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Hi! We are Mat and Lacey and are a married couple from Boise, ID who enjoy traveling and quirky home projects! Stay tuned to whatever weird idea or adventure that we come up with next!
How To Clean Your Stock Tank Pool. We messed it up!
Thanks for watching our video on how to clean your stock tank pool! Below are the items we specifically use to clean our stock tank pool in addition to the rest of the parts and tools we used to build our pool.
If you'd like to see the step by step on how we made our In Ground Stock Tank Pool, click here - ua-cam.com/video/XfGpXwan3MI/v-deo.html
Check out the linked list of all the parts, tools, and accessories we used to build our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub. We also have a step-by-step blog post describing the same project at ditchingnormal.com/2020/06/stock-tank-pool/
- Essentials for basic Stock Tank Pool -
8ft Stock Tank - Check Tractor Supply or D&B Supply stores
Power Drill - amzn.to/2E3lvxH
Arbor Saw (to make holes for Intex Pump) - amzn.to/2WEo7Z7
Sealant (put around input/output connections) - amzn.to/2WCdbeQ
Caulk 'gun' (needed to apply sealant) - amzn.to/3fNpzAa
Multi-input Outdoor Electrical Outlet - amzn.to/3fNLwiz
Intex Pool Pump - amzn.to/3Ja6Myx
Filters for Pool Pump - amzn.to/3Jg332w
Valves for Pump hoses (prevents backflow while changing filters) - amzn.to/3Blg0WI
Outlet Strainer for Pool Pump (not included with the pump for some stupid reason) - amzn.to/3oE9P8s
Chlorine Tablets (use 2 per week in 8ft tank) - amzn.to/3BwXGK6
Chlorine dispenser - amzn.to/3Q6l3OZ
Chemical testing kit (for checking PH and Chlorine levels) - amzn.to/3PJNW3x
Solar Cover for 8ft tank (really helps heat up the pool) - amzn.to/3cHyPsN
Pool Skimmer - amzn.to/3vme3Wj
Floating Thermometer - amzn.to/3PWIKJk
Flamingo Floaty - amzn.to/3fNj9kn
Floating Solar Light (so cool at night) - amzn.to/2WEstiV
- Essentials for adding a Water Heater -
Small Arbor Saw bit for hot water input/output holes - amzn.to/2COgQiu
Flat Head Screwdriver (to connect black tubing to hose nozzle) - amzn.to/32DZDD6
Hose hardware (connects to tubing) - amzn.to/32JVihI
Tubing (carries water to and from the water heater) - amzn.to/2ZLSQFR
Hot water input/output hardware (connects to tank and tubing) - amzn.to/3eFXc5y
Water Heater - amzn.to/2Qv7cYJ
Pump that carries water to the Heater - amzn.to/2CTQc7I
Filter to prevent debris from entering Heater (connects to input hose) - amzn.to/2WEltCO
- Essentials for Putting your Stock Tank Pool In-Ground -
Drain Pipe (encases trenched out electrical and water to the heater) - amzn.to/2ZPZuuR
Shovel - amzn.to/2ZMOjmg
Gloves - amzn.to/2OICjfn
Wheelbarrow - amzn.to/39c01du
Tamper - amzn.to/2WDgcvp
All other details related to paver materials, visit - ditchingnormal.com/2020/06/stock-tank-pool/
If you'd like to see the step by step on how we made our In Ground Stock Tank Pool, click here - ua-cam.com/video/XfGpXwan3MI/v-deo.html
Check out the linked list of all the parts, tools, and accessories we used to build our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub. We also have a step-by-step blog post describing the same project at ditchingnormal.com/2020/06/stock-tank-pool/
- Essentials for basic Stock Tank Pool -
8ft Stock Tank - Check Tractor Supply or D&B Supply stores
Power Drill - amzn.to/2E3lvxH
Arbor Saw (to make holes for Intex Pump) - amzn.to/2WEo7Z7
Sealant (put around input/output connections) - amzn.to/2WCdbeQ
Caulk 'gun' (needed to apply sealant) - amzn.to/3fNpzAa
Multi-input Outdoor Electrical Outlet - amzn.to/3fNLwiz
Intex Pool Pump - amzn.to/3Ja6Myx
Filters for Pool Pump - amzn.to/3Jg332w
Valves for Pump hoses (prevents backflow while changing filters) - amzn.to/3Blg0WI
Outlet Strainer for Pool Pump (not included with the pump for some stupid reason) - amzn.to/3oE9P8s
Chlorine Tablets (use 2 per week in 8ft tank) - amzn.to/3BwXGK6
Chlorine dispenser - amzn.to/3Q6l3OZ
Chemical testing kit (for checking PH and Chlorine levels) - amzn.to/3PJNW3x
Solar Cover for 8ft tank (really helps heat up the pool) - amzn.to/3cHyPsN
Pool Skimmer - amzn.to/3vme3Wj
Floating Thermometer - amzn.to/3PWIKJk
Flamingo Floaty - amzn.to/3fNj9kn
Floating Solar Light (so cool at night) - amzn.to/2WEstiV
- Essentials for adding a Water Heater -
Small Arbor Saw bit for hot water input/output holes - amzn.to/2COgQiu
Flat Head Screwdriver (to connect black tubing to hose nozzle) - amzn.to/32DZDD6
Hose hardware (connects to tubing) - amzn.to/32JVihI
Tubing (carries water to and from the water heater) - amzn.to/2ZLSQFR
Hot water input/output hardware (connects to tank and tubing) - amzn.to/3eFXc5y
Water Heater - amzn.to/2Qv7cYJ
Pump that carries water to the Heater - amzn.to/2CTQc7I
Filter to prevent debris from entering Heater (connects to input hose) - amzn.to/2WEltCO
