The ebook

Build an in ground pool with the shape of your choice, with lighting, without structure, without concrete, built directly on the soil... The cheapest concept currently existing.
If you are thinking of or dreaming of building your pool yourself, then this website is for you.


The Swimming Pool On The Ground by Daniel Liaigre - (Les Éditions des Idées)
E-book 126 pages, printable PDF format, 193 pages, 101 Mo.
Discover, a full book in English version to allow you to build an in-ground pool, easily and at a price which defies all competition.

The Idea

Since my wife and I bought an old farmhouse to restore and as we go on holiday very rarely, I have always had the idea of building an in-ground pool for us and for our two children. However the years fly by and  seven years later in 2001, still no pool. High costs for the restoration work and a very limited budget principally to be used for purchasing the materials needed for the renovations mean that some dreams have had to be shelved.

The concept

This type of in-ground pool is built directly on the ground, like a natural ornamental pond.
The aim is to waterproof a hole in the shape of your choice, in the ground or in the rock, using a pvc geomembrane, and to be able to keep it filled with clean clear water thanks to filtering systems incorporated in it and joined in a waterproof fashion to the pvc geomembrane.
The aim is to do this economically but to make it very sturdy.  (a method for the smoothing of the sides in holes in the rock is described in the manual).