He Started to Build a Pond in His Yard, but Then He Turned It into Something Even Better
By
Editorial Staff in
Amazing
On 18th July 2015
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#1 The Original Plan Was to Turn It into a Backyard Koi Pond, but the Project Got Massively Bigger
#2 After His Dog Passed Away, He Dug a Hole to Start on His Koi Pond, but After His Child Was Born, the Project Came to an Absolute Stop. The Hole Grew over, so His Friend Suggested He Make an Even Bigger Hole and Turn It into a Pool
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#3 As a Child, He'd Always Wanted a Pool, so He Thought It Would Be a Great Idea. So the Hole Started to Get Bigger
#4 Once the Hole Got Big Enough, They Added Some Reinforcements
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#5 Next, He Leveled and Marked the Pool's Edges for Rough Estimates
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#6 #19 The Most Important Piece of Any Pool Is the Plumbing, so He Got to Work on the Main Drain and the Skimmer
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#7 Now, to Install the Pump. He Installed It Early so That Debris Wouldn't Get in the Pipes
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#8 Since It Was Mid-July and They Live in Texas, They Had to Set up a Tent to Keep the Sun off Their Bodies and Keep Them Cool
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#9 That Summer, the Weather Never Dipped Below 105F
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#10 At This Point, They Were Still Hauling Dirt out of the Hole Bucket by Bucket
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#11 After the Water Discharge Tank and Waterfall Were Installed, It Was Time to Get to Work on the Grotto
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#12 Rebar Time
#13 More Rebar - Even on the outside Retaining Wall for Reinforcement
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#14 A Future Swimmer
#15 The View from Outside the Backyard
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#16 Finally, It Was Time for the Shotcrete
#17 It Started to Look Like a Real Pool
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#18 One Week After the Shotcrete
#19 Here's What the Retention Wall Looked like after the Shotcrete Application
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#20 One Month Later. The Next Step Was to Spread a Thick Layer of Latex over a Few Real Rocks and to Finish Shaping the Pool
#21 Before the First Cannonball, the Pool Had to Be Plastered by a Professional. And of Course, Filled with Water
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#22 The Cave
#23 A Happy Little Swimmer!
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#24 On a Hot Summer's Night, This Is the Perfect Spot to Be
