Thursday, May 7, 2009

DIY SPLASH POOL

This project will leave you with a low cost funky looking splash pool!
We decided on a small pool for the space we had, but you could make it larger if you want.

We started by digging a hole the desired depth keeping in mind that we had to throw a concrete floor that would be approximately 100mm thick.

Also the hole had to be larger than the final product to accommodate the double brick sides.








After throwing the concrete that was reinforced with steel mesh, we started building the walls.

Note: If possible use second hand bricks. This will reduce seepage problems and it is also cheaper.

Note the hole on the side is as deep as the pool. This would become the pump's new home.






You can see in this picture that we left out one row of bricks in the front for the water overflow.

We also constructed cheap water spouts using half inch galvanized pipes that lead via a plastic pipe to the hole where the pump must go.

Now you can start plastering. Enjoy.






We built a fore in front of the pool that went around the side to join with the hole where the pump goes.This would become the filtering system and will also be a nice feature to the pool.

We decided on a rough tile to give the pool a rustic look.







Here you can see the fore going around the corner of the pool. Install a piece of galvanized mesh between the hole and the fore.

We then started sealing the tiles with tile sealer and also painted the whole pool with pond sealer. We decided on charcoal but there are many different colors available.

Note: For the filter, fill some bags with sand and put them snugly inside the fore. This will filter the water as it falls over the pool's edge and runs to the hole where the pump is.

Fill the filtering system with some nice rocks to finish off the fore.

This method of building saved us loads of cash as we didn't need an expensive filtering system. We even found that using a cheap pond pump work like magic.

And there you have it. Easy as pie.

8 comments:

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  2. Thank you for this useful blog. Could you explain how the plumbing was installed please.

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  3. I love how the style is similar to a natural pool. Anyway, awesome blog! I love how you talk about seemingly hard projects and explaining it in a way that's easy to understand. I hope you can write about DIY pool cleaning next time, I want to learn how to maintain our pool's sanitation just like how most professional pool services in phoenix.

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  4. Im busy building the pool as we speak, tell me how would you clean the bottom of the pool without a kreepy?

    Thanks
    Wayne

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  5. Im busy building the pool as we speak, tell me how would you clean the bottom of the pool without a kreepy?

    Thanks
    Wayne

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  6. Im busy building the pool as we speak, tell me how would you clean the bottom of the pool without a kreepy?

    Thanks
    Wayne

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    1. Hi Wayne,

      I'm in the process of researching to build a DIY splash pool in my little private Garden.
      I love the idea of a rim pool (never thought of that) but for the size, I imagin, cleaning the bottom, would be done using a pool brush with a vacuum, with a separate vacuum inlet/intake directly to the pump, using a diverter/ i.e. sucking directly to the pump as opposed via the fore.
      I suppose for this though you would need a filter chamber that could catch all the debris sucked up from the bottom.

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