Recent content by Markit

You guys have all hit the nail right on its beady little head - temperature is the main problem. As I said on another post I've read and talked to lots of builders/owners of "natural pools" in Europe but none in the tropics and I'm beginning to suspect the reason why. I'm sure that the water...

Many thanks for that link and information. I will read it at leisure and maybe rethink my plans - I had originally intended to equip the pool with all the pipes and connections for an easy change-over to chlorination should I or future owners want to change so I will have a good think about it...

Thanks for the advice and I take it on-board, of course. As this would appear to a be a mainly US based forum I didn't expect there to be much about fresh water pools here but from what I have learned they are catching on (slowly) even in America. They have been growing in popularity by leaps...

Hi as a newby I'd like to introduce myself and thank all of you in advance that are kind enough to offer your advice and experience to help me on what is probably a strange undertaking to many here (can't find any similar topics here so it must be strange). I'm building a fresh water pool here...

Many thanks for the tips I'll give them a good look - I did do a search here for "fresh water pool" and "natural pool" but nothing came up and in my experience there are many, many different names. So I got a bit lazy and asked - thanks. Exotic? Yeah, probably, but it is the perfect weather for...

I am in the process of building a villa with swimming pool here on the Indonesian island of Bali and would be very interested in any pointers (to threads on this forum) concerning fresh water pools, aquatic plants to use, pros and cons in a tropical environment, etc. etc. Will happily post...