Take the Time to Install a Solid and Reliable Concrete Swimming Pool

One of the best features of concrete pools is that they are not limited in shape or size. They can be designed and built with the ideal shape to compliment your back yard, swimming requirements as well as the already existing or planned landscaping.


There are three building styles commonly utilised for the construction of concrete pools, and these are precast, shotcrete, and finally the cast-in-place method. Generally, shotcreting, which provides a liner that rests on the local embankment, is cheaper, but isn’t suitable where the embankment walls are either unstable or prone to external hydraulic pressure. Precast construction can be economic if the right facilities are available, with a reduction in labour and forming costs. If the joints used in this process have been well designed and are properly constructed they perform almost equally with structures which are cast in place.


Once you’ve established the size and shape of your concrete pool, then had the plans approved by your local council you can sit back and relax for a couple of months whilst the pool craftsmen get on with their job.


First thing to occur will be the earthworks itself, as the hole for your pool is literally scooped out of the earth. The soil may be carted away or used and incorporated into further landscaping in your yard. Once the big hole is finished the concreting form work will be delivered. It won’t take the workers long to get the boards and sheets in place as they are well used to jobs like yours.


Once the formwork is finished any steel required for strengthening reinforcement will be placed and wired together to prevent movement once the concrete pouring begins. The pouring of the concrete pool shell is probably the most important and certainly the most noticeable aspect of the construction of concrete pools. One minute you have a large hole in the earth and within a few hours there is a thick concrete shell, almost ready for filling with water.


The concrete will set fairly quickly and within a few days, backfilling will be done carefully. This will often be performed along with any plumbing lines which need to run in the backfilled areas. Soon thereafter an electrician and a tiler will appear, and then, specialists will install any step treads required and craft the bull-nosed header around the pool edge.


Any water features and paving will quickly follow as your concrete pool starts to look like you expected it would. In a flurry of activity the filtration equipment will be installed, the shell will be meticulously cleaned and a fine plaster lining added below the tiles which were set down to the water level.


After a final inspection, the pool is filled with water and the manufacturer will tell you all you need to know about the maintenance and care required by your sturdy concrete swimming pool. It may have taken a couple of months from start to finish, but then, suddenly, before you know it, you’ll be stroking casually along the length of your own backyard swimming hole, proudly joining that prestigious club; owners of well-constructed concrete pools.




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