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| Bill Gwynn our builder. He lives 2 doors north. He build a pool and guest house at our last home. |
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| There will be a fire pit and sitting area on south end |
We have had an excellent start - 2 bright sunny hot days.
Today they finished digging the hole. It is exactly 15 x 35 x 6 feet deep.
About 7 truckloads of dirt were hauled away. 2 truckloads of crusted stone were brought in.
The crushed stone was spread in the bottom of the hole about 1 foot thick.
After that - the steel rebar was delivered. A criss cross lattice will be constructed on the bottom - crossing the steel rebar at 15 inch intervals. It will look like a checkerboard.
We plan to put a wedding tent over the hole to protect the workers from the sun.
Pipes for the filtering system will be laid before the concrete floor is poured. All pipes will run to the garage where the filter and other hardware will be housed inside. We will install an electric heap pump to heat the pool.
We were lucky - the trucks did not dig up our front yard at all.
Code requires th pool be fenced in or covered with an enclosure.
If we were installing a vinyl liner pool - a simple frame would be put in and the bottom would be packed solid. It would be a much cheaper and quicker job.
My friend Mike commented - "in two weeks you will be swimming."
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| A one foot layer of crushed stone covers the bottom. |
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| Notice how the soil stands up around the edge. |
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| The pool is 15 x 35 - and holds 16,000 gallons |
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| There will be a 35 x 60 concrete deck around pool |
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| The pool gets full sun all day |
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| Digger Gary Moran did a nice job - very neat. |
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| Nice dry hot days to dig. |
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| Steel Rebar keeps the pool stable. |
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