Excavating Your Property for Installing an Inground Swimming Pool

Excavating Your Property for Installing an Inground Swimming Pool

Installing an inground swimming pool is a tedious task as it requires a lot of planning and excavating to get the job done. If you plan on having a pool at home, then you should know what are things you should know before starting. Here are the basic steps of excavating your property for installing an inground swimming pool.


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step 1: Correctly measure and mark the dimensions of your inground pool as this is needed when excavators dig in your area.
step 2: Remove any existing obstacles such as trees, dog houses, appliances, or even furniture.
step 3: Use the excavator to dig a trench for electrical wirings and plumbing connections.
step 4: Run the trench from the equipment pad location to the pool.
step 5: Start excavating on the pool site.
step 6: Once you start digging, follow all the necessary procedures such as digging specs and various measurements like size and depth.
step 7: Remove excess dirt using the excavator and onto the dump truck.Set aside dirt for backfilling and landscaping.
step 8: For precise measurements, use a laser level.
step 9: Mark to spec, then excavate.
step 10: For proper slopes, dig specifications of the inground swimming pool
step 11: Continue digging until measurements are attained.

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I’m Eric Brophy, a carpenter and homebuilder with 16 years experience doing the job right, the old-fashioned way. What they used to say is true — measure twice, cut once. If you plan out a project from the start, with blueprints, a bill of materials, the whole nine yards, you may seem to be wasting time at the start, but it’s time saved on having to do the job again when it just doesn’t fit. Whether you’re building in the city or off the grid, ground-up or touch-up, I can guarantee you’ll find home improvement tips for your next DIY project at home.

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