How Do You Build A DIY Luxury Swimming Pool For $10,000?
This article describes in outline how a non-construction professional can install and commission a very long lasting in-ground swimming pool for about 10,000 dollars on a DIY basis. It is based on a system used in France on 40 pools that is in turn based on the theory described in Part 1 of this article. The walls are built using hollow polystyrene blocks a bit like giant lego. The blocks are filled with high strength concrete that is reinforced by vertical and horizontal steel bars. The pool floor is provided by the subsoil at the pool site and a thin covering of concrete and screed to level it up – ready to receive the PVC liner. The tops of the pool walls are then propped by concrete slabs that span back onto the undisturbed ground outside the pool excavation. The construction sequence is as follows:- • The excavation for the pool is dug 1 metre longer and 1 metre wider than the pool size • A 500 mm wide footing is cast around the perimeter of the pool with vertical reinforcing bars
