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Swimming Pool Construction

Larry Long from Anthony & Sylvan Pools is on hand to discuss the excavation and preliminary work done to create the new pool. Reinforcing rods are set in place to help the concrete holds its shape and form the outer steps. Larry also demonstrates the pool's filtering system and plumbing.
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Swimming Pool Construction

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" Joining us now as Larry lawn from Anthony instilled in schools here in Los Angeles hi Larry hi I'm Bob let's talk a little bit about the preliminary steps the excavation was it tough job. Not particularly tough but just real sandy it's very sandy we get a -- right up there it. When the wind is blowing it goes all over the place so what did you have to did it keep the thing from falling in -- in prior to the up plumbing and the still going and we had to come and actually flash to pour concrete so would not lose the shape of the -- so you sprayed it basically and that's what I'm standing on right here. OK now the -- night process is something that's been around for what. Thirty years about thirty years and it really has revolutionized. The ability of people have backyard pools -- cheaper. The the dimensions here are relatively large and that yes -- 36 that the long -- finish on the inside and how deep are we here in the deep -- right now currently before -- goes -- were eight foot nine and then when we're all done will be it what's the somebody for six now what. What's the logic behind that the they're reinforcing rod. Basically the reinforcing is the Skelton or the reinforcement of -- pool -- more re. Should the pool it needs to have something to bond you write down the steel. What help. It hear it -- helpful the shape doesn't building up like a wedding and it in the shape is also created by the steel you've gotta step here that goes all the way around the perimeter right correct when when that's pulled actually shot finished. That step will be about six inches deep into creating act a little hand held doorstep all around the entire. At the -- yet and over here you'll actually be able to -- this talk a little bit about the the plumbing of the pool what are all these different pipes that we see coming out here for at least this one right here and that right there are suction lines for the plumbing -- this one is attached -- canisters that will actually -- weave and Bob to pull out. These pipes right here right here right here hot are what we called downed jet's and they returned the water in. The pool straight down the walls. So -- heart and soul of the system is over here behind the garage that's correct let's talk about the different components for a minute well. This is a separation tank that the filter. Back watches in June cleans up filter so this is the cleaning systems for the pool what kind of filter is this it's that type missions personal or DP -- And it's like tiny little particles of Sanders oil and there actually fossilized their cost yes right and you're forcing all the water through there that's but I don't understand what this is where you back -- to say yes. The material gets back portion here with your clean the system can we open this up there's a little -- neatly in Lebanon and the rubbish that's now just how many gallons of water we talking. How many got to do you have to worry a lot about Algeria Algeria -- dishonored -- algae is a major problem yeah. So we have about point thousand gallons wolf. In this system we'll turn this pull over usually about twice today. Wow so. There's one little pump here right. And that -- moving 40000 to -- that 40000 gallons of water every 24 -- basically yeah and that's the key thing that breaks down right well I can yes -- voters -- ground we get a warranty -- three years that's good so we're ready -- going to reading."

" How much longer to get addictive form at all of the digital board. It can't take back negative reaction. What we finished the job while and then the next step involves the biggest we're putting in comes up with the next week what do you do in between. Basically it yet but we'll just have to be -- cared for the next couple days. That's right back at north of the island so they got to keep the sprinkler on it loaded with a lot of -- got -- a day or more better okay."

" Now there's a couple of things about this will that make it a little bit out of the ordinary the shape is -- is a rectangular shape that's becoming more and more popular you can -- nice -- but you can still have a little pool party. But what I wanted to point out is that. The connection near the angle between the bottom of the pool in the sidewalk is a right angle it's a square bottom. Which kind of harks back to the early pools in the twenty's -- thirty's where -- port. Flat and you poured vertically but he had to pour concrete not going to. So we've got that detail then up here. They took great pains to really get all of these right angles absolutely perfectly right on it back they had. -- a system of wires set up which where they could measure from one corner and the other to make sure that they were coming in at right angles and to make sure that all of these step downs we're gonna be perfectly square perfectly right. And of course the same thing is true of the steps at this end of the pool which lead back up towards the porch."

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