A bit of drama to get to this point. Feel free to read if you are bored. After all we are mostly stuck home.
To start I have an old thread where we thought we were getting a retaining wall and a pool. After many errors we had to cancel everything. Leveling our yard without a wall didn't seem like it would work and the wall price went up to 70K. We thought the pool builder was adding a lot to the cost to line his pockets but later found out it was because he was including things the excavator contractor was not (mostly leveling, loaming etc.).
Original Thread... Starting a new pool project.
Anyhow we started having our yard leveled with fill just so I could get into my shed without building a ramp or deck. This brought our neighbors over (who are none too happy that our house was built here after their brother sold the land). They started complaining about property line. So to put them at ease we had the surveyor come out and re-mark the property lines since stakes had been removed at some point. We did this at our expense and gave them a copy of the survey report. Well they are still none too happy since they lost land they thought they owned. We gained a lot of space behind my shed and suddenly realized maybe we didn't need a wall. We can move the shed and have enough space for a pool.
So we called the pool guy and he came over and we are now reviewing his contract. The contractor doing the yard fill knows we are putting a pool and they have compacted and used the proper material. We did waste a bit of money on loam (not realizing we were putting in a pool this year).
The shed is being moved today if the crane shows up. Check out the thread I posted above for initial pictures of the yard on page 1.
Here's some pics of what's going on... (I'll post pool details in a later post).
After we added fill and loam to get into my shed...
Once we realized we had more land behind the shed and cleared out the saplings, added a bit of fill. I know it seems weird the shed wasn't moved and fill put in, but this is simply because the first crane operator bailed out on us and didn't show up. We will be moving the shed and doing nothing else until it's time for pool to be put in. Part of the pool will be where the shed is now. We will utilize any fill material that has to be removed down on the lower yard level.
Where the shed is moving, on the gravel on the lower level.
Hopefully this time I can finish the thread with an actual pool. We still have a lot of details to work out, fencing, patio, location of filter etc.
To start I have an old thread where we thought we were getting a retaining wall and a pool. After many errors we had to cancel everything. Leveling our yard without a wall didn't seem like it would work and the wall price went up to 70K. We thought the pool builder was adding a lot to the cost to line his pockets but later found out it was because he was including things the excavator contractor was not (mostly leveling, loaming etc.).
Original Thread... Starting a new pool project.
Anyhow we started having our yard leveled with fill just so I could get into my shed without building a ramp or deck. This brought our neighbors over (who are none too happy that our house was built here after their brother sold the land). They started complaining about property line. So to put them at ease we had the surveyor come out and re-mark the property lines since stakes had been removed at some point. We did this at our expense and gave them a copy of the survey report. Well they are still none too happy since they lost land they thought they owned. We gained a lot of space behind my shed and suddenly realized maybe we didn't need a wall. We can move the shed and have enough space for a pool.
So we called the pool guy and he came over and we are now reviewing his contract. The contractor doing the yard fill knows we are putting a pool and they have compacted and used the proper material. We did waste a bit of money on loam (not realizing we were putting in a pool this year).
The shed is being moved today if the crane shows up. Check out the thread I posted above for initial pictures of the yard on page 1.
Here's some pics of what's going on... (I'll post pool details in a later post).
After we added fill and loam to get into my shed...
Once we realized we had more land behind the shed and cleared out the saplings, added a bit of fill. I know it seems weird the shed wasn't moved and fill put in, but this is simply because the first crane operator bailed out on us and didn't show up. We will be moving the shed and doing nothing else until it's time for pool to be put in. Part of the pool will be where the shed is now. We will utilize any fill material that has to be removed down on the lower yard level.
Where the shed is moving, on the gravel on the lower level.
Hopefully this time I can finish the thread with an actual pool. We still have a lot of details to work out, fencing, patio, location of filter etc.
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