Everything is now prepared and ready for the pouring of the concrete into the blocks. I have put some scaffolding planks (old formwork boards) on spare blocks to help with the pour as the height from the inside of the pool is now standing at 1.6m. You can also see…
I decided that given the concrete is relatively fluid (S4) then this could cause a problem between the main walls and the small wall in the middle of the pool. The small wall is to act as a separation between the shallow end and the slope and is made up…
All of the 8mm vertical re-bar has now been added to the pool walls, ready for the concrete pour. The two ends also have L-Shaped re-bar inserted at 25cm intervals to connect the slabs that will be added at either end for the ‘beach area’ and hidden roller shutter (deep…
The final course for this phase of the build was installed today. This course sees the incorporate of a number of the wall ‘pass throughs’ for the three LED projectors (closest wall) and two inlets (left hand end). The photo above shows the back of the ‘through wall’ conduits for…
I took the drone out for a spin this morning to capture some shots from above.
Great progress today, with three rows being completed. There is just one more row to complete until the concrete is poured, which is booked now for next Tuesday. There will be two more rows installed after that, but these will extend past the current basin, to form a 40cm (35cm…
Before the fourth layer is added, I have inserted a series of pre-bent L-Shaped 8mm rebar angles into the walls to allow connection to the shallow-end slab that will be formed later on. Inserting these joints now should create a super strong structure, with all elements of the pool being…
I managed to finish work a little early today and got on with the walls, making good progress. As suspected, the first row was the most difficult, with the angled rebar snagging on some of the blocks. The second and third rows have been much easier, albeit some persuasion was…
The blocks arrived today, but it did not get off to a great start… The delivery driver refused to take the blocks around the back to the worksite, because he would have to drive across some grass and it had rained the night before. He also said that he would…
A number of different things have been achieved today. First of all, digger was back to level some of the spoil that was extracted from the pool. Now we have a height off the slab, we know the final patio level. We are probably going to put AstroTurf down next…