Man builds DIY swimming pool in his garden for £10,000

Good for a heatwave (Image: Caters)

A dad has discovered a novel option to beat the heatwave by constructing a swimming pool in his again backyard.

And he used YouTube tutorials to show him do it.

Alex Dodman, 36, from Saffron Walden, Essex, all the time had a dream of constructing a swimming pool in his again backyard and fortunately, the heatwave has pushed him to do it.

The ambulance employee is nicely used to constructing unbelievable DIY tasks. Alex beforehand constructed a house cinema and fitness center saving £75,000 within the course of however his newest undertaking is his satisfaction and pleasure.

He and his companion Sarah, 36, moved into their dwelling in 2017 with their two younger youngsters Allie, 5, and Eddie, two.

Claiming that his family and friends are used to his wild concepts, Alex underestimated how robust this one would actually be, constructing the pool totally by himself.

‘I did every part myself, from selecting up the supplies and carrying them into my backyard, to hiring a digger and digging the outlet in addition to the tiling and the entire plumbing,’ he defined.

‘I watched a video on YouTube on my lunch break of somebody constructing a pool and that very same day I used to be on the cellphone hiring a mini digger.

‘I had dreamt of getting pool as soon as the home was renovated, and I’d even earmarked slightly patch to hopefully construct it on someday.

Alex within the course of of making his swimming pool in his backyard (Image: Caters)

‘After I watched a YouTube video of a lady in Holland constructing pool, I knew I wished to do it.

‘I ordered the provides I wanted from native builders retailers, and had employed a mini digger.

‘I began constructing it in January 2020 and had dug the outlet however then Covid hit and I couldn’t get something supplies for ages.

‘Looking back, it was a little bit of a blessing that I needed to cease. It slowed it down which meant I used to be capable of take my time with what I used to be shopping for and ordering and understanding what I wanted.’

He continued: ‘As a result of most locations had been closed, I began shopping for the issues I wanted from Fb Market, which was loads cheaper.

‘I purchased constructing blocks from folks’s left over constructing tasks that had been a lot cheaper than the primary lot of constructing blocks I purchased from the builder’s retailers.

The center of development (Image: Caters Information Company)

‘I additionally acquired plumbing pipes, the instruments to drill the holes and swimming pool tools from Fb too, it was nice.

‘It even has it’s personal heater so it received’t be freezing chilly.’

Since changing into fairly the hand at DIY, Alex’s most important goal was to construct a swimming pool. He managed to discover a nook of his backyard that appeared prefer it wanted some TLC and determined that might be the chosen space.

Shopping for a lot of the supplies from Fb, Alex’s pool has saved him 1000's. It price solely £10K to construct, evaluating to over £12K for an expert, in-built swimming pool.

‘I did the entire thing on my own, from placing all of the supplies in my automobile and bringing them dwelling to resurfacing the bottom to make it flat,’ he mentioned.

The completed product (Image: Caters Information Company)

‘It was a really cease begin undertaking as I began it in 2020. Covid made it cease for months, and the world of the backyard that it was in meant I needed to do numerous work with the earth, and by the point I might get spherical to getting again into doing it once more, mini digger had gone which meant I needed to hand dig and rip out bushes myself, it took months to get the earth beneath flat because the backyard was on a slope.

‘I then did some work over winter of 2020, after which the autumn of 2021 I acquired going once more, I needed to transfer six tonnes of sub-base and add Astro turf across the pool which I used to be doing over the winter.

‘It has positively been a problem.’

Alex shared his work on TikTok and usually up to date his followers with the progress of the pool. It now has 36 elements.

‘I began making TikTok movies of pool in January 2020, so I had backlog of movies I had take so I broke it up and posted it in elements,’ he provides.

‘I doc numerous my DIY round home, from the kitchen, to the house workplace, out of doors fitness center, pizza oven and the constructing of the pergola.’