Natural Swimming Pool Construction (Part 1)

Here is my Journey building my own Natural Swimming Pool.
Part 1 Mar-Jun 2014
Music: Jason Shaw

[@ReltubTheWiz]

What I love about this video is that I hear a lot of people where I live say 'I extended the house and renovated the garden' and what they mean is, 'I employed 4 people to do that for me'. It was just incredible to see you doing practically ALL the work yourself, with only the company of your beautiful dogs. Congratulations!

[@TheGreenPond-nature]

Fantastic. So much work but great long term for everyone. Thank you for sharing the journey

[@evolvedtg6799]

What a good dad/husband. You did this pretty much all by yourself. Unbelievable. You're priceless.

[@gason5]

+evolvedtg Thank you. :) I just need to be able to warm it up faster so we can enjoy it longer each year.

[@itsjustnils]

+J the Cooker Can't you install like a Kind of Heater in the Pool?

[@gason5]

I can and plan on doing that likely this fall so we can extend our swimming season. :)

[@itsjustnils]

J the Cooker ^^

[@TheAnaximandross]

The best video about ponds I'm taking ideas for my own natural pond A Great Job

[@deanmohamed795]

Impressively BIG and all done, mostly by you.... you're one great man!

[@johnmacgugan]

Can't wait for part 2. Budgeting for my own pool right now.

[@gason5]

john macgugan hit me up if you want any advice, though online there is a ton of info. It's worth doing, though be prepared for a lot more work than you think.

[@RoudlyJeantinord]

What a hard worker. That's a tough project to tackle on your own. I'm doing the same thing whenever I purchase my house. Thank you cause now I'm positive I could get it done by myself

[@Ohsage1111]

I LOVE this video. Inspired! We're building a smaller version of this in your BY. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@kanga1234567]

Brilliant ... what a great job you've done!!!

[@KeshiaCleverlykesh]

really enjoyed watching your time lapse. it's quite a lot of labor but in the end it looks great and its in tune with the natural environment.

[@twizards]

Hello! I'm really impressed with the pool you've done! I couldn't understand how did you set the cedar walls and the docks posts to the ground. I'm wondering if it could damage the liner. Thanks for sharing! Greets from Portugal

[@gason5]

+Tiago Serafim, I rested the cedar walls on a bottom plate with a liner protecting my water holding liner. The furthest out dock post is resting on one of those bottom plates. The posts in the middle are resting on a plastic plate to displace the weight and is also protected underneath from puncturing the liner. Thanks for the interest.

[@sullehaparnin4725]

I love it.a very clear and wide sky, great idea to build a Naturl swimming pool.

[@ZachBlogs]

I would love to build one of these. I've always loved the idea of swimming in natural waters, but am scared of the creatures living in them. This is great!

[@LaPetite510]

Don't be scared! They're just a part of life. We are all interdependent in this beautiful Circle of Life

[@Joshua79C]

Fun having to deal with digging hard pack soil. Did quite a bit of liner work yourself there, smart to pin with random pieces when the wind is not playing nice. On to video 2.

[@Hc-ih2uz]

Simply Breathtaking!

[@pioneerhomefarms]

I would love to know how your swimming pond has held up 4 years later. Have the plants been able to filter it and keep it from turning green?

[@Lugnut-yd1tp]

Looking fwd to watching part 2 in probably as excited as you are lol !

[@TheAnaximandross]

It was an incredible video, I'm going to part two ¡¡

[@scubaman2546]

Inspiring! Got your link from Mother Earth News. July 2016 edition.

[@ianpaul6931]

Beautiful job!! How did you secure the framed cedar walls to prevent them from floating up? The book i have only shows the walls constructed with concrete blocks. I would imagine your way is more cost effective and more attractive! Thanks for posting.

[@f14hellcat28]

That’s beautiful you mind telling me what you have spent do that I’m thinking of doing it myself

[@adamgreene9878]

Wow. This might be the first youtube video that I've commented on. Love the video and really looking forward to part 2.

[@gason5]

Adam Greene Thanks for commenting. :) Glad you liked it.

[@helpdeskmandau5635]

this is truly amazing

[@ianpaul6931]

Great build! How did you secure the framed cedar walls to prevent them from floating up? The book i have only shows the walls constructed with concrete blocks. I would imagine your way is more cost effective and more attractive. Thanks for posting.

[@samctimms]

omg this looks amazing. well done!

[@pdepak]

Awesome work! hats off!

[@postmodernfreak]

Wow, this is really awesome! I'm attempting something on a much smaller scale...a natural pond (10m x 9m) but so far, the water is very green. We've got lots a few shelving plants but I'm worried the green water will kill them. Any advice? Cheers!

