Blockwork Knowledge Needed Ta.

[catlad]

I'm I right in thinking its a plunge pool for people?

 

[charliegolf]

Yes, for people.

 

[catlad]

If your idea is to keep the wall as thin as possible internally, could you brace it in some way on the outside? i.e Coal bunker! or even just a gabion basket full or rocks?

 

[charliegolf]

If your idea is to keep the wall as thin as possible internally, could you brace it in some way on the outside? i.e Coal bunker! or even just a gabion basket full or rocks?

Missed this, thanks for the response. I can easily do the thing 'blocks-on-flat'*, but that's more work, larger slab, and I wondered, overkill. Hence the question.

* if that's the right description.

 

[catlad]

I personally wouldn't be building it with a single skin block wall, I would lay them flat and I would use expamet in the beds.

 

[stuart45]

I personally wouldn't be building it with a single skin block wall, I would lay them flat and I would use expamet in the beds.

I would do the same. It might hold up, but not really worth taking the chance, especially with people jumping in and out of it.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Had you considered just buying a glavanised dip tank and, if you couldn't live with its appearance you could still build a non structural wall around it, that removes any doubt as to structural integrity , waterproofing and creating a leak proof drain plug.

 

[stuart45]

I had an old cattle feeder that would have done the job. Really thick, tough plastic but I made it into a pond. Probably the best pond liner around.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Yes there are preformed plastic standalone pond liners, it's a no brainer if you can find one the right size. All this talk of block wall lining is barmy.