In the Tarn-et-Garonne, an entrepreneur imagines a mobile swimming pool for rent

Summer begins earlier and earlier and temperatures are high. So many homeowners want to invest in a swimming pool to cool off. Since the health crisis, the number of individual swimming pool installations has exploded. With more than 3 million private swimming pools buried or above ground, France holds the European record and ranks second worldwide behind the United States. But some, who have taken the plunge, regret because a swimming pool requires maintenance. You also can’t take it under your arm when you move. In any case, it is for these reasons that Serge Guirbal, swimming pool specialist, rents mobile pools which he delivers to his customers. “This does not exist at all in France. You need a simple truck. Loading is quick and it moves easily”, he explains.

This concept is aimed at individuals as well as tourism or event professionals. The hull, which can hold 14 m3 of water, is originally a metal skip that is usually designed to transport waste. It is made in a boiler workshop, in Caussade, in the Tarn-et-Garonne. “The dumpster is already a shell. It just needed treatment so that it became a swimming pool”, reports Laurent Bergougnou, operations director of Bennes Ghiret.

The steel is therefore covered with a resin to guarantee the watertightness of the skip. Everything is made locally. The only downside is the rental cost. Count 1600 euros per month. But if you keep it all season, the price is decreasing.