- Essentials for Putting your Stock Tank Pool In-Ground -
Drain Pipe (encases trenched out electrical and water to the heater) - amzn.to/2ZPZuuR
Shovel - amzn.to/2ZMOjmg
Gloves - amzn.to/2OICjfn
Wheelbarrow - amzn.to/39c01du
Tamper - amzn.to/2WDgcvp
All other details related to paver materials, visit - ditchingnormal.com/2020/06/stock-tank-pool/
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How We Made Our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub
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Thanks so much for watching how we created our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub! Our backyard is truly a spa-like oasis now. We can't wait to see how you guys do yours! Check out the linked list of all the parts, tools, and accessories we used to build our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub. We also have a step-by-step blog post describing the same project at ditchingnormal.com/2020/06/...
In-Ground Stock Tank Pool & Hot Tub
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Parts List and Instructions below: Thanks so much for watching how we created our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub! Our backyard is truly a spa-like oasis now. We can't wait to see how you guys do yours! Check out the linked list of all the parts, tools, and accessories we used to build our In Ground Stock Tank Pool and Hot Tub. We also have a step-by-step video at ua-cam.com/video/XfGpXwa...
Married Life in Maui, HI
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We celebrated Mat's 38th birthday on the beautiful beaches of Maui this year. Tons of sunshine, flowers, sand, booty pops (Lacey), and fun with a convertible Jeep Wrangler.
Costa Rica & Belize
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Mat and Lacey's 15 day 4 year anniversary vacation to Costa Rica (La Fortuna, Tamarindo, Jaco) and to Belize (Ambergris Caye) full of jungles, beaches, waterfalls, and snorkeling.
Traveling through the South
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Having fun like we usually do during a trip in late August 2018, to Atlanta and Savannah Georgia, then Charleston South Carolina, and finally Nashville Tennessee.
Grand Cayman
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January 2018 trip to the Grand Cayman Island. Lovers Wall, Starfish Point, Rum Point, and the Crystal Caves! The Caribbean is beautiful!
Lacey's 30th in Vegas
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We visited Las Vegas to celebrate Lacey's 30th birthday. Beautiful views from our room at the Palms Place!
NYC Christmas
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Nothing more Christmas-ee than New York City during the Holidays. Mat & Lacey bundled up and hit the streets for a fun xmas experience.
Chicago B-Day
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Mat celebrated his 36th birthday with pizza, baseball, and a beach in Chicago, IL.
Carmel, CA
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Took a quick weekend trip to California and visited San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Carmel, and Monterrey.
Palm Springs, CA
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Memorial Day weekend in Palm Springs, CA. Hanging at the Avalon Hotel Pool party and cruising to the Joshua Tree National Park.
Sayulita, Mexico
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Mat and Lacey recently visited Sayulita, Mexico for a friend's wedding. Check out the fun we had in the beautifully bohemian surf town of Sayulita!
Maui-versary
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Lacey and Mat of Ditching Normal celebrated their two year anniversary in Maui lounging by the pool, chasing waterfalls, snorkeling and cliff jumping
Venice Beach Stunt
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Lacey gets involved in a stunt performed at venice beach California.
New York City, Florence, Rome, Malta, Gozo, Comino and Chicago
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New York City, Florence, Rome, Malta, Gozo, Comino and Chicago
Standing on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California
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Standing on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco California
Trevi Fountain, Rome Italy | DitchingNormal
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Trevi Fountain, Rome Italy | DitchingNormal
Hi if I'm installing a poly which is 28in how deep Should I dig hole?
I love, love this set up. You did a great job.
Does the sealant covering the seams of the stock tank come off on your skin if you brush up against it? If so, what do you do to cover the seams?
Hi there. Great project! Thanks for the post. One Q: the link to the water heater no longer works. Can you update it? Thanks!
