How to make a pool at the country house The hands (165+ Photos)? Frame, indoor, concrete - Which is better?
On a hot summer day, while relaxing in a country house, it is very pleasant to plunge into a cool pond. Well, if there is a pond or river nearby. And if not? This is where your own pool is required. Do I need it to be as big as at the Sports Palace? No, the purpose of the dacha artificial reservoir is to have fun, not to set records for swimming.
Content:
Many would like to have a pool at their own summer cottage. If the budget allows, the owner invites a specialized organization, shows the place and waits patiently until all work is completed. When there are no such material means or you just want to do something yourself, you need to understand in which direction you need to put your efforts. And then the dream of owning an artificial reservoir will get its real embodiment.
What are country pools?
Pool to give
Types of pools found in summer cottages:
- from scrap materials;
- frame;
- from wood and film;
- from polypropylene;
- from cinder blocks;
- from concrete;
- from composite plastic.
Which of these types to choose depends on the taste preferences of the owner, his experience with the materials used. The depth of the dacha artificial reservoir for adults usually does not exceed 1.5 m, and for bathing children - 0.5 m.
The best medicine on a hot day
If the suburban area has a slope, the pool is better to install at its highest point. Location should not be in the vicinity of trees and shrubs.
In the case of a buried stationary version, the root system can damage the integrity of the structure and break its waterproofing and tightness.
During the construction of the pool on the dacha provide stairs, gangways and ladders. They will provide safe entry and exit from an artificial reservoir from the outside and inside.
For giving the small pool will approach
If engineering communications are connected to the summer cottage - water supply and sewerage, you can use this happy circumstance. However, a direct connection will require a project and the permission of the resource-supplying organizations. Unauthorized connection to these networks is unacceptable and can be punished with a large fine.
For power supply of pumps, filters, devices for heating water and for lighting in the evening or at night - it is necessary to provide a power supply system.
Creative and comfortable model
Frame
Carcass pools include structures made of, installed with a certain pitch, vertical posts and horizontal tie bars. They can be stationary and collapsible, that is, those that can be dismantled at any time or moved to another place.
Jamming is performed using a concrete or cement-sand mortar. Wooden elements before use should be treated with means that prevent rotting, fungal damage and protect against insects that feed on wood. To reduce the flexibility of the racks when filling an artificial reservoir with a height of more than 50 cm arrange struts.
Can be stationary and collapsible.
Horizontal strips are attached to the racks with bolts or self-tapping screws, creating either a solid shield or sparse if longitudinal gaps are left between the boards to save materials (in this case the tensile strength of the film used is taken into account). Most often, the horizontal slats are made of wooden edged boards.
Frame option
In the simplest case, the inner bowl is lined with polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film. There are films produced specifically for swimming pools that have a rich blue color. In a more expensive version, for long-term stationary operation, sheet propylene is used, the seams of which are welded with a conventional construction dryer. Exterior finishes can also be made with plastic sheeting or plastic siding, which, for decorative purposes, has been painted with a pattern or color.
If a stationary outdoor pool is arranged, it should be ensured that its cup is protected from precipitation in the cold season in the form of rain and snow, as well as dirt and dust caused by wind. So preparation for the start of operation will be minimized. As such protection, you can use a set of several wooden shields that completely overlap the pool bowl with a polyethylene or polypropylene film laid on top of them.
Covered
The indoor pool at the cottage has many advantages compared to the outdoor one. The main thing is that you can go swimming at any time of the year. To do this, it must be equipped with a heating and air conditioning system. Indoor artificial pond is hygienic - there will be no dust, precipitation, dry leaves, other foreign objects. It is possible to change the water less often.
This option has many advantages.
Structurally, the pool cover is performed in various ways. This may be a separate building or extension to the main house. Its manufacture is similar to the construction of a one-story building with a basement, based on strip foundations.
The difference is that in the overlap of the first floor there is a cutout under the pool basin, and it itself is located in the basement of the building or extension.
You can go swimming at any time of the year.
As racks and upper belts of arches or trusses, pipes, including plastic, used for plumbing, metal profiles can be used, except for the most common rolled products, box-shaped or “C” -shaped sections are allowed.
Horizontal and cross connections for stiffness are made in the form of metal or plastic strips.
Stylish version of the open design with sauna
Structurally, the light construction above the pool can have a gable configuration with a pediment, hip, round - in the form of a tent or yurt, arched or semi-arched system. Side rails can be:
- sliding;
- removable.
