Summer vacations are all about sun, sea, and sand. Wouldn’t you agree? Unfortunately for some of us, getting to the seaside can be one difficult task because things keep getting in our way. Maybe your car just broke down. Perhaps your partner got the chickenpox. Or maybe you live so far away from the beautiful beaches that it would take you a solid week to get there.
Here’s a bit of good news — you can have your very own personal beach right in your backyard. Founder of the Zydeco Construction company, Eric White builds private swimming ponds that look like they came from the pages of an exotic travel guide.
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Eric White’s company, Zydeco Construction, builds awesome pools like this one in backyards. They look just like oases
Image credits: Zydeco Construction
Image credits: Zydeco Construction
The exterior construction company is based in Maurepas, Louisiana, and specializes in making unique-looking beaches that cost about as much like a swimming pool construction — roughly 20,000 dollars. This awesome backyard idea is sure to have the neighbors raising an eyebrow or two.
White told USA Today’s The Daily Advertiser that “it has always been a dream of mine to do these different things. I am all about figuring out a way to make things happen. I can look at any situation and come up with a way to fix it. I like to stay in the market for things that most companies don’t offer, especially custom backyard landscaping ideas.”
According to White, he had a very rough life. He said he was “homeless at 15 for about eight months” because he had “dropped out of school in the ninth grade and only had a second-grade reading skill.” Fortunately, after changing a few jobs at construction sites, he became team manager at a construction company and eventually went on to found his own company, Cool Pools, which he sold. Now, he’s the founder of Zydeco Construction that makes these awesome oasis-like pools.
Image credits: Zydeco Construction
Image credits: Zydeco Construction
Image credits: Eric White
This summer has been way hotter than usual, with Europeans practically melting under the blazing sun. From London to Paris, everyone’s health is in danger and people have been asking. What. In. The. World. Is. Going. On.
It’s more important now than ever to know what to do in such intense temperatures, and how to stay cool to survive. Probe Around The Globe suggests that you stay inside during the hottest hours of the day, stay well hydrated (avoid alcohol and drink plenty of water), and refresh yourself by splashing yourself with water. But avoid applying ice-cold water or an ice pack because your body will respond by conserving heat.
You should also wear thin clothes, wear a hat, try to avoid crowded metropolitan areas. If all else fails, just remember — you can always opt for a private oasis and personal piece of paradise in your backyard.
Some people loved the idea of a personal beach, while others thought it was too much of a hassle
Just set up those devices that make sounds to deter animals??
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Turn your backyard into a beach? Frankly, if I had that kind of disposable income I would rather buy property in Central America and turn a beach into my backyard.
Probably not much as this won't be a huge seller. It looks pretty, but you have 2 major issues 1: finding people with the actual room to fit a personal oasis. 2: finding people with that much cash on hand (to purchase AND don't forget that big pile of lovely maintenance costs each year!).
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How big is his back garden? Mines can't get a trampoline in it without taking up all the space
How do you clean it? How do you cover it in the winter? How do you get all the leaves out of it? Yeah, it's pretty to look at and if you can afford to have it professionally maintained year round, it might be nice. But it's certainly not practical for the average pool owner.
Agreed. And that sand will need to be removed and cleaned every couple of years, if not it will be a black stinking mess from all the organic debris that filters down into it.
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If this is a 'natural' pool, they can be quite difficult to maintain. Worth the effort but you would need to keep wild birds out, your dog can't get in for a swim and I am not seeing how they are cleaning and filtering the water.....will have to investigate....
I've seen 'natural' pool conversions that accommodate birds, swimming, dogs etc, but they are all heavily surrounded by plants, many of which are in the water in order to eat up the nitrogen from the waste. They do require a bit of balancing, you need an air bubbler and a few other things, but in the end people do end up with amazing tropical-looking pools that attract local wildlife as well as being perfectly swimmable.
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That's not any backyard that's unrealistically huge back yard. Any person I know who owns a home does not have this huge backyard.
Lots of people would have room for it (averages outside of the city like where I live). It would definitely fit on my dad's property but it's so cold here that you'd only get to use it for like two months... and also we have six cats so it would be disgusting (I had a sandbox as a kid and that didn't last long)
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The river that runs through my city has a lot of sand in it, so sandbars pop up in random places every year. You can see people toting beach umbrellas, towels, and lawn chairs out to the nearer ones to enjoy a makeshift temporary "beach" on hot summer days. Not a great idea to swim from those beaches, though.
