Thks Lershac & tsunami.

I did get some special roofing caulk which I used, but I also put a row of nails, then covered the heads. I did'nt want to do the extra nailing but thought I may be sorry if I did'nt.

Well the nails will mostly be covered by the solar, and its not like you are storing precious items under there. I wouldnt have put the nails, but everybody does stuff diffferent, and everything usually turns out ok. I like your joist sleeves, did you fab those yourself? They look like they will be around longer than any of us!

I always tend to overdo things. Just thought once the panels were in place it would be hard to ever add anything. Now that I see this this built, I wish it did have walls... we'll see what evolves as I get more spare time.

Yea I designed the sleves, they were made in our machine shop, the 4" sq stainless tube was left over from a job we did for UC Berkley, as part of a science project studying neutrino's.

The panels went up today! Weather is going to be warm tomorrow so I hope to see a difference by the afternoon.

Wow that looks great!

Hey it does look good! Used that blue glue I see...we call it hot glue. Gotta get it right quick with that stuff, but it sure is good.

The pipe work was all the solar guy's, that why it looks so good! Water temp is 79.7 as of 9:00am when the solar switched on. Yesterday it shut off at 6:30pm, so I should have approx 9 1/2 hr of run time today, excited to see what that does for the temp. The pump is running at 2000 rpm, I'm not sure what that equates to in gallon per hr, does anyone? I looked in the manual and there is a graph but I did'nt understand it totally.

EDIT: Water temp at 82.6 as of 1:30 pm.

The water got to 85.1 today. Feels really good, I going to get used to this!

The solar is kicking a%%. Swam tonight for along time, water was 87.8 deg. I think this is about the max temp I want but I'll experiment a little.

Awsome man! I find the only thing wrong with warm water is that it makes it harder to get used to cooler temps. I like warm...not too much so however. About 80-82 on the low end for me.

If you are just relaxing and enjoying life, I find ~88F about perfect. If working out I like 80 or 82.

A few other details. I know this will take at least another couple years to be "almost" done.

Ruby, who was nearly killed last dec 21st by a car, walking on water.

Completed a few more things this weekend. There goes 10 yds of bark and 20 yds of 3/4 drain rock, getting more bark this week.

Pool season is about done here, hate to say, water got to 77 today. Jumped in a few times, after spreading rock, I love the pool!
After the labor & swim, A refreshment or two.....