BUILD A VERY EXOTIC SWIMMING POOL

           Projects such as this are NOT for the faint hearted ........  because: They  are very time consuming, require considerable research, a fair degree of artistic talent, & several  bags of money. They also require very skilled tradesmen/women & keep the designer (in this case me) awake at night!

4 of the 15 guys & gals that worked on this

pool in the early stages.

Dare you undercut a 16 year old Thai

house with 6 meter columns?

YES YOU DARE, but VERY carefully (& with lots of chains & steel posts) .... Actually we found that the house was built very stongly (much stronger than most contractor built more recent homes in Thailand, which are often built with low quality breeze blocks [which crumble after about 2 years]) .... This house must have been built for a wealthy owner because it was/is built entirely of those rock hard red bricks which are VERY difficult to drill into & the footings of the actual house were quite HUGE.

Floor steel in shallow end w/steel 2"x4"walkways & concrete shutes.

Shutter the inner walls like this (then cross brace it w/steel frames)

Steel is 1" x 1"& can be reused for railings, fences & gates

Half round balcony features & groundwater level check bore holes

 Much later underwater lights (12v) installed ON a pool column INSIDE a stainless steel frame (to prevent damage).

Ring Beam steel work (to stop pool rim distortion when  full) 

 POOLSIDE PAVILLION (Construction Stage 3 of 10)

POOLSIDE PAVILLION (Construction Stage 8 of 10)

POOLSIDE PAVILION ( Construction Stage 9 of 10 )

NORTH SIDE MAIN STEPS TO THE DRAGON POOL (Construction Stage 9 of 10 ) .... Pool lights are now wired in & tested (12 volts DC naturally) .... Don't forget your non slip steps if you ever build a pool .... We don't want Grandad having an accident now do we! )

 SITE & POOL STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION