Pool installation
Compass ceramic pools can be installed in two ways, depending on the bottom type: flat or sloped.
Pools with a sloped bottom are installed on the gravel bed, placed both under and around the pool. The pool subsoil is made of washed river gravel (round pebbles) of 8-16 mm size.
Pools with flat bottom can be installed on the condrete base plate. Once settled, the sides are filled up by moistened concrete.
You can see the construction process on pictures – it shows how the Smokey Quartz coloured Java pool with sliding roof system is built.
1. Complete manual and construction drawings
If you decide to install Compass ceramic pool, you will receive detailed documentation for constructing company.
![Excavation plan of Java 85](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/vykopovy-plan-1.jpg)
2. Excavations
After a careful measurement the excavations begin.
![Compass pool construction – excavations](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/01.jpg)
![Ceramic pool installation – earth works with an excavator](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/02.jpg)
![Compass ceramic pool installation - excavation](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/03.jpg)
3. Preparation of the pool subsoil
The excavation bottom is filled with a subsoil layer of washed round gravel, poured on a geotextile and rammed. It´s also possible to prepare a concrete base plate, but Compass ceramic pool installation doesn´t require it, gravel bed settles the pool sufficiently.
![Ceramic pool installation – gravel bed](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/04.jpg)
4. Pool transportation and placing
The next step is to transport the pool and place it on the base plate or gravel bed. See the video of pool transport with crane.
![Pool construction – placing the ceramic pool with a crane](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/06_01.jpg)
![Pool construction – settling the pool with a crane](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/07.jpg)
![Compas Pools ceramic pools installation](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/08.jpg)
5. Technology installation and backfilling
Once the skimmer, inlet nozzles, lights, hoses and pipes are fitted, the pool is gradually backfilled around by dry concrete mixture or gravel. At the same time pool is filled by water to balance the pressure exerted on the walls.
The space under the stairs is always filled with dry concrete.
![Ceramic pool installation and backfilling by dry concrete mixture](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/10.jpg)
FIG. Ceramic pool installation and backfilling by dry concrete mixture
FIG.
![Filling the JAVA pool with water](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11.jpg)
6. Technology installation in the shaft
Once the pool is settled, the pool technology installation begins – either in the pool shaft or in a room designated for this purpose (garage, basement, garden shed).
![Ceramic pool installation and pool technology shaft](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/12.jpg)
![technology shaft](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/18.jpg)
7. Pool roofing
Roofing rails are settled onto the concrete pool ring (if they are going to be imbedded at the paving level), or are settled after the tiles are layed.
![Settling the rails of pool roofing](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/13.jpg)
8. Tiling around the pool
![Laying the tiles around the JAVA pool](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/15.jpg)
![laying the ceramic edge of the pool](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/16.jpg)
9. Roofing installation
![construction with roofing](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/17.jpg)
![Landscaping works in the surrounding](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/19.jpg)
![Completed JAVA 85 ceramic pool installation](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20.jpg)
10. It´s done…
… let´s go swimming.
![Completed JAVA 85 ceramic pool installation - ready to swim](https://www.compasspools.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/21.jpg)
See how the pool is moved from the street to the construction site.