Comparison to plans
I’ve created a before and after image slider below, to show how the project is coming along when compared with the original rendering of the pool.
Ready for liner and water…
So, I have now completed all of the jobs that I came out to do and it is now ready for the liner to be fitted and water… The key things for this trip were the pointing of the feature wall and the electrics being wired up. The technical room…
Technical room ready
On the previous trip we had installed a temporary roof on the technical room to allow the electrician to connect up the fuse box with the mains. However, I have actually got back out before that has been done and have completed the final roof, as seen in the following…
Feature wall finished!
Test installation of the firepit in top void of the wall is successful. It was a little windy and too light to get the full effect in the photo, but is going to be great at night! Next up was to finished the pointing of the stone tiles on the…
Pool house exterior finished
A couple of weeks over Easter back out in France and a chance to check on the progress of the pool house. The following photos show the progress made during our time in France, with the stone quoins and lintel being installed and then a white monocouche (render) being put…
Finished look starting to take shape
One of the main jobs to do whilst out in France for a couple of weeks was to install the finished materials on the feature wall and render the other exposed concreate walls. A bit of a labour of love and definitely a family effort, it took around two days…
Plumbing finished…
Well nearly… The pipes from the pool and into the technical room have now been connected and the remainder of the plumbing within the technical room completed. This work included the installation of the other two pumps and the filter cartridge unit. We opted for a cartridge system, as we…
Back out in France
We’ve managed to grab a couple of weeks out in France over the Easter holiday, so can see the progress made on the pool house and the rendering of the pool walls. There is about another days’ work on the pool floor and walls before it is ready for the…
First fix electrics…
Despite the weather, a nice break in France over Christmas has allowed us to install some of the electrics for the pool. Specifically the cables for all the LED lighting around the pool.
Beam supports removed…
Quite some effort to remove the supports from under the cast beams that go across the deep end of the pool. There were 10x100mm blocks under the shuttering to support the formwork whilst the beam was being cast, resulting in several tonnes of force being exerted on the blocks; nothing…