
A Guide to Building Natural Swimming Pools
Michael Littlewood(Author)
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Published on 28. April 2016
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7643-5083-2 (ISBN)
Description
Clear, concise instructions on how to design and build a natural swimming pool.
For anyone interested in creating natural swimming pools, this book covers all stages, from understanding the system, management, excavation, lining, walling, plumbing, electrical, planting, structures, and last but not least, the maintenance, to ensure a successful project.
Comprehensive information is presented in an easy to understand style with many illustrations showing methods of building. These are supported by the helpful inclusion of detailed scaled drawings, a plant guide with hardiness zones, and other useful information. The techniques will provide confidence to tackle the project and on completion give a huge sense of satisfaction and many hours of enjoyment.
For anyone interested in creating natural swimming pools, this book covers all stages, from understanding the system, management, excavation, lining, walling, plumbing, electrical, planting, structures, and last but not least, the maintenance, to ensure a successful project.
Comprehensive information is presented in an easy to understand style with many illustrations showing methods of building. These are supported by the helpful inclusion of detailed scaled drawings, a plant guide with hardiness zones, and other useful information. The techniques will provide confidence to tackle the project and on completion give a huge sense of satisfaction and many hours of enjoyment.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
286 color and b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 281 mm
Width: 219 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1486 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-5083-2 (9780764350832)
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Person
Michael Littlewood is a natural landscape architect and environmental planner with extensive experience in successfully designing and implementing sustainable land use projects. He is the author of numerous articles and publications.