[@gason5]

+Mark Charlton Plants will require a few months to establish in their new environment so often patience is needed to ensure they have had enough time to start filtering. You might even need more plants and I would always recommend adding a UV sterilizer to the system. I have had a little string algae problem, but no green water due to the sterilizer. Once my plants are filtering well I will turn off the UV. Hope this helps some. I'd love to see pics of your project.

[@bradydoherty1609]

Best video ever it was really pretty

[@roger5928]

this is awesome, what the liner size?

[@b.t.6345]

"This is what I wanted to hear in my backyard." Bro, that's a football pitch you got there.Amazing project anyway.Cheers!

[@hankshowers]

This looks really cool, and I thought to myself why has it not caught on in the US? If you were to build one of these in the Southeast US you might end up swimming with something else hahahah. I definitely would not build one of these in Florida. Great idea and much love on the video. Very impressive.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

no you can, especially if you put up a good fence! I'm doing it in Florida!! Besides you can see snakes if the bottom is not deep, and you use a lite colored liner

[@Al15blood]

Where did buy the liner? Thanks. It looks pretty impresive!

[@mariareuter3288]

Hi I have been wanting to build something like this but to a smaller scale and I was wondering how long it took and see if you could give me some tips.

[@ethelpepper]

That is a lot of work. How is this cheaper than an aristrocratic pool?

[@kountryvaudeville]

Smart! The Romans used a cloth under their concrete so when the concrete cracked, it would self seal! This pool is similar as to the way we build PERMANENT pools which will NOT leak. Difference is, we used cloth over vinyl and splash a wet concrete grout over cloth BEFORE Pouring any concrete~ See our Training videos for the last several years!

[@sakura5563]

Wow it's so amazing i want to swim 🤩🌊

[@ReltubTheWiz]

that's a really neat little digger!

[@HEWfunkingKNEWit]

loved this video, thanks for sharing

[@cindyfiguracion]

You are amazing. This is awesome.

[@jayparker96]

even though i love being a city boy it would be nice to have a place like this to retreat to for a little while.

[@vipmonicake]

Love how your dog watches you work haha

[@ArTofRazor]

Amazing job!

[@daniellanzotti2391]

How much would you say this project cost? Any guidance on how to do this if don't have heavy machinery can this be contracted out and still be affordable?

[@gason5]

It cost about $12k including the fencing. So yes, it is very affordable if you do all of the work yourself.

[@daniellanzotti2391]

@@gason5 oh wow amen that is a blessing to hear. Any recommendations on products like the pump etc. I know it's been a couple years since you started this project so have they held up?

[@gason5]

@@daniellanzotti2391 They have held up really well. I had a 3 way valve that froze last winter, but everything has handled really well. I have a 3HP intelliflow pump which has been great and had no problems. I kinda wished I had put in two pumps, one for the water fall and one for jets, circulating in the plant area.

[@daniellanzotti2391]

@@gason5 looks like you live out west, ever though of slab panels for pump?

[@daniellanzotti2391]

*solar panels

[@jamesevans598]

Where was this built it looks like Idaho area?.I was thinking on doing something similar ,but on a smaller scale.

[@j0hs01]

Looking forward to part 2. I'd like to do on a smaller scale one day. :D

[@kountryvaudeville]

Jo Sawyer Smart! A very small "practice " pool will save you hundreds of hours on a larger one! Best Layers that I have found to be PERMANENT and prevent leaking is ~1 Dig, 2 weak sand cement mix. 3 vinyl over sand, 4 cloth over vinyl, 5 splashed rich wet grout mix over cloth, 6 Concrete Hand Made rocks, shaped by you as the last layer> Very fast and very natural looking~Also extremely less expensive! [similar as how the Romans made water containment vessels and viaducts!

[@kountryvaudeville]

PS: Don't Forget hydrostatic relief valves so the concrete will not float out of ground as has happens in California when pools are drained. Float like a boat! You don't want it to float! LOL! Valves cost about $8 each. Well woth it~lets water IN but will not let it out!

[@gason5]

Jo Sawyer There are a ton of options on how to build these and even smaller NSP work just fine. Thanks for commenting.

[@nancymartin7523]

Ron Noonan don't

[@silentfist7370]

Beyond words!

[@vinlowskii5849]

so dope...how tf does is stay clean when it's done tho?

[@gason5]

It's designed to stay clean through the mechanical and biological filters.

[@habibburrahman]

i want to knowabout the plumbbing sistem for the natural swimming pool.

