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hello hi i just left my shopping i'm good it's pretty good to see you hey hey this looks like it's working perfectly oh we love it it has actually changed our lives but that's not the only thing is it there's another project on the boil isn't there well come out and have a look all right so we're looking at putting a shipping container swimming pool in here it's six metres by two and a half meters so it's more like a plunge pool than a big swimming pool give their kids an opportunity to splash around on the hot day to be honest perfect for the space for this backyard but but why'd you go with the shipping container i mean i know australia has this absolute craze for them at the moment we see some incredible homes with them but the pool's a really cool idea well it's um as with the the house extension um it means it's delivered on a day and it's a sort of plug and play option you can make it work straight away and um there's not the construction in the backyard for several months it's a convenient option and a little bit cheaper than doing a standard pool the basic uh pool comes in at about twenty five thousand dollars that's for a six metre pool is a bit more for a 12 metre pool with the options that we've taken and other works on the pool it's closer to 40 000 it's a guaranteed price so we can budget for it you have to get an a council approval in this case a complying development approval so you could actually if you had a level ground you could just put it on the top but you're choosing to excavate out a little yes in this case we're looking for the top of the pool to be at the level of the deck that we're standing on fantastic literally jumped straight into the deck oh my god the kids are gonna have so much fun with it audrey's already planning her pool party her pool party straight up [Music] so to find out how clive and joe's shipping container swimming pool comes together we've come to the factory and coolum on the sunshine coast to have all our questions answered and the man in the know is jonovan who runs this innovative upcycling business off to you thank you very much so if somebody orders one to get to this point what's the time frame four to six weeks and where are you actually seeing these going what sort of places everywhere all the way from perth darwin this is um nz even any kind of property sloping property just needs a supporting structure you can let it hang off or just a normal backyard or even on your driveway yeah and or like clive and joe are where they're excavating at half again yeah i mean it's a beautiful part of the world that you're actually you're making these in but to make swimming pools on a day like this must just taunt you look we don't just build them we also test them we're a long way from that still so let's see how it all happened all right tell me how the process works yeah we start off with a a grade shipping container yeah is that what one one trip once you so all the shipping containers are made in china we're trying to um pick the ones with uh you take off the doors you cut them in half as you can see over here yeah and then reinforce them with a bit of caffeine to add a bit of integrity into that yeah and then we ship them on to the next stage of the assembly line so over here joe is where we actually build the fiberglass shelves with multiple layers okay and we install the metal skeleton that gives it its structural integrity okay so do you start with like a mould yeah so it's a pre-molded design we've got two different sizes for the 12 meter and the uh six meter and how much they build up with the fibreglassing so quite a lot there's actually a lot of engineering going in yeah okay because the pool has to support its own way [Music] so when you actually watch it get dropped into the shipping container i'm sure even after four years that you've been doing this that moment doesn't get old not at all because we know all the hard work has paid off and everything's coming together as it should [Music] from here it goes on to the decking and the plumbing where we actually do two water checks to ensure there's no issues when the rise of the customer's house yeah and we can take it even further with multiple colors and we can also add glass windows to the sides as well so you can really customize it to whatever you want yep definitely you can make it yours this is johan clive's actual pool that's nearly ready which is just as well because the boys are already putting down the slab for the pool and right now it's on the back of a truck heading from the factory in queensland to sydney [Applause] these new age upcycled pools are popping up in backyards all over australia these days it's a great solution that's affordable and much less fast [Music] clive and joe can't wait to see it oh it looks good here it comes at last yay very very cool indeed i want to see the glass oh my god it's going to look unrealistic yeah so that part will be underground the glass will they'll sit out from the ground yeah oh they're gonna love that [Music] now for the fun view the cavalry's arrived [Music] nice to meet you how are you hi how are you hi ian how are you nice to meet you hello hi i'm [Music] access is narrow and there's not much wriggle room in this small backyard [Music] so it's going to take some slow and careful positioning by the crane crew to get this 2.5 ton container safely into place and we have liftoff [Music] kits are looking forward to this one i think it's not going to be just your kids it's going to be the whole neighbourhood you're going to be very popular possibly me with a beer it's amazing just maneuvering it's like precision perfect isn't it with a ballet it is that way with a truck and a shipping container but you know what now it's your moment of truth just to test the measurements pretty much coming oh god [Music] oh yes come on baby come on well done everyone that's awesome is everybody happy with the place i think i'd like it the other way around okay ma'am you want to get it back out [Music] are you happy how's that clive in an instant you've got your pool doesn't it doesn't feel like it instead today does it no it's pretty good it's um it's a lot less hassle than it would have been if we'd had concrete in the backyard for a few months so i'm happy with how it's come out it's great now we're gonna do plug it in and play switch it on since the big day clive's had time to tie up some loose ends install a pool fence and deck connect a filtration system get final certification and of course add water and wow that's one glamorous pool ready for a party what a sight for sore eyes this is it's great doesn't it this looks so much better even from when the last time i saw it yeah i know it's come together so quickly and clever was all just that easy wasn't it oh yeah it's a doddle it's a great example of how a small little used backyard space has been put to work and transformed with an affordable useful new feature the whole family will enjoy and when it's not in use up against the house it doubles as a pretty cool water feature too uh the only thing i'd have to say is with having the house looking so good and having the pool looking so good it does kind of highlight the fact the garden's not quite done yeah did you notice that did you muddy the muddy brown patch i'm quite used to living with a dirty backyard so to speak but yeah definitely when i just sort the garden out for sure in the meantime i mean you've got the pool toys you've got the pool it's full of water i think maybe [Music] everyone do everybody who knows who's used to that well i was gonna say it's time for the kids to come in but i might just move a couple of your chances out of the way have you got friends audrey we can invite in you bet we do they're ready come on girls and you've been so patient waiting for me to knock things over who's in first jess estelle and d [Music] okay so you won the blue team now you've got the red team in a uniform race [Music] audrey's first time i think we can safely say that shipping container pools are big success pretty impressive when you think it took just four to six weeks to build in the factory and install not just fast but at about two-thirds of the price of a standard one it's no wonder so many aussie families are taking the plunge

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Length: 10min 40sec (640 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 26 2021