You look like Ashton Kutcher !
Love this Video! Miss you much
Would have been nice to see the actual build and process instead of your face the whole time, people just love to watch themselves on tv,
You're sooo right! Just can't get enough. So smart, so wise, so insightful.
Hey there , I wish I could send you a picture of mine. I had it covered for the winter emptied. The cover caved in because of the heavy rain we had. Now there is wavy, rough pits all over the bottom .
They are both so incredibly hot! Insanely good looking people…🥵😉
How is it holding up bro and do you have a cover for it for Winter
Why didn’t you simply go to a pool supply store for guidance and directions instead of searching Internet forums?
Helpful video thank you
Looks great!!! Where’d you learn to caulk??
Can you please give us an update? I noticed you went with the cartridge filter, how often do you have to replace and or clean the cartridge? Have you upgraded to the sand filter since your original instal?
Hi! Yes, we still use the cartridge filter. I change it after 6-8 weeks but manually clean it every couple of weeks by spraying it clean with a higher pressure nozzle on our garden hose. If you go with a sand filter let us know how you like it. We've always been curious about those. Best of luck!
How long do you keep the pump on? All the time? I just built one myself!
We have ours on a 2hr per day timer. Enjoy your new pool!
@@ditchingnormal1344 THANKS!!
Trying to do this project. How has the intake/outtake handled being close instead of opposite sides? Any issues or am I good to go to make the box
Hi! We never had any issues with them being close together. Best of luck!
Next time don't show the product as much focus on the video of you talking for 5 mins straight. We don't come here for the actual product build itself
Hello, I was wondering if the stock pool rusts or needs to be replaced can it be removed and replaced? Do you need a permit for this? I live in HOA is this considered permanent?
Hi! The only rust spots we had in our pool were due to chlorine tablets being dropped directly in the pool, on accident, and not in the floaty it's supposed to be in. Direct contact with chlorine caused the spots. Other than that, we haven't had any rust. As far as the permit and HOA question goes, I don't know. Hopefully your HOA managers can help answer that. If they do say it's considered permanent, you could maybe do an above ground version. We have one above ground now at a new house and love it just as much. Best of luck!
When you drain the water out where is the water going? Do you just remove your pump and it drains out in the same area ur pump was?
We use the pump connected to our heater to drain the pool. We simply disconnect it from the heater and set that side of the hose where we want to drain. You could also use your main pool pump to drain it. Just disconnect the hoses from the pool connections, put one hose inside the pool and the other outside. We definitely never let it flood the pump box. Best of luck!
Hey y’all we are planning on making a similar pool. We are just wondering how long it takes for the hot water heater to actually get your pool to a hot tub and how much propane it uses.
Hi! It obviously depends on the starting temperature of the water. If I'm remembering right it heats it up about 10 degrees per hour. Best of luck with your setup!
@@ditchingnormal1344 Thank you for responding. Did you have to dip your tank housing hole deeper than the stock tank itself? Our pump will not pull water from the tank into the pump so it never comes to pressure.
Ph levels! Chlorine won’t work if Ph is too high….
Love this! What did you use as backfill? I’m debating on using 2b limestone for extra drainage (clay rich soil here), but worry about the limestone corroding the galvanized steel.
Hi! We have really dry soil here and very little moisture in the summer so we just backfilled with dirt. You definitely have the right idea to backfill with something to help with drainage though if you have moist soil/clay. If you are putting your pump underground as well you may want to consider a sump pump to make sure it doesn't flood. Obviously all depends on how much water you get. Best of luck!
Nice idea! I'm trying to figure out if I want a hot tub or a stock pool.
We have a heater setup with our stock tank but it's tough to keep it as hot as a hot tub when temperatures outside cool off at night. Good luck with whichever you decide on!
@@ditchingnormal1344 hey thanks!
We might give this a try
Thanks for putting the pool in! My kids and I are enjoying it. :)
You guys are soooo adorable. Wow what an awesome job!
HOW do you drain the pool? Thanks
We used our pool pump to pump it out. Thanks for watching!
Way to much talking. No idea what’s going on?
😂💕💕💕🎉🎉🎉🎉 Southern Coast and love, life and liberty 🇺🇲
Love you Lacey and Mat 💗💗💗
I got my pool painted, in the ground and pump all set up! problem - pump is on the ground with pool lower by one foot (1/2 in and 1/2 out, as I mentioned below). My pump will not draw the water through it! Do I have to have the pump at the same level as the bottom of the pool? do you know? I see yours is but I was wondering if this is my problem. Thanks for your time!!
Hi! I don't know for sure, but I have read that these pumps may not have enough power to pull water uphill. Again, just guessing, but if that is the case you would obviously need either a stronger pump, or would need to lower the pump to the input level on your pool. Best of luck!