Don't like beaches and avoid going if at all possible. Don't like dry sand in my shoes, nor the feel of wet, squishy sand on my bare feet and between my toes. Prefer pools. However, these things look to be as much of a pain, or more, to maintain as a regular pool. As a former pool owner, I have to say that's enough reason not to have one. People who enjoy pools most are usually not the ones who have to do that chore.
I think its awesome and I have the space. Come to Mars Pa.and build me one please
Do you also have 10K - 50K laying around doing nothing?
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Better then being ate by a shark or flesh eating bacteria... I'm totally in to have one, everyday!! Wow!
Beautiful! Is there a filtration system to continually clean the water?
Interesting, but it would be nice to learn of the construction and how it's filtered and maintained.
It's a pond......check back in two years to see it moss covered filled with misquotes like every other retention pond...
Any back garden? Do they think everyone has such a massive area to use? In the UK, most would be about one tenth the size of this.
It would fit in our back garden. But we're in England, & have to move. Lol
So if all your neighbors jump in your little lake you might get your cost down to a hundred bux a jump, right?
Just set up those devices that make sounds to deter animals??
Load More Replies... Turn your backyard into a beach? Frankly, if I had that kind of disposable income I would rather buy property in Central America and turn a beach into my backyard.
Probably not much as this won't be a huge seller. It looks pretty, but you have 2 major issues 1: finding people with the actual room to fit a personal oasis. 2: finding people with that much cash on hand (to purchase AND don't forget that big pile of lovely maintenance costs each year!).
Load More Replies... How big is his back garden? Mines can't get a trampoline in it without taking up all the space
How do you clean it? How do you cover it in the winter? How do you get all the leaves out of it? Yeah, it's pretty to look at and if you can afford to have it professionally maintained year round, it might be nice. But it's certainly not practical for the average pool owner.
Agreed. And that sand will need to be removed and cleaned every couple of years, if not it will be a black stinking mess from all the organic debris that filters down into it.
Load More Replies... If this is a 'natural' pool, they can be quite difficult to maintain. Worth the effort but you would need to keep wild birds out, your dog can't get in for a swim and I am not seeing how they are cleaning and filtering the water.....will have to investigate....
I've seen 'natural' pool conversions that accommodate birds, swimming, dogs etc, but they are all heavily surrounded by plants, many of which are in the water in order to eat up the nitrogen from the waste. They do require a bit of balancing, you need an air bubbler and a few other things, but in the end people do end up with amazing tropical-looking pools that attract local wildlife as well as being perfectly swimmable.
Load More Replies... That's not any backyard that's unrealistically huge back yard. Any person I know who owns a home does not have this huge backyard.
Lots of people would have room for it (averages outside of the city like where I live). It would definitely fit on my dad's property but it's so cold here that you'd only get to use it for like two months... and also we have six cats so it would be disgusting (I had a sandbox as a kid and that didn't last long)
Load More Replies... The river that runs through my city has a lot of sand in it, so sandbars pop up in random places every year. You can see people toting beach umbrellas, towels, and lawn chairs out to the nearer ones to enjoy a makeshift temporary "beach" on hot summer days. Not a great idea to swim from those beaches, though.
Don't like beaches and avoid going if at all possible. Don't like dry sand in my shoes, nor the feel of wet, squishy sand on my bare feet and between my toes. Prefer pools. However, these things look to be as much of a pain, or more, to maintain as a regular pool. As a former pool owner, I have to say that's enough reason not to have one. People who enjoy pools most are usually not the ones who have to do that chore.
I think its awesome and I have the space. Come to Mars Pa.and build me one please
Do you also have 10K - 50K laying around doing nothing?
Load More Replies... Better then being ate by a shark or flesh eating bacteria... I'm totally in to have one, everyday!! Wow!
Beautiful! Is there a filtration system to continually clean the water?
Interesting, but it would be nice to learn of the construction and how it's filtered and maintained.
It's a pond......check back in two years to see it moss covered filled with misquotes like every other retention pond...
Any back garden? Do they think everyone has such a massive area to use? In the UK, most would be about one tenth the size of this.
It would fit in our back garden. But we're in England, & have to move. Lol
So if all your neighbors jump in your little lake you might get your cost down to a hundred bux a jump, right?
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