Documenting the process
Installing a Mobius ActionCam to take periodic photographs of the site. We will assembled the stills into a time lapse video at the completion of the pool construction project.
Swimming pool construction project
The autodidacts' era
It struck me recently that this endeavor would not have been remotely possible pre-Internet, or even pre-YouTube. The ability to track down tutorials, instructional videos, and professional forum discussions on topics as diverse as structural engineering to how to stop a wedding (I kid you not).
Swimming pool construction project
Choosing a pool shell
Fiberglass pool shells come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but are broadly similar in their construction. They generally consist of a number of layers of fiberglass and other materials and a final “gelcoat” finishing layer that is the finished surface of the pool.
Swimming pool construction project
Detailed design
Fiberglass pool or concrete pool? Concrete pools are built directly in the ground onsite. Concrete (or more often shotcrete) is set on a framework of steel reinforcement and then plastered or tiled.
Swimming pool construction project
Testing the limits of online self-education
So I’m building a pool. More precisely, I’m building a pool, a deck, supporting retaining walls, storage cupboards, privacy shield, garden beds, and lighting,
Swimming pool construction project
Building a solar float charger for the Prius 12v auxiliary battery
Toyota Prius - courtesey of Pawel Golsztajn
I own a second generation Toyota Prius, and while it’s a great little car, it has one fatal flaw - the 12V auxiliary battery.
Generals
Solving my problem of single BOA systems with a high instep.
Feet come in all shapes and sizes. Mine are charactarized by a penguin-like square shape, high instep, and narrow ankle.
Generals