Trevorh

Just throwing this curveball in here as its my long term plan.... build the pond for cold water swims in the very hot April - June that we have been having lately and longer if you, like us enjoy cold water or just use wetsuits. This book has been my best resource and I am following this rather than the American style wetland/bog filter. https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Build-Natural-Swimming-Pool/dp/099338921X/ref=asc_df_099338921X/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=311004728578&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=939069715235217875&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045185&hvtargid=pla-465979337160&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 This pond will be half for swimming and half for aesthetics. then, at some point I intend to pick up a used endless pool pump unit and build it into our future garage... https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/600847941920520/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A7ef8c1b2-3a90-4c7d-a18f-b76344a9546a I will heat the endless pool indoors with P.V and a heat pump... this might be an easier way for you to use the water as a heat sink in combo with your underfloor heating. heating an outdoor natural swimming pond in this climate will be very hungry for power and if you do manage it the rise in temperature will mean the sytem needs to be at full throttle to cope with the algae. I noticed from our first lockdown redneck paddling pool project (dug a hole in a mountain of topsoil I have, lined it with silage cover and filled it!) that a black cover with plenty of shallow water is surprisingly warm compared to sea, river,lake.

Hi Conor. What stage are you at? Im in Tyrone and think I've missed starting this year but will be planning all winter and breaking ground in the spring. Happy to share resources and bounce ideas of each other if you're interested? I've thought about using the same water for seperate water features elsewhere too but maybe your rock cascade in courtyard should be a standalone water feature with its own circulation and filters? definitely leave at least one big duct at this stage to future proof it maybe one for electrical and one you can pull a flexi water pipe up if you need to. cheers Trevor.