11m x 4m outdoor swimming pool in 3 weeks (with paving)

[JulianPH]

Harry H said:

Julian

What's all the gear up the far end to the steps. Is it a wave machine or one of those current generator thingy majigs ?

It is the cover pit with the top lifted up!

[Bonefish Blues]

Some Gump said:

JulianPH said:

Tell the lads they'd be finished by now if they stuck on task rather than pissing about with big Ker Plunck.

We should all be grateful that they've got wood.

[JulianPH]

pterodroma said:

JulianPH said:

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Can I ask what that is and what it does? A pump? Main water feed (hence the copper pipe)? Assume it will remain accessible as there are isolation valves...

And as I haven't chimed in yet, congratulations on an outrageous project! I wasn't sure you'd manage it, but looks well on course now.

I certainly hope you finish soon, hitting refresh on this thread all day is killing my productivity...

Thank you!

It is the pump for the massage jets. The cave will be built around with breeze blocks and then tanked for waterproofing. It will then have a hidden access point in the paving.

[JulianPH]

Bonefish Blues said:

Some Gump said:

JulianPH said:

Tell the lads they'd be finished by now if they stuck on task rather than pissing about with big Ker Plunck.

We should all be grateful that they've got wood.

I read that and was amazed it wasn't Gretchen posting!!!

[JulianPH]

CAPP0 said:

JulianPH said:

Those bars are going to be a bugger to swim under once the water level is a bit higher.

No, there are just there as a guide to the second story pool level and waterfall!

[JulianPH]

Gretchen said:

JulianPH said:

Sorry, I posted the last pic twice, it should have been this one!

Christ, what sort of strings are you pulling!?!

Actually, he is more like a younger version of Al Murray with more hair and less sensitivity!!!

[pterodroma]

JulianPH said:

Thank you!

It is the pump for the massage jets. The cave will be built around with breeze blocks and then tanked for waterproofing. It will then have a hidden access point in the paving.

Fantastic! Although I have a pool and a whirlpool bath, it all seems rather inadequate now

Great view you have from the pool steps by the way, will feel like a proper bit of paradise as you get in.

[Bonefish Blues]

JulianPH said:

I read that and was amazed it wasn't Gretchen posting!!!

I did originally write it as something like "Gretchen will be grateful the lads have wood" but my own radar vetoed that one

Am ashamed at my own timidity

[JulianPH]

Sand/cement mix arrived nearly two hours late but we are still going - with more water to add after!

[JulianPH]

When I say 'we', I obviously mean Nick and the lads!

[northwest monkey]

JulianPH said:

What are the crossbeams actually for?

Spreading a load? (couldn't think of another innuendo at short notice

[pinchmeimdreamin]

JulianPH said:

Sorry to point this out but their hose is bigger than yours.

But it's ok I wont tell Gretchen.

[KTF]

I thought the water would arrive by tanker rather than road sweeper. Is that normal?

[northwest monkey]

KTF said:

I thought the water would arrive by tanker rather than road sweeper. Is that normal?

Same thing really if you think about it. Just a bit smaller.

[Chris Type R]

JulianPH said:

I can see why the pool delivery driver couldn't drive it in.

[Bonefish Blues]

Chris Type R said:

JulianPH said:

I can see why the pool delivery driver couldn't drive it in.

Because demonstrating the remarkable length of his hose.

[Gretchen]

Bonefish Blues said:

JulianPH said:

I read that and was amazed it wasn't Gretchen posting!!!

I did originally write it as something like "Gretchen will be grateful the lads have wood" but my own radar vetoed that one

Am ashamed at my own timidity

I can't keep taking them for the team. It's making me sore.

All this typing.

[JulianPH]

pterodroma said:

JulianPH said:

Thank you!

It is the pump for the massage jets. The cave will be built around with breeze blocks and then tanked for waterproofing. It will then have a hidden access point in the paving.

Fantastic! Although I have a pool and a whirlpool bath, it all seems rather inadequate now

Great view you have from the pool steps by the way, will feel like a proper bit of paradise as you get in.

Thanks, that is exactly why I put the steps in at that end (to answer a previous point!).

[Caddyshack]

Just read the whole thread...by a pool in the sun.

Re heating it, I have a gas heater on my pool and if I switch it on after a cold spell it heats a similar sized pool up in a day as long as it is a sunny (UK) day and I leave the solar cover on.

Oil is an expensive way to heat a pool so do look for gas eventually. I looked at ground and air source heat pumps but the guy from the pool company said to buy the £2k gas boiler and spend the £8k I saved on the fancy heat pump for the price of gas. It is also worth looking at Pv panels if you have space in the paddock for a sun facing small wall and just pump it from the pool on a heat exchanger. I know of one bloke who uses old radiators (painted black)on a bill board in his field.

Keep the good work going and updates.

Edited by Caddyshack on Thursday 20th July 19:29

[JulianPH]

Still working on the back filling (no, Gretchen!)