Recent content by jilt

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    diy - used tires

    Good call on that. I was thinking of using parging or something for a smoother inside wall. The "dirt" in my area is more clay like than dirt. If I could afford the gravel here I could easily afford to have a contractor come in and drop in a custom fibreglass jobbie in my yard. Gravel is...
  2. J

    diy - used tires

    Yes something similar to that duraleigh. I was thinking of using the sidwalls that I cut out on the one side of the tire to fill in the curved areas that the tires make. I just got off the phone with a fellow that does pond installations near me. He told me that the liner they have...
  3. J

    diy - used tires

    Hey all. I have been wanting to build my own pool for a few years now. I think last year was my last with our ultra cheap above ground 18' knee deep (ok maybe 40" or so)pool. I saw a show on HGTV that had a guy that made a pool from recycled tires and pond liner. It looked fantastic. It got...