This is where swimming pool renovations can get a little tricky.
Can you make a swimming pool smaller.
Below are the steps we use to reduce concrete pool sizes.
But when a pool owner has a small pool and wants a bigger pool we have to completely remove the pool and build a new one in its place.
Smaller pools are popping up in unexpected places.
Even the tiniest homes can incorporate a small pool into their space and not just a portable pool although those can be great too.
And everyone is rethinking the ever popular swimming pool.
It is much easier to build a smaller pool within a bigger pool.
Making a pool shallower is typically the simpler of the two.
Sometimes the pool owner has a very big pool or a very small pool.
Wall to be reinforced with reebar and the cavity filled with concrete and steel mesh.
The key is doing so in a way that highlights the pool without taking away from the rest of your backyard.
If you have a concrete pool the same applies it just doesn t get covered with a liner.
That way you get the pleasures of a pool exercise refreshment relaxation an attractive water feature without building a standard 20 x 40 foot in ground model complete with pool house.
So my plan is to build a half rounded cavity wall halfway into the pool.
This wall to be cut into the original shell on all side and floor.
Whether you re choosing to go shallower or deeper if you have a vinyl pool the bottom will then be redone with a concrete or vermiculite coating and you ll have your new depth.
For many the answer is to go smaller.
The job requires new formwork to reduce the pool size galv bar s12 reo wet to dry concrete epoxy to bond the old conc to the new you can fill the floor in to shallow it model new steps etc retile the whole perimeter new capping re plaster interior.
01 using a compressor with pneumatic hammers a trench was cut down the pool walls and across the floor exposing the existing reinforcing steel in preparation for the construction of the new wall.
The excavated material was removed off site with waste bins.
A seat step to be added on the inside of the new wall.
From a small infinity pool on the edge of your deck or a small circle in ground pool in your yard there are a great deal of options for small personal pools.