- Jul 20, 2022
- 922
- Pool Size
- 13500
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Turbo Cell (T-CELL-5)
We had our pool installed the week before Labor Day last year, MacGyvered our pool ladder to be able to get into the pool and 2 weeks after Labor Day we closed it. The only thing we did for the pool was to put the grass plugs that were removed for the bonding back for the final electrical inspection and thought that Spring 2023 is when we do the work to get it looking somewhat decent. Spring 2023 has arrived here in NJ so I took the coming week off to get some stuff (with a little hope of all the stuff) needed to get done. We are shooting for the official opening middle of May and hopefully the pool water will be warmer for Memorial Day weekend with a solar cover on it.
Today was kind of productive, we were able to set the base, rip out al the plugs we put back - the grass and trees reclaimed them FAST and put up 2 posts for fencing. We decided over the winter that since our yard is not level, the filter is above the bottom of the pool and the piping from the filter is at trip height (or dogs get into trouble height to be more exact ) we are going to fence that area in with vinyl lattice. Originally the weather was supposed to be rainy but looking at the forecast we should have quite a lot of good weather next week. What's left is doing 2 more holes, leveling an area where the pipes are for support (should be easy!), put down weed block fabric and then cart all the tons of rocks we took out from around the old pool back to the new pool. We made the circle around the pool larger than it was so that means buying even more rocks!
Welcome Spring 2023!
Today was kind of productive, we were able to set the base, rip out al the plugs we put back - the grass and trees reclaimed them FAST and put up 2 posts for fencing. We decided over the winter that since our yard is not level, the filter is above the bottom of the pool and the piping from the filter is at trip height (or dogs get into trouble height to be more exact ) we are going to fence that area in with vinyl lattice. Originally the weather was supposed to be rainy but looking at the forecast we should have quite a lot of good weather next week. What's left is doing 2 more holes, leveling an area where the pipes are for support (should be easy!), put down weed block fabric and then cart all the tons of rocks we took out from around the old pool back to the new pool. We made the circle around the pool larger than it was so that means buying even more rocks!
Welcome Spring 2023!