Indiana Hill Billy pool dig...with pics!
- Thread starter 8corneflakes
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dave,
I love your pool! You did a wonderful job. We can only hope ours turns out half as good!
I love your pool! You did a wonderful job. We can only hope ours turns out half as good!
Look what we did! 
unkrock: 
Pics at night just beautiful with lights on. The water in the day is a rich aqua color. We really picked the right liner for us and the steps turned out perfect. Auto Cover is up and running. It was a little difficult to figure out but installation went smoothly!! Thanks for all the help and encouragement from TFP. Couldn't have done it without you!!!
Breathtaking. Congratulations especially given the hard work.
The steps look fantastic!
Best wishes to your whole family!
The steps look fantastic!
Best wishes to your whole family!
- Mar 14, 2011
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Awesome job! 
Thanks for sharing your trials and tribulations with us.
Hurry up summer!
John
Thanks for sharing your trials and tribulations with us.
Hurry up summer!
John
No need to wait for summer! We swam for a couple hours before getting ready for our big annual Halloween party. The kids just had the best time. They watched and helped all summer, so it was so exciting to see them enjoy themselves. I can not express how proud I am of my husband. He has accomplished what many thought he could not. I loved watching the satisfaction on his face as he watched the kids swim.
Around 9 pm, the Halloween party turned into a night time 50 degree swim party. Of course the water was 80 degrees so people couldn't help but jump in. Super fun!
Our slide is here. We are really pleased with this. Seems really durable and as safe as a slide can get. We took it outside and let the kids slide into the grass for a while.
Concrete pad to get poured next week. Then we will close the pool and get ready for 5 foot of snow.
Around 9 pm, the Halloween party turned into a night time 50 degree swim party. Of course the water was 80 degrees so people couldn't help but jump in. Super fun!
Our slide is here. We are really pleased with this. Seems really durable and as safe as a slide can get. We took it outside and let the kids slide into the grass for a while.
Concrete pad to get poured next week. Then we will close the pool and get ready for 5 foot of snow.
Awesome job, I can imagine the amount of parental happiness seeing those kids enjoying the pool.
nope, our backyard is still a muddy mess. We couldn't decide exactly what we wanted. Now we have something to do this spring. Everyday someone in this family looks outside and says "I can't wait to open the pool".
8cornflakes,
Same way with us. I was so slow getting the decking and retaining wall and fill dirt on two side of the pool we swam without it for one entire season. We were so excited to get water in the pool, we didn't care if it was blue or not. Several big jugs of Clorox and away we went. Pics are about one year apart, if not more.[attachment=1:2phgtc9m]049firstswim.JPG[/attachment:2phgtc9m][attachment=0:2phgtc9m]054completed.JPG[/attachment:2phgtc9m]
Same way with us. I was so slow getting the decking and retaining wall and fill dirt on two side of the pool we swam without it for one entire season. We were so excited to get water in the pool, we didn't care if it was blue or not. Several big jugs of Clorox and away we went. Pics are about one year apart, if not more.[attachment=1:2phgtc9m]049firstswim.JPG[/attachment:2phgtc9m][attachment=0:2phgtc9m]054completed.JPG[/attachment:2phgtc9m]
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Dave, is that tile over concrete? If so, how has it held up? We are so torn on decking because we really don't want plain concrete, but also not interested in the super inflated price of stamped. BTW, beautiful pool!
Truly impressive. I'd be terrified of taking on a job like this but you all nailed it. Inspiring!
Good morning! Yes. The primary reason for not doing the last two sides is that is all fill dirt behind a retaining wall and, even though I compacted it, I felt I needed to wait a year for it to settle completely.
That turned out to be worth the wait because (so far) there is not one crack in the entire decking (2500 sq ft).
In hindsight, I would opt to do only one color of tile. Secondly, even though we thought we tested it carefully, it has turned out to be a little more slippery than we would really like.
It is virtually impervious to EVERYTHING and I would do it again with the two modifications above.
Theresa, great, fun to read thread and your husband is a beast! Congrats To your family and enjoy that pool!
We came back here to reminisce and actually enjoyed our own thread again! My husband said, "remember when we hated this project"? It's all ancient history now. Then we realized we aren't even done yet! We are gearing up for Indiana Hill Billy pool dig part 2...The Hill Billy Returns! The next chapter includes:
Decking
Diving Board
Slide
Deck jets
Exterior lighting
Landscaping
Finish the vault for the cover
rerouting the invisible fence around the pool (and getting collars for all the kids)
Repairing the wooden deck off the house that we distorted
Pool party!
Stay tuned.
Decking
Diving Board
Slide
Deck jets
Exterior lighting
Landscaping
Finish the vault for the cover
rerouting the invisible fence around the pool (and getting collars for all the kids)
Repairing the wooden deck off the house that we distorted
Pool party!
Stay tuned.
PS, thanks to TFP, our son earned 1st place in the school science fair. His topic, 'How to turn a yucky pond into a sparkling oasis'.