International Pool

dervish99 · Post by **dervish99** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 1:22 pm

Hi all,rode past the old international pool today to see alarge gaping hole in the side of it, looks like the tearing down of the external walls has begun, won't be long before it has gone for good.BTW does anyone know what they plan to do with the very large pile of hardcore they have stored in the old carperk? thought it might be to fill the hole in afterwards

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 1:48 pm

It will probably surface the car park that will be there for the next five years.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 1:56 pm

Probably to fill in the holes where the pools were.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 6:55 pm

dervish99 wrote: Hi all,rode past the old international pool today to see alarge gaping hole in the side of it, looks like the tearing down of the external walls has begun, won't be long before it has gone for good.BTW does anyone know what they plan to do with the very large pile of hardcore they have stored in the old carperk? thought it might be to fill the hole in afterwards

Read back on the other pool threads with Phills offerings - the official word is that the spoil (thought to be largely ground-up Yorkshire Bank from the Arena site) is to fill in the pool void and the basement boiler room. Apart from the diving pit, much of the pool is actually already above ground level and that pile at its peak was almost 12m high.A large area has been spread out again to allow the demolition plant easier access to the fron wall.The long corridor was eaten yesterday followed rapidly by the main steel/glass frontage.The site has been rigged with a fair bit of CCTV by the way so I think going over-the-fence might not be wise - it is starting to look a bit ify in there in parts too.

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 7:29 pm

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 7:30 pm

Inside out

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 7:33 pm

Deep

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 9:24 pm

chameleon wrote: Deep I hope they've left the plug out, as the way it's raining tonight it might be full again in the morning!

Post by **chameleon** » Wed 02 Sep, 2009 11:30 pm

raveydavey wrote: chameleon wrote: Deep I hope they've left the plug out, as the way it's raining tonight it might be full again in the morning! Size of that mountain of crushed concrete - more like a land-slide!

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 03 Sep, 2009 7:37 pm

Almost inside, but not without some intrepidation. The plinth between the main pool and the diving pool is surprisingly thin.