PROJECT UPDATES || Pool-ception: a pool within a pool

If you look closely you can see the existing pool walls. They are whitish-grey with dirt on top. The walls at the top of the photo are getting reused while the walls on the left and the bottom will be buried and replaced.

If you look closely you can see the existing pool walls. They are whitish-grey with dirt on top. The walls at the top of the photo are getting reused while the walls on the left and the bottom will be buried and replaced.

This is a picture standing on the other side of the pool looking towards the back fence. The rebar framing will get filled with concrete, creating the new edge of the pool, and the area in between these new walls and the existing walls will get fill…

This is a picture standing on the other side of the pool looking towards the back fence. The rebar framing will get filled with concrete, creating the new edge of the pool, and the area in between these new walls and the existing walls will get filled with dirt and rock.

Here at Falling Waters and with our pool partners we were able to build a pool within another pool. Why might you ask did we do such a thing? Well… the shape and style of many pools in the residential areas of California can easily date a house. Many of our clients come to us with their existing pools and want us to remodel them into modern, timeless features in their yards. Usually with enough square footage in a yard we are able to demolish the old pool and start a new design. But with our new project in Del Mar the pool takes up about 70% of the usable space in the backyard. With this challenge and the clients’ desire to not only modernize their yard but expand their usable space we suggested recycling the existing walls of the pool and infilling parts to create a smaller more manageable pool inside. With a little more configuration and tweaks to the engineering we were able to successfully accomplish this. 

This is the typical procedure when constructing a shotcrete pool. Shotcrete refers to the premixed, wet concrete that gets shot out of a hose.

This is the typical procedure when constructing a shotcrete pool. Shotcrete refers to the premixed, wet concrete that gets shot out of a hose.

Fast forward and you have yourself a new, smaller pool! Next step is tiling and plastering.

Fast forward and you have yourself a new, smaller pool! Next step is tiling and plastering.

| BEFORE |

Before, there was a very large pool that was fit for an active family, but now with the kids grown up and moved out the clients want a leisure pool that is suitable for the new activities that they want to host in their backyard.

Before, there was a very large pool that was fit for an active family, but now with the kids grown up and moved out the clients want a leisure pool that is suitable for the new activities that they want to host in their backyard.

This is a big hurdle to jump at the beginning of the project, but we are slowly navigating the process and are ready to move on to the other details, aka one of our favorites: the concrete pours!!

| SNEAK PEEK |

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If you have any questions about this process, or why we choose to do shotcrete pools instead of gunite, DM us on Instagram and we would love to discuss.

Ryan Prange