I'm amazed and honored and touched from all the post that have been made here during my abscence. I had to show Eva all the post's even if that made me have to explain to her that I have been away from the board for a while, something she wasn't aware of. I woulden't have done that if it wasn't for all the heartbreaking posts. I felt that I wanted to share my happiness with here. She is even more amazed than me.
To mamameg who did her first post on these boards in my thread! WELCOME aboard Meg!! You coulden't have made a better entrance

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Dave! I have poured the concrete over the machineroom today after I prepoured the skimmers a few days ago the way you showed me. It worked out really well. I din't have to extend the skimmers with sheet metall the way you had to do. The skimmer lid itself was high enough, that saved me a bit of work. As you can see on the pic have I mounted 1/2" of celluar plastic outside the pre poured concrete that will work as a expansion joint against the surrounding concrete, just the way you taughted me
It was a bit tricky to get the concrete even with all the things that is placed on the machineroom like skimmers and the lid down and the two tubes to the fan, but with a lot of patience did it turned out well.
Next in line(read next weekend) is to compleat the pouring around the rest of the pool(approx 18" wide that will work as a coping) so I can mount the tile on that area which I shall grout together with the pool. Then it's time for filling

Filling has almost become a surreal word to me over the years but now it's not far away
I have changed plan again regarding our pooldeck. What
seems to be the final choice is a wooden deck. So now I stand here with a lot of rebars and heaps of ferric oxide that I don't have any use for and that was both expensive and hard to get hold of
There are a few advantages that I can see with wood over concrete or pavers. Dirt and rain water slips down inbetween the boards, so I hope for a slightly cleaner pool with wood compared to other materials. Furhter is wood nice to walk on barefoot and I don't have to worrie about floor drains and slopes from the pool when I construct it. Downsides must be the maintenance and durability.
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