Doughboy 21'x41' Autumn Breeze Build Log

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All the sod stripped away and the ground was excavated 16" down below grade.

 

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88 cubic yards of 3/4 minus road crush hauled in with the Bobcat. I ran 8 foot wide geogrid down on top of the compacted clay substrate before adding the 3/4 minus road crush. There's 4" Big-O drain pipe running down either side of the site as well. All the road crush was compacted in 4" lifts with a 1000 pound diesel plate compactor.

 

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I wanted to hard plumb the pool and thought this would be the best way to do it...............wrong! In hindsight, I should have just buried the last fifteen feet and then ran the 2" sch 40 on a bed of sand on the surface. We are going to put a low rise composite deck in next spring that will cover everything but still give us quick access should a leak develop down the road.

 

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Plumbing end before the equipment pad.

 

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Our 6 year old son loving the plate compactor

 

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Prepped pool site within 0.50" of level over a 30' x 50' rectangle. The laser level is almost like cheating.

 

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We had to raise our concrete block wall to seven feet. Strata wanted the pool to be hidden from view from the golf course.

 

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Getting there!

 

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Curve to match the one against the house.

 

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Outside corner and step down into the yard. I ran to beads of PL masonry adhesive along each side of the concrete block. Each block is mortared together where they meet with 1 1/4" 10' lengths of galvanized pipe pounded in every fourth block. The wall should be bombproof..........I hope.

 

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Finished Wall

 

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Next up was the safety net for golf balls.

 

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Setting the 2nd post and bracing it.

 

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This was fun going up the 40' ladder to tension the guy lines. I could feel the 6 inch drill pipe flex inward with every turn of the ratchet.

 

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Clipping the net onto the carabiners and sliding them across the tensioned 3/8" stainless steel aircraft cable.

 

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I had to cut through the existing 4" slab on the side of the house with a 12" gas powered concrete saw and then jackhammer the stubborn bits out afterwards to make room for the plumbing and equipment pad.

 

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Plumbing all in and pressure testing each zone.

 

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Cheap home made pressure tester..........worked well

 

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Equipment pad poured and plumbing finished. I will be replacing all of the Spears valves with the Jandy Never Lube as recommended by you guys next spring. Our local pool supply store had nothing and it was a two week wait to order them in. I plumbed in everything with quick disconnect unions so it should be fairly straight forward to change out next spring.

The concrete turned out okay but I wish I would have hired a professional. I just kind of winged it for my first time but wasn't happy with the finish on the front of the slab. I covered it up 1/2 pressure treated plywood and painted it black. It also protect the 2" plumbing coming out of the 3" sleeves I set in the concrete.

 

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Hayward Ecostar remote control panel picture. We absolutely love this pump. It's so quiet on low speed that you literally need to bend down and put your ear beside it to see if it's running. There's not a single bubble in the sight glass on any speed and the programming functions are great. On full speed it will shoot water three feet in the air out of all six jets at the same time. The kids love it!