Hello Anne and others,

I live in Thailand and I came across the idea of a swimming pond as opposed
to a swimming pool a few reasons.Cost much lower, no need to use chlorine
and therefore the pool could keep fish and plants as well as providing a
place to cool off and enjoy swimming / feeding with the fish. A natural way
of playing in the water for myself and family. We are not interested in
building a swimming pool with all the costs for the few occasions we want to
play in the water.
I found a few links.
http://www.swimmingponds.co.uk/
http://naturalpools.co.uk/
Seems a nice concept but I would love to talk to some folks with experience
of building/using one.
-keevill-

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
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Bob,

8 meters x 4 meters may be small for a swimming pool, but it's not small
for
a pond, IMHO!

In any event, I emailed Keevill privately to try to determine whether he
really wants a swimming pool or a pond, and I'll try to give him some
guidance to websites if I hear from him. (and of course, I pointed him
toward Google!)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Bob Adkins" wrote in message
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On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 17:35:23 +0700, "-keevill-"
wrote:

I am building a house and would like to build a swimmig pond and I'm
looking for some advice/ resources for basic design of this. The house
is
in
SE Asia in hot and humid climate and the approximate size will be 8mts
x
4mts. What sort of depth and many other basic questions need answering.

A pond this small will need to be concrete or bricks, with an apron made
of
same. A filtration and chlorination system will also be needed.

Bob