Today saw the successful pour of the shuttered pool walls, to make them all perfectly level and to the finished height. You can also see the slab for the technical room in the background, as well as some footings in the foreground which will connect the feature wall to the…
Which means that we are back out in France and I have some help with me this time… It is the first time my wife and youngest daughter have actually seen the work on the pool, as it has been only myself doing the work to date (except the original…
The final two courses of blocks have now been installed, along with the return jets into the beach area. You can now really get the sense of the final size of the pool. The slops has also started to take shape, as per the photo below, with the blocks to…
The three slabs were all poured today and look great. A slight shower shortly after pouring, but never rained to hard and will not impact finish. Beach and shallow end slabs can be see in the photo below, with the bubblers and drains visible (drains under blocks!) The following photo…
The three slabs are now ready for the concrete pour tomorrow. Following photo shows the bubblers in what will be the beach (plage) area. The next photo shows the beach and shallow end, with the shallow end drains being set level in ready-mix concrete, ahead of the pouring of the…
This bit of the build is a little heart breaking, as it requires the burring of around 400 blocks (12 tonnes) and will never be seen in the final construction. I chose this route as I wanted to build the main structure (9×4.5m pool) on a single solid slab and…
Around four tonnes of hardcore spread out for where the plage ‘beach’ will be going. The photo below shows the initial plumbing being laid for the two ‘bubblers’ that will provide a nice feature in the beach area.
Made it back out for a few weeks to get on with the pool again. Mixed blessing when I arrived, with the sight of so many blocks to move…
Raised terraces are now complete, with the exception of the tiles which will be done at a later date, along with the pool deck level patio. The steps rise up to a higher level terrace, with dinning area in the middle, which will be enclosed with a glass balustrade. Currently…
Some more photos showing the progress being made by the team on the terracing. There are now five courses of blocks installed, so I now assume the ring beam will be the next to be installed, which will also be used to tie into the slabs.