So this happened

[Newdude]

Nobody :





Nobody for a year :






Komatsu: let me sing you the songs of my people.

 

[Newdude]

 

[Texas Splash]

 

[kne]

A BUILD THREAD FROM NEWDUDE!!

 

[Newdude]

A BUILD THREAD FROM NEWDUDE!!

 

[proavia]

Renting out the area where your pool should be as a storage space?
New mud bog?

 

[Mdragger88]

Whoooot!!

 

[Newdude]

Yeah, I got a phone call at 5pm yesterday that they wanted to come today. I mean. I had some warning as I got my golden ticket to Hollywood a couple of weeks ago (permit).

Then. Boom. Good Friday indeed. And as luck would have it, I had long scheduled the 3 day weekend off. Woo-hoo.

Already hit the first snag too. It's nice to have it out of the way. We put in an extra wide gate on the new fence in across the driveway for the machines and cement truck. The excavator guys didn't want to tear up the driveway with the XL machine. Sooooooooo we were pulling fence on the old fence side of the house. But the previous owner didn't cement the pvc post in so it took all of 5 mins.

 

[Mdragger88]

Time to sit back & watch the parade!

 

[Newdude]

'member folks. Get pics of all the boxes and you'll never wonder what parts you need for your skimmer (etc) down the road.

 

[Leebo]

I’d suggest you read the ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry while they work.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Be sure to use lots of floc and algaecide when they first fill it … I hear the Frog mineral sanitizers with ozone are the best at sanitizing pools. You should get one of those. They even come with a free bottle of test strips … WIN-WIN !!

 

[kimkats]

Let the MUD begin!!! BIG BOY TOYS in the yard!! Here is hoping they have to leave it so you can play with it after they leave!

Sooooooooo we were pulling fence on the old fence side of the house. But the previous owner didn't cement the pvc post in so it took all of 5 mins.

Well at least that worked in your favor !!

 

[Newdude]

Day one is in the books. I have a shallow end hole. They are coming back tomorrow to build the forms and then Monday is scoop the hopper in the morning and pour in the afternoon. Until it isn't of course.

There has been waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much 'isn't' so far, to trust anything tomorrow. But. Progress today so it's a WIN.



Fun fact about the excavator that is spending the weekend :

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Hehehe. They never take the keys out of them ….

“Why NO mister foreman, I have no idea how the width of my pool grew by 2 ft …. Maybe your guy’s tape measure wasn’t calibrated properly when he laid it out on Friday … 🤷‍♂️”

 

[rstrouse]

I really don't like the plaster color and it looks like it might be a bit hard to clean. Even so you may have trouble getting the bottom of your shorts wet and if this were the 70s the top of your tube socks would still be dry.

 

[Newdude]

top of your tube socks would still be dry

It was all deep end for the short workers 🤷‍♂️

But it did expose a new issue. The apparant mostly level yard isn't even close and the slope down/away from the house is considerable. The excavator guy said I'd be buying loads of dirt if he took any away. I will think about it for now as that's subjective on how far I choose to level behind the pool. Once I see the finished wall height I'll have a better idea. The pro took one glance and literally laughed about it. 'Oh no, you are going to want to keep your dirt'

 

[rstrouse]

Yeah they all look about fart high from this angle.

 

[Newdude]

*stealing as future measurement. Bravo.