Well, it took me nearly six months to get around to it and get the money together, but the previously torn up area around the swimming pool is done and ready for plants The main part of the new area is covered with 6″ x 12″ travertine pavers. The crushed stone is 1″ decomposed granite. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pool’
… almost finished
Well, this week marked the last stage of the pool project (at least for the pool guys anyway) All 27,000 +/- gallons of water are in, initial startup has been accomplished and now it’s “brush and backflush” for the next few days while the new surface cures and the remainder of the excess lime and [...]
Big Concrete Tank in the Ground
Roughly 9 hours of work gets the pool from nice and comfy to something that looks like it belongs on the set of a disaster movie… The pictures represent two frames from the timelapse video that I’m assembling of the project. It’s working well so far and as soon as I decide on the best [...]
… and so it begins – really.
The pool renovation begins Monday morning. My neighbors are going to love me – the first step is demolition featuring lots and lots of jackhammering. Although, from the sounds of things down the block this morning, someone else is also doing a little work on their see-ment pond. I’m playing around with some different image [...]
Construction begins
While architectural design work continues on the house, the swimming pool, unfortunately, can wait no longer. The leak in the pipes underground is getting worse by the day and has to be dealt with. So, the plunge – so to speak – is about to be taken. I’m in the process of completing an agreement [...]
Drip … drip … drip …
Well, OK, I guess water leaking underground doesn’t actually go “drip…” I have discovered one of those things in life that you always knew was a possible issue, but perhaps weren’t planning to have to deal with – or at least hoping that it’d be a while. My new-to-me house here in Phoenix has a [...]
