How much to put in a lap lane in your backyard

Looks like they start at over $20k now. www.endlesspools.com/.../what_pricelist.html I had to be a Endless pool swimmer at a Home Show one weekend last fall Though it is a great product, I wouldn't do it unless you had money to burn right now. Wait until maybe it tells you how much distance you can do and how long it took you. On the backyard lane line, Barbie Benton, a former ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner, has a two lanes indoors at your home in Aspen. He got dumped by Hefner and found another rich guy to marry her. I saw it on the Morons Next Door show. It was two seperate pools but not sure how long it was. I would love to build a 2 to 4 lane 50 Meter pool if I ever had a backyard. I would just have a little house and with the 50 meter pool. I would probably have it indoors so I could use it in the winter but have all the doors open or whatever in the summer. Plus, I could make a couple bucks renting it out to age group clubs that had that January LCM meet to prepare for. Of course, this is so unrealistic in this economy right now.

I haven't yet investigated costs, but my dream is to build a 3 lane x 25 meter pool in my backyard. In my wild fantasy, Myrtha pool constructs it. I'll be getting quotes later this year as I think this is a multi-year savings project for me. Based upon what I know of building play pools in Arizona, though, I think the $70k to $100K range would be right for a 2 or 3 lane, 25 yard or so pool by a traditional pool company. Bells and whistles like heating/cooling systems, automated covers, real lane lines, starting blocks, would be more. Then, of course, if you go that far, you gotta consider the underwater tracking camera, touchpads and scoreboard. :) Dream big.

My husband and I put a lap pool in our backyard almost 6 years ago. It's been amazing. 25 feet long, in an indoor structure so we can use it year round. (Being in Massachusetts, that's important to us.) I agree with what someone said abou the choppiness of a single lane pool, but for me, training for open water, that's an advantage. It is not, however, a cheap endeavor. Ours cost well more than a standard outdoor lane. It's a gunnite pool, since we didn't want vinyl, and since it's indoors, requires a lot less chemicals--an added bonus. There was an article about it a few years ago so here's the link in case you want to see/read more. www.dwell.com/.../skinny-dip.html media.dwell.com/.../indoor-pool-amherst-massachusetts-didier-sydne-interior-pool.jpg

I haven't yet investigated costs, but my dream is to build a 3 lane x 25 meter pool in my backyard. In my wild fantasy, Myrtha pool constructs it. I'll be getting quotes later this year as I think this is a multi-year savings project for me. Based upon what I know of building play pools in Arizona, though, I think the $70k to $100K range would be right for a 2 or 3 lane, 25 yard or so pool by a traditional pool company. Bells and whistles like heating/cooling systems, automated covers, real lane lines, starting blocks, would be more. Then, of course, if you go that far, you gotta consider the underwater tracking camera, touchpads and scoreboard. :) Dream big. if you are going to spend 70K or more, just get the bells and whistles while you are at it. Nice thinking with the tracking camera.

No clue on cost but wanted to share an experience--I was at a hotel that had a one-lane lap pool. It was a pretty standard outdoor pool. It didn't have gutters, just tiled sides up to a concrete lip. I'm sure you know the type. I was the only person swimming in it but dang did it get choppy in a hurry. I felt like I was swimming in open water. The absence of gutters (and the small size of the pool) made a huge difference. Unless you like swimming with a lot of chop, I'd pay for some real gutters (ones where the water washes into them all around the pool) but that has to significantly add to the cost... Good luck. It's still a dream of mine one day to (a) have a back yard, (b) have it be big enough to build a 25 meter pool in it and (c) actually build my own personal 1-2 lane 25 meter pool.

Great to have in the yard, if you can afford it !

The other thing to think about is your property value, which could change and sometimes decrease depending upon the liability of a pool. Ours is a little different because it's inside. But, if you are doing outside, you also have to factor in the cost of fencing/security since that will probably be required with your town permitting process. We have a special retractable cover that made it a different case because it can hold something like 20 adults when closed. Of course, our town still wanted a fence around it--and we kept saying the building WAS the fence. Thanks for the Work of Art comment. When we built it, our friends all said "have you seen your kitchen?" We certainly went with our passion rather than practicality....

Unless you like swimming with a lot of chop, I'd pay for some real gutters (ones where the water washes into them all around the pool) but that has to significantly add to the cost... Would adding decent wave-eating lane lines to the sides be a cheaper alternative to adding gutters and have much the same effect? I've been swimming more frequently in Lake Michigan this summer. I've come to the conclusion that there is no substitute for a glassy smooth body of open water... S

It won't be cheap, that's for sure. Add in the newt deck/patio, the landscaping, the furniture, lighting, etc and you have a nice bill. I'd guess based on a few neighbors and in-laws who put in a pool that you are looking at $20-$25K minimum and their pools are not 25 yards, not even close. The folks that live behind up just put in the full blown back yard pool, outdoor kitchen, etc and the rumor is it cost $100K. I don't know if that is true but the point is you can probably spend as much as you want on these things. An alternative might be one of those endless pools that Rowdy peddles but those look dreadfully boring.

Ours cost well more than a standard outdoor lane. That pool room probably cost more than my house. It looks like a work of art with a pool inside.