4 | Bricklaying walls | Build a pool yourself | English version

The bricklaying of the walls of the pool is displayed in this video. It took me from November 2019 till March 2020 to finish this part of the diy concrete pool project. Because it largely took place in winter, I was highly dependent on the weather. Below 5 degrees Celsius, bricklaying is not recommended. In addition, I did not feel like bricklaying bricks for whole days in a row. That way I kept the fun. I also wanted to do the bricklaying very precise, to prevent possible leaks later on. Of all the sub-projects for building my swimming pool, this was the longest sub-project. I tried to mix 1 or 2 tubs of masonry mortar daily and then use it to brick a number of concrete blocks until the masonry mortar had run out. This usually amounted to a maximum of 12 bricked concrete blocks a day. I used steel reinforcement strips (Murfor) in the horizontal joints.

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I ordered the concrete blocks with which I bricked the walls at NuBouwen.nl, 1/5 of my order was for the corner concrete blocks, here are two links;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-KVkA1lmY
https://www.bouwmaterialenkopen.com/concrete blocks-29x20x19cm.html

To strengthen the walls even more I poured stabilized sand behind them. I made the stabilized sand myself by mixing 1 part cement with 5 parts sand. This then becomes a rock-hard layer that not only provides extra reinforcement of the walls, but also serves to support the edge tiles.
The top of the pool will be above ground level, which is better from a practical point of view than it would be level with ground level. Why? The top of the swimming pool of our previous house was level with ground level, as a result, dirt and leaves were blowing into the pool much more easily, but also hedgehogs and mice etc. sometimes accidentally entered the pool at night ....... ! So through these experiences I knew it was better to go for a raised edge this time. That meant that I had to brick 6 layers of concrete blocks, because the depth was 1 meter and a concrete block is 20 cm high (including a 1 cm joint). 6 x 20 cm is 1.20 meters high. In reality, the edge would be a little higher because I made the first joint 2 cm high and there were also edge tiles planned on the edge. In any case, the top of the top (sixth) layer of concrete blocks would come 21 cm above ground level.

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00:00 Intro
00:10 Planning walls
00:57 Concrete blocks delivered
01:19 Set up tent
01:49 In the tent
02:31 Highlight layers
02:46 First layer
03:33 Second layer
04:23 Third layer
04:47 Fourth layer
06:29 Wind and hail showers
07:33 Stabsand behind the wall
09:29 Fifth layer
10:07 Storm Ciara
11:22 Continue with fifth layer
11:59 Storm Dennis
12:39 Tent destroyed
13:47 Continue with fifth layer
14:11 Sixth, last, layer
15:31 Masonry ready
15:41 Materials used
15:55 End screens

Видео 4 | Bricklaying walls | Build a pool yourself | English version канала Martin Vledder