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I have the great pleasure and challenge of designing the pool for the new house 
In our current place we have a small fibreglass pool which we didn't have much flexibility with given the small area we had to work in. It's smaller than we'd like and uninteresting in its design. However in the new house we have much more room and we'l be doing a concrete pool so we get the design we want.
Would love to hear from anyone that's done this before and/or is a pool designer/installer by trade. My current plan is to build it from precast slabs, join it up, seal it, tile/skin it and fill. And this is where I'm looking for some insights/feedback.
- Best/most efficient way to build this pool? I'm think most, if not all, is precast slabs but can see a possible combination with some intricacies frame and built on site.
- Suggestions on finish? Fe options; raw concrete with appropriate sealant, membrane, tiling.
- Specific consideration for effective jet/filtration positioning?
- Sand or cartridge filter? Pros and cons...
- Anything else you have to offer is welcome
We're looking at a pool around 7m x 4m in swimming area and would like a more unique and appealing entry such as below (ideally in addion to the swimming area but open to some compromise).
Thanks very much!
- Engineer's CAD finalised so it's off to a drafty to detail each panel ready for construction.
- Digger, crane and rigger all lined up and ready to go.
- Just waiting on building permit approval which is taking a bit longer than expected as I want to get closer to the boundary than standard so need further certification from my engineer.
- We'll have a combo of aggregate concrete and composite decking around the pool with an aggregate infinity edge.
- We planned to install a custom pool fence/barrier but because it hasn't been certified against Australian Standard yet, my strict timeline won't allow for the design/review/certification/etc process which will be especially painful if it doesn't end up being certified/approved so we're sticking with glass panels, black spigots.
Will def share pics of the install process once I have them in the coming weeks
It's been a crazy week getting my chemical grout injection (CGI) done, hole dug, base formed and poured in situ, precast panels made and installed.
And this week it's all about getting the concrete poured around the pool, the glass fence in and the surrounding fake grass. The pool area itself will consist of concrete and decking as we push for different textures and dimensions, keeping things as raw as possible.
Thanks @Kermit - still plenty to do but at least i can see it coming together now
Jarrah decking along two sides of the pool and it'll make the lid for the underground pump/filter/etc enclosure. I also want to build the lid up a bit so it doubles as a platofmr to jump in from. Will be putting some hydraulic struts in to make lifting the lid nice and easy.
A couple more pics with the surrounding concrete done, glass fencing and the amazing black spigots and hardware, and the grass. Next is to finish the inside of the pool with steps, platform and ledge, then do the feature fences (exposed bricks, timber -- still a little undecided), followed by the decking on the sides where you still see sand. And of course installing the pool equipment.
I've put the above finishing items on hold while I work on other projects around the house and also take some time to rest given we won't be swimming in it for a few months now anyway.