[@themuellers9694]

I'd like to build one of these, but unsure if climate will work. We are in Southern Nevada. I'd love a consult.

[@gason5]

You'd definitely be able to build one and have it thrive in your climate. Let me know how I can help.

[@themuellers9694]

J the Cooker so my sister accidentally was signed into my account when she made this comment . But she would love to talk to you and get some info from you ... is there a way she can do this ?! ! Email possibly ? Thanks !

[@1.123]

is there a good chance noticing future leaks in the liner and if yes, locating it?

[@gason5]

There shouldn't be. I put a protective liner everywhere in the swimming area.

[@abuafkarwalfatih84]

What is the thickness of the liner?

[@melissahenderson-hagadone5270]

What about mosquitoes do ya have larvae issues.

[@XXcreeps]

Just so you know that is actually a really dangerous location to put the pool. It looks like you have lots of chickens and other animals that are Slightly higher than the pool meaning when it rains you will get runoff into the pool.

[@gason5]

XXcreeps, not to worry. The horses are no longer there and also I dug 2 deep swales infront of my fruit trees to catch that runoff rainwater to feed those trees. We've had some big rainfalls this past year and none of it has entered the pool. Good point though, normally that would not be safe.

[@erlenieherrera7981]

wow!!! just wow!!

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

It is interesting how it seems most of the how to build a pond videos on ytube are created by people who have never built a pond before. Even more intriguing are the number of people asking them for advice. The quality of a pond will not become evident until ~ 10 years later when it has avoided leaking or being choked with weeds. The 10 year mark is when we start to hear from people needing to restore their habitat.

[@alainnjel]

who else noticed the clouds disappear when it comes to the frame. From the UPPER LEFT CORNER. 5:00 to 5:29

[@vickischroeder3804]

Do you know when you might be adding part 2?

[@gason5]

Vicki Schroeder I'm about finished with it, but putting on the finishing touches. Should have it out in less than a week. Part 2 will go to the end with the finished product.

[@vickischroeder3804]

Wonderful! Thanks

[@CarlosRodriguez-jy1sb]

disculpa como se limpia la Agua Para que este limpia

[@jonhenry5992]

Made me dizzzy Very cool

[@christianlassen1577]

is this Utah? trying to place where this is by the mountains

[@kristineconstante9060]

What will happen if the linings get punctured?

[@gason5]

Great question; it would leak and empty water until the water got below that puncture. Good news is, I placed a protective liner over the liner that holds water so that wouldn't happen. Thanks for the question.

[@sherylstuetzel9561]

How much did the whole project cost?

[@gason5]

+Sheryl Stuetzel about $12k USD. Liner, pump and rocks amounted to over half this.

[@ReltubTheWiz]

For a minute there I thought there was a naked man having a wee in the background, then it moved and I realised it was a white horse! LOL!

[@joshmayfield6402]

What was the carpet for?

[@nick9812PH]

so organic pools depends on where region you are from.

[@nick9812PH]

for example if I live in the tropics can I still build one?

[@nick9812PH]

from where Im from snakes and alligators might survive in this kind of pool

[@Joshua79C]

There are plenty of resources out there, a guidebook by Total Habitat, a few other companies as well (BioTop and BioNova), then there is David Pagan Butler who also did a DIY series showing each step in more detail. As for snakes and such, unless there is food source for them there, they won't hand around for long and there are those you can call upon to remove and relocate them if they do hang around. They can be built in any location, and since many of the plants are regenerative its fine if you build in a cold climate where the water freezes over, so long as you got a reliable pump system the water should thrive even in the cold months as long as the water keeps getting pumped.

[@kingbucky6]

Are you able to keep fish in it ?

[@Joshua79C]

There are fish that feed on certain algae, they would benefit in an NSP to keep that growth in check.

[@maracohen5930]

Where is this?

[@LucianoJuniodosSantos]

Muito bom.

[@gason5]

Just posted a new walk through video of what the pool is looking like now. Check it out.

[@ak47publicidad88]

hi i want to make a natural Swimming Pool Construction to make wakeboard in argentina in a zone that arent any lake. 130 metros x 30 metros x 1.50 metros please help ussss

[@gason5]

That sounds really exciting! You could definitely build something with this type of filtration and make it nice. How can I help?

[@nukettunakeles6065]

bi gun bana da bu natural swimming poolu yapalim. oyle guzel ki yaz kis icinden cikmam balik olurum

[@nickdalo4154]

What do you mean "a bottom plate"

[@gason5]

it is a treated 2x10 that the wall rests on.

