# Smallest In-Ground Swimming pool?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937 "2008-02-02T01:32:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/1 "2008-02-02T01:32:00Z")

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I wonder how small a swimming pool can be (and still be useable). Anybody ever have a VERY small inground pool? Do you like it?

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**Author:** ![hekk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@hekk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hekk)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/2 "2008-02-02T02:29:56Z")

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What about those “Endless Pool” things? They’re awfully tiny.

[Link](http://www.endlesspools.com/gallery/slideshow.html)

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/3 "2008-02-02T02:34:51Z")

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Obviously not [this one](http://media.smh.com.au/?category=Breaking%20News&rid=35022).

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**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/4 "2008-02-02T03:10:05Z")

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My apartment complex has a kiddy pool [about this size](http://www.hhvillarentals.com/Huntington/Kiddy_Pool.jpg). It’s fairly commonplace.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/5 "2008-02-02T17:29:34Z")

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I once had a 12x24 pool that a cheapo previous owner had put in. Definitely too small. 32 feet long is the minimum for any actual swimming.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/6 "2008-02-02T17:57:12Z")

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My parents have the worlds tiniest in ground pool. It’s one of those kidney shaped jobs… maybe about 10 ft long and 5 ft wide.

It’s not at all good for actually swimming. It’s almost like a reverse hot tub. It’s really neat for the kids to kick around in or to cool off on a really hot day.

But mostly it’s a lot of work year round to my dad for something that is useful for maybe 30 days out of the year

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**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-in-ground-swimming-pool/435937/7 "2008-02-02T19:04:08Z")

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[QUOTE=ftg]  
I once had a 12x24 pool that a cheapo previous owner had put in. Definitely too small. 32 feet long is the minimum for any actual swimming.  
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Yeah, our friend’s pool isn’t much bigger than that. It’s a homemade jobbie that the previous owners put in.