Got through a whole 500ml of glue today, completing the majority of the technical room work. The system will comprise of three pumps (one for filtration / heating, one for bubblers, and one for water fall). The inflow for each of these are on the lowest level and each have…
Back out for a week and great to be able to see the progress on the pool house in person. The two workshops have both been demolished and major structural work complete. Some tiding up of the walls and then rendering off all external walls will finish it off. Then…
A few spare minutes on my hands, so decided to update the render of the finished look, now that the plans have evolved and colours being picked etc. The sail-shades can now we seen in place, as well as the technical room on the left. Render of latest design taken…
A quick update from the builder in France, showing the new opening for the pool house. Clearly the original opening of the garage will be blocked in and a new concrete slab laid, once the ground has been dug out.
As like so many people, I’ve been remote working during Covid. However, there is now work going on in our build, but with me being remote… I could get used to this! The work has commenced, with some local builders, to convert the garage into a ‘Pool House’. The first…
That is all of the work complete for this trip and with four concrete pours completed, 26.5m3 in total, it has been a real success, despite the little setback and upset at the formwork giving way on the first attempt. Sail-shade posts can be seen in place, but they are…
Whilst not on the original list of jobs for this trip, it would have been a wasted opportunity if we did not complete this job, with the pool basin being dry and other jobs all being completed successfully. The photo below shows the slope the day before the pour, with…
The biggest concrete pour of the build, with 14 cubic metres being poured using the long reach pump truck (28m arm). My daughter is tamping the concrete with the 2m metal bar to help bring the ‘cream’ to the top and sink any aggregate, leaving a nice smooth finish. The…
With the formwork off the front of the feature wall, we have been able to finish preparing the pool terrace slab for pouring. The walls of the pool and surrounding steps / retaining walls have all been tied together using rebar chemically set and tied to the wire sheets of…
Second time lucky! Almost every spare 10 minutes that I had this week was spent trying to find and implement ways to make the formwork for the feature wall stronger. This meant adding additional wooden braces at corners, extra pallets and blocks for support, etc. Glad to say all of…