[@nickdalo4154]

Thanks. Do you have more detailed pics or notes? So the wall you built and it stayed fine? then back filled it with pebbles?

[@jakenolasco1000]

what is the name of lining?or lenoleum?

[@gason5]

The one I used here was a PPL24

[@Joshua79C]

Lenoleum is too rigid to use as a pool liner and not made for that use either. For how to there is a Guide Book by Total Habitat and there are some useful videos by David Pagan Butler showing the steps. Best to use a non porous EPDM or other Rubber or even other solid yet flexible liner they use on farms, look up retention pond liners. Polypropylene is another but it only has a 20 year life at best, and any liner really has certain useful life before it needs to be replace thus the NSP will be getting rebuilt, or removed all together if something better and healthier comes along.

[@gason5]

Hey, thanks for the comment. Yeah, I read Mick Hilleary's book as I prepared and thought out my pool. There was a couple of things I didn't agree with, but by in large it was great.

[@pappysproductions]

I see that you don't respond to any comments or questions.

[@gason5]

I do when I can. 😀 It's hard to answer every question. Often it's the same question I've answered 20 times before so I hope people will read my previous responses. I'm planning on doing an updated video tomorrow or Monday.

[@RoudlyJeantinord]

The cows are flying in the background. Feewww

[@heidigib01]

Wow!

[@markmathews7891]

Out of curiosity what kind of wood did you use for the sides

[@gason5]

Port Orford Cedar Wood. It's extremely rot resistant.

[@jfree1998]

what kind of pump did you use?

[@gason5]

+jfree1998 I went with the 3HP Pentair Intelliflow. It's pretty quiet and gets the job done well. I circulate all the water about 3x per day.

[@jacksjorda5727]

lindo lugar

[@iranfraud]

he record every things not short cut

[@pcnair9868]

Are you for hire??

[@gason5]

I am currently a consultant if you are interested in building one, I have a coaching/mentoring program. Let me know.

[@KaputTV]

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[@kF-mj4ez]

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[@MahmudNurK]

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[@a.6514]

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[@gason5]

Thank you for commenting and sorry for the late reply. Interesting you mention about worshiping God. Just this week I noticed something interesting in the New Testament about this topic; Jesus is asked, Good Master and he is quick to reply, none are good, but God. Later after His resurrection, there are 3 instances where his disciples worshiped him and he did not correct or stop them. Check out Matt 28:9 and Luke 24:52. Love to hear your thoughts.

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[@rouufsuud4105]

Masya Allah

[@MrPkt50]

There is no meaning in watching this video in all fast forward mode.

[@kevinfinkel5536]

The Benny Hill theme song would've been better than what you used.

[@HuyTruong-bo9vj]

hay

[@arianators4071]

Its not clean the mosquitos will lay their eggs in thet pool!

[@gason5]

Mosquitos lay in stagnant non-moving water. This is moving and they don't like it, plus I have a few goldfish in there in case they ever do. We have zero mosquito problems.

[@ahakeyegirl1216]

Are u Ariana grande😳😳

[@cult831avila]

Nigga did I see a fuckin raccoon 😂

[@cult831avila]

Watch at 0:10

[@Connorishere01]

That's a dog genius

[@jenniferb.9404]

@@Connorishere01 looks like a cat- big fluffy tail’

[@Михалыч-т2т]

Надо было снимать с той горы🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@extremeofficial1291]

Hey there! This video is incredible. We'd like to post this and part 2 natively on our FB pages (facebook.com/extreme / facebook.com/ExtremeAdventure/ ) and tag you back. Would you be fine with this? Thanks in advance

[@gason5]

Extreme Official sure! Go for it!

[@ianpaul6931]

Beautiful job!! How did you secure the framed cedar walls to prevent them from floating up? The book i have only shows the walls constructed with concrete blocks. I would imagine your way is more cost effective and more attractive! Thanks for posting.

[@ianpaul6931]

Great build! How did you secure the framed cedar walls to prevent them from floating up? The book i have only shows the walls constructed with concrete blocks. I would imagine your way is more cost effective and more attractive. Thanks for posting.

[@vipmonicake]

Love how your dog watches you work haha

[@ianpaul6931]

Great build! How did you secure the framed cedar walls to prevent them from floating up? The book i have only shows the walls constructed with concrete blocks. I would imagine your way is more cost effective and more attractive. Thanks for posting.

[@gason5]

+Ian Paul I had a bottom plate attached to the cedar wall and each panel was secured to the one next to it so, as I backfilled, the gravel just locked it into place. It was much cheaper than other options and I like the look of it as well.