Bit of a weird question!

[Route69]

So, I have the 10ft bestway pro max swimming pool being delivered tomorrow. Typically for me, it’s rain/thunderstorms for the next 3 days!! Could I build the pool and let the rainwater fill it? Then add chlorine before using it? Surely rainwater is cleaner than tap water, but it just feels odd!

I do have these coming tomorrow (that’s not my postcode at the top I’m not even sure why my phone thinks that’s our location🤣) so maybe the rain water is a no! Drowning kids that I can’t see would really put a downer on summer..🤣

Maybe you should order an extra long hose that’ll travel from your kitchen tap to the pool.

Omg OP 🤣 Get an outside tap installed! We had one put in last summer and it was super quick and not too expensive (circa £100 iirc) although it was next to the kitchen. Can you run a hose from a bathroom?

Ok guys I’m sorry to disappoint but DH may have just saved the day! Now to see if it fits the kitchen tap🤣

How big is your house? 200ft hosepipe in B&Q.

We have one similar and they're really good as they retract pretty small

Cross post! If it doesnt you can get tap adapters

Thank god! Because it doesn’t fit my tap is way smaller than the provided hole! My life is like a series of unfortunate events🤣

What do the manufacturers advise you do?

Noooo! Damn yiu DH for being sensible, I had another brilliant idea when you said you live by the sea

Oh well, I'm pleased yiu won't need to do 900 trips with the washing up bowl to fill the pool.

Our 12ft pool takes about 10 hours to fill with the hosepipe. Trips back and forth with the washing up bowl will take you about 10 weeks 😆😆

For what it's worth I have a friend who put their pool up really early in the year and let it fill with rain water. I think they managed about half full (over the course of several months!) then topped it up when the weather started to get nicer. They make sure all the chemicals are correct of course.

You can get kits to put an outside tap in. Just make sure you connect to the right pipe. Unlike my dickhead ex, we ended up with a hot water outside tap. Although, if you wanted a hot tub, I guess it could be useful.

Ha! Yes get a tap adapter from Amazon for about a £5

We have that pool, it takes around 8-10 hours to fill with a hosepipe! Leave it running overnight

I’m giving this scenario too much thought🤣 I’m wondering what you do if and when you need to empty such a large volume of water from the pool?

Ooh I thought of this already and ordered a cover for it🙌🏻 I’m a bit of a genius you see🤭🤣

All hope is not lost yet.. the thing doesn’t fit my tap! He’s mumbling about just how far it is to drive to B&Q, I’ll have to check later if they’re in stock to be delivered🤞🏻

We’ll each send you a mug of water OP, we’ll have it filled in no time 😁

I saw hosepipe adapters in Lidl yesterday.

We had a similar one. It took 9 hours with the hose pipe running at full force. The water meter was living its best life

Hosepipe ban from 26th in the SE

but think you're probably elsewhere if raining atm

Don’t fancy a swim in the sea instead?

This is excellent. Don’t worry @Route69, your tears of frustration will have it overflowing in no time.

Excellent I'll tell you my "sea" idea, in case you need it.

When I was a kid, I used to love digging a big hole in the sand, on the beach. Then I would burrow a narrow canal from hole to the sea edge.
When the tide came in, the water would run up the narrow canal into the hole.

Anyway, I think this might work for you, if you build a canal from the sea to your pool.

Obviously, there are costs and logistics to bottom.out, but I think my idea has some merit.

This thread is delightfully bonkers 😂😂

Every little helps, as they say...

Right! The thing is up!! I can’t work out the filter and the hosepipe is not connecting to the tap! I’ve got an adapter ordered and 3 of the kids are too impatient and going to and from with bowls currently🤣