Among the owners of suburban areas, the development of their own pools has recently gained great popularity. First of all, such a pond serves as an excellent place for swimming and relaxation. It also fits perfectly into any style of landscape design and serves as its decoration. Modern lovers of water recreation are offered a lot of opportunities to build a do-it-yourself pool for a summer residence. However, this business has its own rules and nuances, some of which we will now consider.
Before you start building your own summer cottage pool, you should decide on its size, which directly depends on the size of the site. When choosing a place for a reservoir, you should focus on the general concept of landscape design. In addition, it is very important that a water pipe is laid next to the pool. Then cleaning and replacing water will not be a problem for you. It is desirable that there is a clean and flat area around the reservoir, without vegetation. If you decide to build a pool with your own hands for a summer residence and can not decide on its shape, listen to the advice of specialists. They recommend choosing the simplest geometric shapes.
Work stages
Any pools for a summer residence, built with their own hands, require careful planning. First you need to mark the boundaries of the future reservoir. This is done using rope, pegs and tape measure. Then you need to dig a pit. It is important that it is half a meter larger and one and a half meters deeper than the size of the proposed pool. The walls of the pit should be built with a slight slope - this prevents the destruction and shedding of soil.
The bottom is carefully leveled and compacted. Now you can proceed to the next stage - the construction of a “pillow”. To do this, sand is poured onto the ground, and on top several layers of roofing material - as a waterproofing material.
Having organized a place under the pool with your own hands for giving, on its perimeter you need to install the formwork. A cement slurry should be poured into the space between the wall of the future reservoir and the formwork . To make the walls stronger, it is better to strengthen them with a reinforced grill.
When the concrete hardens, the formwork needs to be removed and the processing of the walls with a solution of cement with water be started. You can apply it with an ordinary whitening brush.
When all the preparatory work is completed, you can begin to equip the pool itself with your own hands for a summer residence. To do this, lay a steel mesh at the bottom of the pit, placing stones under it. This is done so that when pouring concrete, the mesh is completely covered by it. Then the cement mortar is poured with a layer of not more than 20 cm. It is necessary to make sure that the bottom of the reservoir has a perfectly smooth surface, on one side it is necessary to make a slope of about 5 cm. On this side, even before cementing, a drain pipe must be laid. If desired, you can overlay the walls and bottom of the pool with tiles or primed and painted with oil paint.
Now you just have to ennoble the site in front of the reservoir and do not forget to clean it in a timely manner. It is important to remember that the smaller your pool, the more often it needs a water change.