In some cases, arranged only cover in the form of a canopy or awning that protects against weathering in the form of rain or direct sunlight.
return to menu ↑From scrap materials
This type of pool is very simple, and so, for which it will take a lot of time and effort.
The quickest and easiest way is to make a pool, having adapted for this purpose any ready container already having a bottom and walls. It can be old cast-iron baths, metal containers with an open top. They can be arranged as recessed into the ground, and set directly on the ground. Filling of pools of this type with water is carried out with the help of a hose, and draining - by manual scooping or using a hand pump.
From railway metal containers
Sometimes as artificial reservoirs use tires of huge wheels of transport of the big loading capacity which have fulfilled the term use.
After installation, this pool can be painted or trimmed in a variety of ways. It is very well suited for children's games and entertainment.
There are swimming pools made of railway metal containers, with the upper part cut off to the required height. Such pools can be fully or partially buried in the ground or simply installed on a planned ground area.
Out of concrete ring
The number of pallets needed for the manufacture of the pool is four or more. And he himself can have a plan view from a simple square to more complex polygons with even and odd numbers of sides. On a prepared base, it is better if this is a flat concrete platform, the required polygon is assembled from pallet-pallets, and then pulled in 3 or 4 levels with plastic tapes that perform the same function as metal hoops in a wooden barrel.
The bottom and walls of the resulting pool are lined with polypropylene film. Such pool turns out folding. It is easily decomposed into components that can be removed in a closed room for the winter, transported to another area, etc.
This option can be done by hand
Sometimes they come across recommendations - fold the walls of the pool out of old plastic ones. bottles. This advice seems to be very doubtful for sanitary and hygienic reasons, since the right amount of this “material” required even for a small pool can be collected only at the nearest landfill.
return to menu ↑From polypropylene
These pools are usually made in two ways.
Finished cast propylene bowl
Bowls manufactured at the factory have limited dimensions to ensure their safe transportation. If the owner wants to go beyond these dimensions - the pool can be independently welded from sheet polypropylene. At the same time, for the sustainability of the filling pool from the breaking loads of the water column, it is possible to use both the frame system and the ground walls of the open pit. Sheets of propylene are cut out in accordance with the configuration of the pool and are welded together with the help of a building hair dryer.
The advantages of polypropylene pools are that this material:
- possesses dense impermeable to water structure;
- resistant to aggressive atmospheric influences, including temperature extremes;
- It is neutral to the effects of solar ultraviolet, not subject to fading and loss of the original color;
You can cook yourself from sheet polypropylene
- is environmentally friendly and harmless to humans, does not release into the water any harmful chemical compounds that can cause allergies or poisoning;
- has low heat transfer, allowing for a long time to keep the water warmed up, without exchanging temperature with the surrounding space;
- the flexibility and elasticity of polypropylene allow the formation of bowls of various configurations and shapes from it, including those with rounded edges and wall transitions in the bottom;
- it is well welded with the help of a building hair dryer ensuring reliable sealing.
Out of concrete
Despite the relatively high cost and complexity in the construction, artificial reservoirs of monolithic reinforced concrete are the most effective for long-term use. Pools of this type can be used for decades, requiring only minimal redecoration and in rare cases, the replacement of decorative trim.
Concrete construction
Concrete pools are usually arranged buried in the ground type.
At the first stage, after the preparation and planning of the site, as well as the breakdown of the axes of the site, they begin to open the pit using manual labor or special earth-moving machines.
After 10 ... 14 days on the bottom install vertical formwork and proceed to the concreting of the walls of the bowl. The wall thickness of the pool, embedded in the ground at 1.5 m can be from 25 to 30 cm. Reinforcing the walls is better with a vertical grid, installed closer to the edge facing the pit.This is due to the fact that the lateral stresses from the water pressure act on the vertical parts of the artificial reservoir, and the working armature should be located on the side opposite to the applied force.
This type can be used for decades.
After concreting the walls and setting the concrete, internal waterproofing of the resulting bowl is performed. For this purpose, rolled materials reinforced with fiberglass, rolling them with an overlap along the bottom and wrapping them on the walls. Molten bitumen or special cold-cured mastics are used as glue.
Another way is to apply in several layers a special thick composition based on artificial rubber. After polymerization, it turns into a seamless, durable rubber-like insert, up to 5 mm thick. When concreting it is necessary not to forget to install round foam inserts in diameters corresponding to the diameter of pipes in the places where engineering services are supplied.
The formwork can be inventory - plastic, metal, from special formwork plywood, or self-made - from wooden shields, knocked down with their own hands.
As a material of formwork to save, you can use unedged board-croaker.
