The thought of having your very own swimming pool at home can seem like just a fantasy to most of us, but one man has made his dream a reality – and in just 12 hours.
Caleb Harrison, a DIY enthusiast, went viral after sharing his home-built swimming pool on social media.
The 27-year-old’s TikTok showed off the brand new swimming pool made using wooden pallets that cost him just €119 ($140).
Caleb’s wide, Kayla filmed him as he began the project by frilling the wooden pallets together and adding a plastic sheet and some blue tarpaulin to the inside of the structure.
The video then ends, leaving the viewer wondering if the at-home hack really worked.
Some TikTok viewers were sceptical of the pool, with one commenting: “Uhh… do ya’ll really think this will work I’m sorry but absolutely not.”
“Won’t last long at all,” another said.
Another user joked: “I think it will work as long as you don’t add water.”
However, Caleb proved all the doubters wrong as the pallet pool is still in great condition almost a month on and can easily hold up to 3,000 gallons of water.
Kayla told Jam Press: “When he first started suggesting the ideas, which was about a week before he actually built it, I thought it was a little crazy.
"He's had a ton of ideas and all of them have worked, but I didn't understand how he was going to make a completely functional pool in the backyard, but after searching online for several days for viable options that we could buy that were in our budget, I finally gave in.”
Fortunately, the project didn't take up too much of Caleb's time, as he completed the pool in just 12 hours spread over one week.
Kayla said, "He used 14 pallets and he made sure to find ones that were made out of oak or walnut that they would be stronger. The pine pallets are more brittle.
“He used supports to connect all the pallets, essentially making walls, and he then took hurricane straps which are flexible but extremely strong bands of metal and strapped them across the corners.
“For liner, we used some vapor barrier plastic, and then to make it have that blue pool feel, we added in the blue tarp.
"I helped him get the tarp in, and I researched what filter system and chemicals we should use.
“I also helped him paint the exterior white. And of course, I filmed it being built.”
Kayla said she couldn't believe how durable and hard-wearing the pool is and said she was shocked by the response it got on social media.
She said, “I started with 400-ish followers the day I posted the video. Two weeks later, we hit the 200,000 mark.
"I'm shocked that it has blown up like this, but as I said before, we do projects like this all the time, so we are excited to see an audience that's ready for more and enjoy what we are doing."
