Patent ID: 6758025
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: E04H

Abstract:
A method of forming a swimming pool construction having a peripheral pool wall comprising:providing a plurality of ground anchor members arranged at longitudinally spaced positions and at a common levelled height; the ground anchor members including an inner row and an outer row spaced at a common distance outwardly relative to the pool shape from the inner row; providing on each of the inner row of the ground anchor members an inwardly extending inner support member; providing on each of the outer row of the ground anchor members an outwardly extending outer support member; providing a plurality of inner rail members and a plurality of outer rail members each having a bottom support surface and a vertical abutment surface; arranging the inner rail members end to end and mounting the inner rail members with the bottom support surface thereof supported on the inner support members to follow the pool shape, the vertical abutment surface of the inner rail members oriented to define a retaining surface; arranging the outer rail members end to end and mounting the outer rail members with the bottom support surface thereof supported on the outer support members to follow the pool shape, the vertical abutment surface of the outer rail members oriented to define a retaining surface; providing a plurality of inner pool wall panels; locating a bottom edge of the inner pool wall panels on the inner rail members at an outwardly facing retaining surface of the inner rail members so as to stand upwardly therefrom and connecting the inner wall panels end to end to form an inner pool wall; supporting the inner pool wall panels so as to stand vertically upwardly from the inner rail members; providing a plurality of outer pool wall panels; locating a bottom edge of the outer pool wall panels on the outer rail members at an inwardly facing retaining surface of the outer rail members so as to stand upwardly therefrom and connecting the outer wall panels end to end to form an outer pool wall; supporting the outer pool wall panels so as to stand vertically upwardly from the outer rail members; the inner and outer wall panels being supported by: forming a plurality of arch members each having a first leg at a respective one of the inner wall panels, a second lea at a respective one of the outer wall panels and a cross piece; the legs of the arch member comprising a channel shaped structure having a pair of side walls spaced along the panel and a web wall spanning the side walls and spaced from the respective panel; the cross piece of the arch member comprising a channel shaped structure having a pair of side walls spaced along the inner and outer panels and a web wall span fling the side walls ands aced downwardly from a top edge of the side walls; casting a concrete arch into the arch member such that one leg of the concrete arch is connected to the inner panel and the other leg of the concrete arch is connected to the outer panel; and removing the arch members such that the inner and outer wall panels are supported by the cast concrete arches; casting a concrete base layer between the retaining surface of the inner rail members and the retaining surface of the outer rail members such that the concrete base layer engages the bottom edge of the inner and outer wall panels; and removing the inner and outer rail members leaving the inner and outer wall panels supported in place on the concrete base layer.