Digging A Pool With A Shovel

This guy starts with just a simple tool and digs a giant hole in the ground.

Digging a pool with a shovel.

I think this is a perfect sized pool for swimming and for children to learn to swim. The first thing you want to do before any digging an inground pool in your yard is make a call to dig safe. It is deep enough to swim in but do not dive. Now an average garden shovel assuming rectangle is about 20cm x 30cm and picks up maybe 20cm thick of dirt if you work efficiently.

Use the shovel to clean out the corners smooth the walls and make minor corrections. In some areas it may be called something different like call before you dig or some other name but this is a law. Mark the underground utilities. Pick and a wide shovel.

As you lay the board flat on the planned pool site it ll become immediately apparent which particular areas need to be flattened out. Dig out the sod to clear the area. From this hole he makes a small swimming pool and a little underground room. You can now support our channel.

Wide rake and a lawn roller. This is a pretty cool video. Check the main dimensions to make sure the hole matches your design or the pool supplier s dig. Make sure you have provided space or extra depth for drains filters or pumps.

Taking a shovel of normal garden soil should take anywhere between 2 6 seconds setting up the shot and. A sod cutter rented from a hardware store can help you clear large areas of grass with ease. Dig to the required depth moving the string and measuring again as necessary. This pool is only 5 4 deep 26 8 long and 13 4 wide.

I think a rectangular pool is also the best shape. If this is not done not only is it not safe but if you hit some utilities underground you will be fined and be responsible for the repair. Use a shovel to remove all the grass in the area where the pool will be installed. That gives us 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 012 cubic meters of dirt per shovel and 13 5 0 012 1125 shovels.

Also remove rocks and other debris.