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THIS: This barn conversion pool built by Sprayed Concrete Services allowed full reign to flexible
shapes and contours of design
Why concrete
BELOW:Sprayed on – pneumatically applied concrete is shot out of a nozzle on to earthen walls and
over steel bar re-enforcements
offers better
options to pool
builders
Pool shapes can be easily customised.
You don’t have to limit choices to the
standard shapes offered by pool
companies. If you are working with a
designer they will have free reign to
be as flexible as possible.
Steps are commonly placed on the
inside of the pool. Visually this allows
the shape of the pool to flow and not
be broken by the steps on the
exterior. It also means you gain pool
decking space.
It allows so much more flexibility. For
instance if you want a waterfall
incorporated into the pool and it is
being placed at a higher elevation
behind the pool, the back end of the
pool can be built higher. This creates
an integrated look to design not
possible with other options.
Actual tiling can be used alongside
the inside of the pool walls near the
top – right under the pool coping.
Concrete pools give you the option of a
vanishing edge. It’s dramatic and while
the property must lend itself when it is
done well the effect is stunning.
Will hold their value – Concrete pools in the trade about the benefits of one- excavation and over the steel bar
that are well designed and constructed piece pools, the fact remains that the reinforcement.
tend to add value to a property. This concrete pool still has a lot to shout about The criticism of concrete pools is that
value is likely to hold over time and – always being seen as the most flexible of the process is slower, costs higher through
perhaps even gain along with a home. A all options. bad weather delays which can bring
stunning custom design that also When it comes to concrete pools, projects to a halt outdoor.
includes pool landscaping, for example, though, shotcrete – pneumatically applied One architect specialist in top of the
can be a big selling point for a piece of concrete – is the choice of the pool and range concrete pools told us: “Concrete
property. spa industry’s top builders and designers pools are without doubt the choice of the
for a number of reasons. Gunite and discerning customer who is of course
So while concrete may be the oldest shotcrete are applied with air pressure. concerned about price but also wants a
method of swimming pool construction The concrete is shot out of a nozzle and permanent structure constructed with
and while there’s rightly a lot of emphasis piled onto the earthen walls of the materials which give a quality end product
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