Hi Guys I'm after a bit of advise please. my wife if opening a hydrotherapy for dogs and we have been pricing up pools which are looking very expensive indeed. my idea is to build a container pool by cutting the top off a 20ft container and then constructing a pool using the following steps from some research.
1. use a plasma cutter to cut the container top off at a height of 1.2m by using a scaffold frame and a couple of block and tackles.
2. reinforce the container by using some square tubing around the top and bottom of the container with a couple of vertical drops.
3.line the inside of the container with 3mm or 4mm mild steel sheets and welded water tight. now this is where I could really use some advice. I have contacted about 10 fabricators and welders in my area and not had a reply to my email from any of them which makes me wonder if its a daunting task? my next thought is how possible this would be to do myself? I did a lot of stick welding about 15 years ago but was by no means a professional. I did look at hiring a mig welder and to have a go at a couple of cut offs but that comes in at £176 so my next question is would it be worthwhile purchasing a second hand one with a budget of about £400? we have a warehouse where the hydrotherapy will be opened that has 3 phase power available.
4. looking to use a marine epoxy to line the container then add all the pumps and necessary accessories. any advice and thoughts on this project will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.
1. use a plasma cutter to cut the container top off at a height of 1.2m by using a scaffold frame and a couple of block and tackles.
2. reinforce the container by using some square tubing around the top and bottom of the container with a couple of vertical drops.
3.line the inside of the container with 3mm or 4mm mild steel sheets and welded water tight. now this is where I could really use some advice. I have contacted about 10 fabricators and welders in my area and not had a reply to my email from any of them which makes me wonder if its a daunting task? my next thought is how possible this would be to do myself? I did a lot of stick welding about 15 years ago but was by no means a professional. I did look at hiring a mig welder and to have a go at a couple of cut offs but that comes in at £176 so my next question is would it be worthwhile purchasing a second hand one with a budget of about £400? we have a warehouse where the hydrotherapy will be opened that has 3 phase power available.
4. looking to use a marine epoxy to line the container then add all the pumps and necessary accessories. any advice and thoughts on this project will be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance.