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…