Monday 9 February 2009

Swimming pool

Photo0003-5 Photo0004-5

Dig a big hole & fit big shiny walls.

Photo0007-5 Photo0008-5

Concrete the floor.

Photo0014-7 Photo0013-5

Make sure you concrete all of it.

Photo0006-6 Photo0017-5

Make sure the new shiny walls can’t move.

Photo0019-5 Photo0024-4

Install the spaghetti pipes.

Photo0001-7 Photo0004-7

Backfill the trench ready for planting your potatoes.

Photo0010-6 Photo0011-6

Glue your feet & the felt down on the floor.

Photo0012-6 Photo0014-8

Fit the liner & fill with water.

Photo0035-4 Photo0037-3

Buy a ridiculous amount of brick weave paving.

Photo0003-8 Photo0038-3

& lay all one million of them, one at a time.

Photo0117 Photo0116

But the result is worth it.

A more detailed installation guide for this pool is available here.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Absolutely love what you did! My wife and I bought a barn 2 years ago and are in the 'slow' process of turning it into a house. I was over there for 5 weeks changing the roof and putting in a new floor. We are between toulouse and carcassonne in a place called revel in the tarn region.