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| I'm living in zone 4. Dreaming about building a natural swimming pool in the backyard. Have bought and read a book "Natural Swimming Pools A Guide for Building" written by M. Littlewood. Also, all the info on net about these pools, but could not find anything on installing it cold climates.
Has anyone have experience in installing natural swimming pond in zone 4? What pond liner to use? How to avoid damage to liner when the water freezes in winter time? |
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| This isn't an answer--just a comment. A liner swimming pool sounds so much better than the earth pond swimming pool I tried to have! I read some books, that made earth ponds look so inviting as a swimming pool. Little did I know how muddy an earth pond can get, and how hard on the feet an earth pond can be! I should think with heavy carpet padding under a liner, you would have a nice little place to cool off in the summer. And I don't see how freezing would hurt it in the winter. Sorry, I have no experitse in the area.... Randy |
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| You can't imagine how snaky and damaging winter frost can be. My cousin built a small pond with waterfall last year. After digging a hole he covered bottom and the sides of the pond with fine sand, then put underlayment and PVC liner which was covered with fine sand again. After a cold winter (up to -30 degrees C) he has water dissapearing 1-2cm every week. |
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- Posted by prairie_bogger 6a (KS) (My Page) on Sat, Apr 24, 10 at 9:49
| I'm in zone 6 but I know there are several ponders here who live in zones 4 and above that have lined water gardens/fish ponds and I don't recall them having problems with the liners in winter.Hopefully one of them will verify this. I would just make sure to research liners thoroughly and to ensure you get a good quality one. Even in Zone 6, the ice here gets thick enough to walk on at least once or twice a winter and I've had no liner damage after 5 years. I'm honestly thinking that perhaps the reason more people haven't responded to your question here (besides the fact that very few people have natural swimming ponds) is that this subject has been brought up before and caused quite a bit of debate-- not about the liner, but about the actual safety of swimming in a "natural" pond. You could try doing a search on this forum for swimming, etc. to see what has been discussed before. The link below is one such thread, but I know there are more "heated" discussions out there as well. The photos I've seen of natural swimming ponds are beautiful and I'd be interested in hearing all the details if you do decide to build one! Sherry |
Here is a link that might be useful: The Head of Infectious Disease on Swimming In Your Pond
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