Concrete pools are usually arranged recessed into the ground.
Difficult elements of reinforcement - frameworks, grids are made by knitting, when separate parts are tied together by soft knitting wire.
You can prepare the concrete yourself with the help of a concrete mixer installed directly on the summer cottage. But in order to prevent accidental errors with the proportions of the composite ingredients, it is better to use the purchased concrete, delivered by special mixers. An additional bonus will be that the seller or supplier will bear all responsibility for poor quality concrete (if this happens).
Small option ideal for a country house
After dismantling and disassembling the formwork between the concrete and the soil wall of the pit, voids are formed, which are called the inverse sinuses. To the level of the surface of the earth, they are layered in layers of sand, poured water and rammed. Further along the perimeter of the pool walls, a concrete blind area is arranged for a width of at least 0.5 m.
In order to avoid accidental injuries, it is faced with ceramic tiles with anti-slip coating.
In the process of final finishing and lining of the pool with ceramic tiles, it is better to use a special fine-mesh mesh, reinforced with fiberglass mesh. To increase the water resistance of the lining, the interlayer joints should be cut and rubbed with silicone mastic.
You can prepare the concrete yourself using a concrete mixer
From cinder block
Slag stone was very often used in the restoration and construction of buildings in the 50s of the 20th century. Then it was completely replaced with a more widespread silicate (white) brick. Currently this material has received a rebirth.
Slag stone is now most often used for the construction of secondary buildings - garages, warehouses, summer kitchens, fences. Artificial stones from slag concrete are sometimes better than bricks for such reasons:
- one cinder block, because of its increased size, immediately replaces several bricks, so the laying of it is simpler than brick;
- the extensive internal voids of the cinder block improve its heat-shielding properties;
- developed technologies for the manufacture of cinder block.
Hi-tech style
Experience in the use of cinder block for the device pools in the country showed itself from the positive side.The strength of the walls lined with this material was sufficient to withstand the lateral pressure of the poured water.
Work on the preparation, excavation, as well as the device of the horizontal plate - the bottom is carried out in the same way as it is prepared for a reinforced concrete monolithic basin. The walls at the desired height are laid out half the thickness of the cinder block, which is about 20 cm. Horizontal seams should be reinforced with a grid of rods with a diameter of 6 mm.
This building will definitely please your children.
Backfilling of the back sinuses should be done with a mixture of sand and rubble with very thorough tamping.
If there are voids in them, one or several cinder blocks under the pressure of water can be extruded from the vertical plane.
After the construction of the walls of cinder block, the inner surface of the formed bowl requires waterproofing and final finishing. Before using roll waterproofing, it is recommended to use deep penetration impregnation primer for additional strengthening and protection of cinder blocks and seams.
For the manufacture of pools and other block materials are used, such as brick, concrete blocks, rubble and sawn natural stone. The laying of such materials practically does not differ from the laying of cinder blocks.
When operating an artificial reservoir of cinder block, you need to carefully monitor the technical condition of its construction. If cracks appear, immediately take measures to eliminate them by deep jointing and filling them with silicone mastic. Sometimes cracks can be disguised as tile seams, so inspections and repairs should be carried out regularly and very carefully. Then the pool will be suitable for use for many years. That will bring a lot of joy to the cottage owner and his family members.
Composite plastic
Pool bowls made of plastic, as an independent structure, are used only in finished form, manufactured in conditions of factory production. They are installed in the same way as from polypropylene directly on the ground or in a state recessed into the ground.
When making a composite plastic bowl with their own hands, it is most often used as an interior finish for concrete or stone pools..
Composite plastic is a few layers of glass (3 or more), impregnated with polymer resins - epoxy, polyester, acrylic. After polymerization, a very durable, weather-resistant material is obtained, a material that is easily processed — sawn, drilled, polished, painted in a numerous range of colors.
Plastic pool bowls
Of this material often made boats, parts of car bodies, airframes, covers of various power machines. For the manufacture of the inner insert of the pool bowl from composite plastic, you should stock up with fiberglass and polymeric resins in the right amount.
Fiberglass apply the most thin. The choice of resin remains with the owner of the pool, but it should be noted that the most used component for the manufacture of composite plastic with his own hands is epoxy resin.
If plasticizers and other useful additives are added to the resin together with the hardener, this mixture is called an epoxy compound.
Before working with resin and fiberglass, the base should be carefully smoothed, removing all the concavities and strongly protruding parts. If this is not done, the plastic outside will repeat all the defects along with the defects of the underlying surface.
Pool at the cottage
How to avoid mistakes?
