This Company Is Turning Used Shipping Containers Into Custom Swimming Pools

Modpools upcycles shipping containers that are otherwise destined to rust, creating above-ground pools that are shipped to your door.

Aug 17, 2021 - 22:34

This Company Is Turning Used Shipping Containers Into Custom Swimming Pools

Modpools upcycles shipping containers that are otherwise destined to rust, creating prefab pools that are shipped to your door.

This pool has been build into a decking area and features a divider between the pool and a hot tub area.

Stacked high on massive cargo vessels, shipping containers make lengthy journeys across the world’s oceans to deliver the goods. Many of those containers make a single trip only to be discarded upon arrival, while others get second chances as restaurants, office spaces, or homes. More recently, one American company has found yet another way to keep them from becoming waste—by turning them into backyard swimming pools.

Modpools build self-contained, modular pools that can be used above, below, or partially in-ground. The pools come in sizes ranging from 8-by-12 foot to 12-by-40 foot. — Modpools builds self-contained, modular pools that can be used above, below, or partially in-ground. The pools come in sizes ranging from 8-by-12 feet to 12-by-40 feet.
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Since being founded by Paul Rathnam in 2017, Modpools has created some seriously unusual pool designs that begin with discarded shipping containers—think pools on rooftops, pools with windows into living rooms, and pools integrated into decking. "We’re disrupting an industry and innovating an untapped space in the market between old-school traditional pools and ’70s hot tubs," claims Rathnam.