum plank instead of replacing the roof deck. Needless to say, they then redecked the roof, and still don't have any humidity control in the pool.
If I was going to do it, I would just erect a soft plastic greenhouse over the pool. That would sure confuse the assessor, they can't tax us for ag buildings. I'd also have a fire pump connected to the pool, and claim the whole thing was a fire safety system.

 

[webbmeister]

Franz:

Surely you don't mean for me to attempt to get by on taxes, do you? Heavens, we all have to do our respective and collective parts to be sure the country can fund our entitlement programs and ensure the limitless supply of pork for our politicians! /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Mind us asking how pricey that enclosure was?

 

[Wingnut]

32' x 16' indoor inground pool ... in extension to the house. Extension is completely solid wood planking walls and ceiling ... no rot, no mold, no mildew. Floor is tile, pool is standard lined pool.
No chlorine ... went with bromine in pool and hot tub.
One end (closest to house, has plank (deck style) floor over concrete with (about 12 x 24) with wet bar and fireplace.
As I said, no water damage ... actually, some of the floor planks have shrunk more than I'd have imagined ... and the building/pool is now about 10 years old. Ceiling is "cathedral" with 2 skylights.
Slight leak ... need to top it up again ... lost about 500-700 gals in the past 8 months ... but haven't found the time to locate that pinhole.
To keep the humidity down ... and this certainly appears to work ... the pool is covered with a solar cover except when we use it. Keeps the heat in and the humidity down.
Regrets ... well ... we really don't use it enough to justify the pool being there ... and propane heating costs are atrocious ... but heck, it's only money and I'd just buy more attachments is I didn't have the pool!

 

[kevinro]

I recently installed a 56'x14' pool inside my house. It is in its own 'wing', and includes a Lifebreath HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator) to keep the humidity down. A few things I learned:

1) The most important thing to install on an INDOOR pool is a water proof cover. This drastically reduces the amount of moisture in the air. This allows you to use an HRV dehumidifier, rather than a compressor type. The cost difference both in installation and operation is very substantial.

2) The interior of your pool room should be made from fairly weather proof materials. We used a lot of stone and cedar. The walls were painted with a fairly thick coat of enamel paint plus a water resistant primer.

3) Pools can be rather expensive to heat.

4) There is always the big question of going with a gunite (sprayed concrete) or fiberglass. The size of our pool eliminated the fiberglass. The largest lap pool we could find was 38'x12' in fiberglass. Also, replacing the fiberglass pool in an indoor installation isn't feasible.

We really enjoy our pool, and are quite happy that we put one in. I have attached a picture of our pool room so you can have a look at what we did. The pool and equipment came out to about $50k. The building was part of the new house, but wasn't very cheap mostly because of the skylights and windows we selected. It is quite nice.

Kevin

 

[kevinro]

Forgot to mention that we also installed a hot tub in one end of the pool. It was in the previous picture. The hot tub and the pool share the same water.

The picture in this attachment has the pool cover closed.

 

[webbmeister]

Kevin:

That is stunningly beautiful. Pam and I have decided against the pool because of initial and ongoing cost. Let me say again, though, that your pool room is magnificent!

Jim

 

[DarinRay]

Uh Kevin----do you think I could COME LIVE YOU YOU? /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Now that's a pool area I dream about. Great photos

Darin