Our L.A. (Lower Arkansas) pool install.

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Update Day # whatever day it is into this install... Got our water bill yesterday. Roughly 10,000 gallons in this pool added about $65.00 to our water bill. Can't bring myself to gripe about that one.

Oh yeah, I picked up a little more lumber today. Hopefully, this will get us through the deck build.

 
We got our riser installed last night. I really need to decide where to place my steps and get them mounted. I jumped down off the deck to cut a deck board, landed on a cut off piece of wood and twisted my ankle. Now me and Professordaisy are both gimped up. I'm not nearly as bad off as she is. I got lucky. It's just a little sore this morning but I am sure it will slow me down some on the rail installation the next couple of nights.





 
I'll be making a platform like this for our steps.
 
It was fairly simple but time consuming. I meant to take some pictures of the frame before the decking went on, but daylight was burning and I plain forgot.

I started with the longest two sides, creating an "L" shaped box and worked my way toward the pool. I would position it and measure some more and pull it back to build more boxes onto the frame. I then screwed it down to the deck boards and joists where applicable and decked it, trying to line up the decking with the main floor of the deck.
 
samanthamartin777 said:
Can't wait to see pictures. What part of LA are you from? I grew up in Lake Village.
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We are south of Arkadelphia. Not quite as Lower Arkansas as Lake Village...

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Decided to take a break from deck building last night and do some pool cleaning and enjoying last night.

Oh the joys of living in a Hickory Grove... This is what I vacuumed up.



And Happy Early Father's Day to me!

 
mac.dblues said:
We are south of Arkadelphia. Not quite as Lower Arkansas as Lake Village...

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Decided to take a break from deck building last night and do some pool cleaning and enjoying last night.

Oh the joys of living in a Hickory Grove... This is what I vacuumed up.



And Happy Early Father's Day to me!

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You are going to love that skimmer box! Happy Father's Day to you just a bit early from me! :mrgreen:
 
We finally got our deck "finished". At least the rails up. Still needs lattice work underneath. I managed to get some gumption throughout the week and they slowly but surely came together.

This is where we stood as of yesterday afternoon when I got home from work.



A couple of hours of cutting ballisters to length, predrilling screw holes, attaching the ballisters and only fixing a screw up on one run and we have our deck completed.







Finally getting to relax poolside...



Before grilling some filet mignons for supper.

 

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Strutaway.... hmmm... I think I know that name.... everyone, meet my mother in law! And yes he's a cute puppy. He may just win me over. He seems to trust me more than professordaisy.

Thanks Lacey, we spent several hours on it this weekend.

Thank you Kim.

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The deck looks great Mac! Wanna come help us do ours? :mrgreen:
 
strutaway said:
Sure is a cute puppy on professor daisy's lap.
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Tee Hee Hee! My mom has joined the thread! Her only post! Guess we will make TFP a family thing! My sister is lurking somewhere in the shadows. She read our thread last night! LOL!

Casey
I've always wanted to come to that part of the world! I LOVE your umbrellas! We've been looking at one on Amazon but I'm cheap and it is not offered with free Prime shipping...
 
mac.dblues said:
I would be more than happy to if it weren't for that pesky 1200 mile drive...
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Oh I know!!! Lol

professordaisy said:
Tee Hee Hee! My mom has joined the thread! Her only post! Guess we will make TFP a family thing! My sister is lurking somewhere in the shadows. She read our thread last night! LOL!

Casey
I've always wanted to come to that part of the world! I LOVE your umbrellas! We've been looking at one on Amazon but I'm cheap and it is not offered with free Prime shipping...
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Hi mom!!! :wave:

I got mine at Wal-Mart for I think $25 or $35. Can't remember.... :mrgreen:
 
Casey said:
I feel for Ms. Daisy! I have been dealing with a very painful shoulder since mid April and I still can lift a gallon of milk or dump bleach in my pool without severe pain.

Hubby bought wood for ours too and I just can't help him. It's driving me insane!!! Good luck and keep us posted with pics! Ms. Daisy and I will be lounging in the pools with our sore rotator cuffs!
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What the heck is going on lately with bad shoulders, etc? I too have been plagued by a pinched nerve in my neck that goes into my shoulder and down my arm. Been on nerve pain pills, and another pain meds for the last 5 months. I have an MRI set up for next month so they find out what is exactly wrong and what to do about it. No fun at all for sure.
 
xanadu said:
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What the heck is going on lately with bad shoulders, etc? I too have been plagued by a pinched nerve in my neck that goes into my shoulder and down my arm. Been on nerve pain pills, and another pain meds for the last 5 months. I have an MRI set up for next month so they find out what is exactly wrong and what to do about it. No fun at all for sure.
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Mine is a very angry case of shoulder tendonitis! I got a shot of cortisone and 85% of my pain is gone! I felt like it was worse than it was because of all the pain I was in! Get the MRI and an XRAY!
 

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