
Above — An especially well 
constructed and planted pool. 
Note the grotto with its tiny 
trickle of water simulating 
Building Your Pool Right 
Pools can be made of various materials including concrete, sheet lead, canvas, roofing 
felt and even heavy tough grades of paper. The last two are made by cementing 
numerous layers of the material together with roofing cement. Canvas makes a good 
temporary pool if thoroughly painted inside and out. Sheet lead is permanent but rather 
costly for large pools. Concrete is probably the most common material and the most 
satisfactory. The permanence of a concrete pool depends upon its thickness and proper 
reinforcing. Where the ground freezes, five or seven inches in thickness is not too much. 
This may be reinforced with wire fencing, ‘triangular mesh” made for the purpose or 
with iron bars. See that the reinforcing is in about the middle of the slab of cement 
when making. 
The cross-section sketch below shows you how to plan. This is an informal ,Pool with 
concealed rim, undoubtedly the best type. For a pool 20 to 24 inches deep inside, dig 
the hole 8 inches or a foot deeper than pool depth, tamp in well a layer of cinders 
for draininge, fit your reinforcing, wiring it well at the laps, then removing it from pool 
temporarily; beginning at the bottom, spread your concrete, about a three-inch layer, 
Nature so perfectly. 
over the entire pool. Next put the reinforcing in place and then another 3 inches of 



concrete. 
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plants and shallow A Wek an 
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Below — This pool is only may seep hefween 
fair because the boulders 
around the rim seem to be 
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wet 
simply perched there. Also e as 
they too completely encircle Sst ss Cre 
the pool for naturalness. TESS 
Of cinders tamped 
very solid 
SON See “Soil held by rocks 
Water lily in box cemerted to concrete poo/ 
of rich soil : 
Reinforce with * 
fencing or rriangulat 
mesh 


Tamp it all together 
well. When set, paint the 
entire pool with a thin 
mixture of pure cement 
and water to make it 
waterproof. Let stand ten 
days, keeping surface 
moist and shaded from 
heat of the sun. 
SHEE or Soi/ es 
Formal Finish 
WHA cement. 
cut stone or brick 

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