@@ditchingnormal1344 Thanks for taking time to answer!!
Welcome Son 😁
This was helpful as mine just got cloudy for the first time in a year. But I will say that the first shock you put in did its job because it killed the algae blooms and they sank to the bottom. If you watch those trendy pool cleaning videos, that's what happens...and then they vacuum it out. Harder in a smaller pool as it will just get swirled around again. I just drained mine and started over. If you're getting rust though...that I am now an expert on...I just had to sand and epoxy my whole pool. Trial and error with these things.
Yep, yep. I did a thorough cleaning of my stock tank this way without draining. I have the same filter and used the same vacuum as the ones in the video. Adding a flocculant, cleaning my filters, and upgrading my pool vacuum seemed to do the trick to removing the cloudiness. The point of the flocculant is for particles to clump together and sink to the bottom. It took a ton of vacuuming but I eventually got a clearer pool.
Title: how to clean stock tank pool. Video: just drain it and start over. K
Any update on how the pool looks now??
Hi! We sold the home last fall. The pool was in good shape still when we left it.
Do rain water get I'm where you installed the pump?
We don't get a lot of rain here. If there was ever a storm, we would cover our entire pool and pump box with a tarp. Thanks for watching!
Sorry if I'm asking a question that's been asked already. How hot can you get the pool with the heater? I know it heats about 10 degrees per hour. Just wondering how warm it can be compared to an actual hot tub? Enjoyed the video, great job!
Hi! There is a temperature reading on the water heater we have. It would show temps of 127-130 degrees pushing into the pool making me believe it could get very hot if you wanted it to!
Do you put a cover over the pool when not in use? I wonder if this would help to keep the pool clean.
We only had a solar cover at the time. I believe it was a combination of an extreme heat wave and not having enough chlorine in our pool when the pool temp got above 90 degrees. A cover may have helped though, you never know!
Was the U-Haul cheaper than having the stock tank shipped to you?
Hi! We didn't have any shipping options where we lived for this pool. Since then, we moved to a farm town where we had a new tank delivered by a farm and country store for $35. ...which was definitely cheaper than a uhaul.
Very good video
Thanks for checking it out!
This is a terrible video. Why google recomended it I have no idea. I'll let you flipped flop a bottoms the fk outa here
Jeeeez y'all are ONE SEXY COUPLE 😂🥰
Dang they even hired models to swim in their pool for the video... Oh wait that's them🤣!!! Great job guys, it turned out amazing!!!
Lol! Thanks for the kind words!
Hi! Wondering how it's held up a year later
We sold this home last fall but it held up great for the 2 years we had it!
I am digging a hole to place my pool half in the ground and half out so I watched your video but you left out showing what you did with all the dirt you dug out! What'd you do with the dirt, by the way?! Thanks.
Hi! I spread the dirt behind our fence line behind our house. If you don't have room to do that, I would recommend putting 'free soil' up on craigslist. You'd be surprised how many people will come grab it. Especially this time of year. Good luck with your project and thanks for watching!
Hey man, just checking in on how your pool is holding up. My wife has been locked in on pinterest looking at stock tank pools and I don't think I'm getting out of this build. Appreciate all the tips here and your inground design came out awesome so I was looking to do something similar but worried a little about drainage and rust. I see people painting theirs with pond paint and wondering if its worth the extra effort. Side note, pretty good editing on the pool uploads, programs have made it easier but you still have to put the time in and they came out great.
Hi Dave! We just recently sold that home but the pool was in good shape when we left it. The only rust spot we had was due to renters dropping chlorine tablets directly in the pool instead of using the floating dispenser. Direct contact with the chlorine tablets can cause rust pretty immediately. Outside of that, we didn't have any issues or signs of rust for 3 years of using the pool. If I were to build this again, I would likely add the epoxy 'pond paint' just to add an extra layer of protection to extend the life of the pool as eventually it would get some rust. Whether that would happen in 5 years or 10, I am not sure but it would likely happen. Good luck with your project!
@@ditchingnormal1344 great to hear and thanks for the quick reply. I will be picking one up this weekend and getting the paint now because I can’t see myself doing it next season. Really appreciate the tips, thanks again!
What did you scrub it with? Any special cleaner to get that calcium off?
Hi! Nope, just a firm scrubbing brush that we'd normally use for the bathtub or shower.
What sort of cameras do you use?
Hi Michael - the drone shots are from a DJI Spark. The rest are either from our cell phone camera or Sony A3 Digital Camera.
Did you paint the inside and if so, what did you use?
Hi Ann! We did not paint the inside.
How do I drain the stock tank pool
Hi Pam! If it is in-ground like ours, you would need to use a pump to get the water out. You can just used the pool pump you already have but just unplug the output connection from the pool and point it wherever you want it to drain. Good luck!