We are going to sand the pavers this coming saturday cause we have a few days of no rain. hopefully the weather cooperates. i'll have pics of the finished pavers then.
They measured for the mesh cover this past week too. So winterizing is coming up soon. My pool water is 69-63 right now. We are going to keep the pool up and running as long as we can to get the PH in better line hopefully.
I know I should be thinking about winterizing plan but the builder is doing it this year. I do want to tap wit him re: what chemical he adds to winterize and also if we are removing the salt cell or if it is being kept in place. I also want to ask if they clean the DE filter before closing or not. I don't know. I never owned a pool. this is new to me.
We also are going ahead and pouring the lower pad which leads to the pool house fro the steps off the pool decking. We are also going to built the bullet this fall and do the footers, frost walls and pad for the pool house. This also means conduits for all utilities into pool house through frost walls up through pad. We also have to get the stub ups for the toilet and 2 sinks dead on. Finally footings for the retaining walls we need are also going in. all grading will be finalized too. Ya a lot more work, but I'm taking the hands off approach to this part I think. I gave my buddy the pool house drawings I drew up and we will shoot the elevations and placements of utilities and then I think I'm going to let him run with it.
this way in the spring my other buddy can come in and frame, roof, wrap the building and then we can get on the brick and pavers for these 2 lower sections along with retaining walls, drainage, and finishing steps and columns. the big question is will my father and his closest friend tackle the brick totally on their own like they did for my house or is my buddy going to do it with his big brother (my dad's closest friend) and do it with them. i'm thinking the later from when we talked today. it's 10 years later since my house. my dad and his buddy are still in great shape. . . this might be their opus. lol
lots going on still. . .
jim