Because the ground where the pool has been built was sloping, the pool was not fully sunk in to ground level. This left us with a problem of how to secure the patio area so that it would not subside. The solution was found by installing 5 former [...]

The ground work for the patio area is now finished – we are now ready for 15 tonnes of cement and 600 paving slabs, phew!      

There are various pipes around the outside of the swimming pool to take the water to the sand filtration unit, which is compulsory for a “public” pool, which is what this is considered to be. The pump then takes the water through the heat pump and brings it [...]

Yesterday we finished putting in the metal reinforcements for the concrete and connecting the pipes which will suck the liner into place.        

The pool walls need a level, solid base to stand on, here are Jeff, Yves and Hugh putting this in place      

The lorry arrived with all the pieces of the swimming pool, very exciting and very big – the lorry couldn’t turn around in the courtyard, it was so big!      

After waiting for three stressful days, the digger man finally arrived – and we now have a hole. The deep end of the pool slopes downward from the shallow end (furthest away). Now awaiting delivery of the pool kit on Thursday…        

The next step was to concrete the floor, the mix had to be very dry in order for us to form the rounded bottom of the deep end – this made it very hard to move it around and to smooth it down. In addition we had too [...]

The second shed has now come down – this was more difficult because I wanted to keep the wood – solid oak – for use in other projects, so it could not be bulldozed. Thanks to Yves, Hervé and Jeff for their help – we started at 10am [...]