Digging A Pool With A Shovel

Dig to the required depth moving the string and measuring again as necessary.

Digging a pool with a shovel.

Mark the underground utilities. Your pool looks fantastic you did an admirable job on the whole project. I think this is a perfect sized pool for swimming and for children to learn to swim. Now an average garden shovel assuming rectangle is about 20cm x 30cm and picks up maybe 20cm thick of dirt if you work efficiently.

A sod cutter rented from a hardware store can help you clear large areas of grass with ease. This pool is only 5 4 deep 26 8 long and 13 4 wide. If there were plants in the area dig down to get to any roots hidden under the soil. It is deep enough to swim in but do not dive.

In some areas it may be called something different like call before you dig or some other name but this is a law. Use the shovel to clean out the corners smooth the walls and make minor corrections. Dig out the sod to clear the area. Check the main dimensions to make sure the hole matches your design or the pool supplier s dig.

I think a rectangular pool is also the best shape. Pick and a wide shovel. 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.

Removing any rocks from the site is critical to ensure no damage is done to your pool liner and wide shovel will help you to dig out the bumps. As you lay the board flat on the planned pool site it ll become immediately apparent which particular areas need to be flattened out. Wide rake and a lawn roller. You can now support our channel.

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. From this hole he makes a small swimming pool and a little underground room. This is a pretty cool video. The first thing you want to do before any digging an inground pool in your yard is make a call to dig safe.

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