Okay, as many of you know we decided not to move to San Antonio. After weighing our options and stressing about our house not selling, we thought it would be best to stay put and John would commute for a while. He is only gone about 4 more days a month than normal, so it is not too bad. Within a week of deciding to stay, we decided to put in a pool. Being that our neighbors own the pool store and they love us so much, we jumped to the top of the 6+ month waiting list. Just kidding, they were actually across the road in another subdivision from ours and it was over the July 4th holiday so it made since to just hop over here! They came in like a whirlwind and knocked the thing out in 4 days. We still have some things left to do, like get our fence up and build a small pool house/bathroom/storage/whatever building, but that will come in a few more months or so. We are putting up a 4ft black rod iron look a like fence. It is made out of aluminum. We would love to have some company go swimming, come see us!!
Day One
They cut into the hill and marked off the pool!
And the digging begins!
End of the first day!
Day Two
End of the 2nd day. They shot the pool with gunite and framed it for tile. 
The finished product on Friday.
Now the marsite people have to come and then we can fill it with water!
They sprayed the marsite in the pool Monday morning!
And the digging begins!
End of the first day!Day Two
End of the 2nd day. They shot the pool with gunite and framed it for tile. Day Three
By the end of the day Thursday they had the tile on the pool and began evening out the dirt and forming it so they could pour the concrete decking tomorrow!
By the end of the day Thursday they had the tile on the pool and began evening out the dirt and forming it so they could pour the concrete decking tomorrow!Day Four
The finished product on Friday. Now the marsite people have to come and then we can fill it with water!
They sprayed the marsite in the pool Monday morning!
Hayden and Madison in deep end as the water starts!
We started the water hose Monday afternoon at 3:00pm. the pool was full Wednesday morning at 10:30am.
Tuesday mid afternoon
The cool decking had been completed by now, and we have been swimming fools!
John built this wall himself. He busted his bottom in the heat. Poor thing, it has been ridiculously hot here and the big 18" bricks weigh a good 70+ pounds a piece. It was nice though, when he had enough he would jump in the pool to cool off. He did a great job on the wall, I am totally impressed!!!
In the area next to the wall there, we are going to build a 14x14 building. The back half will be John's, where he can store his mowers and stuff. The front half will be mine with a bathroom and storage place for all the pool toys and equipment.
We will fill this in with dirt and give it a slight taper to direct water flow around and away from the pool when it rains.
All the bricks will have fill up against them with a slight taper, so you wont be able to see anything except the tops and grass!
Tuesday mid afternoon
The cool decking had been completed by now, and we have been swimming fools!All of the sod to the right of this picture was laid by none other than myself, okay John laid a pallet and I laid a pallet. That is hard work let me tell you! It took great and looks awesome, I am very proud of myself !
John built this wall himself. He busted his bottom in the heat. Poor thing, it has been ridiculously hot here and the big 18" bricks weigh a good 70+ pounds a piece. It was nice though, when he had enough he would jump in the pool to cool off. He did a great job on the wall, I am totally impressed!!!
In the area next to the wall there, we are going to build a 14x14 building. The back half will be John's, where he can store his mowers and stuff. The front half will be mine with a bathroom and storage place for all the pool toys and equipment. 
We will fill this in with dirt and give it a slight taper to direct water flow around and away from the pool when it rains.
All the bricks will have fill up against them with a slight taper, so you wont be able to see anything except the tops and grass!
2 comments:
The pool and decking look awesome!! We are seriously soooooo jealous!! Great job guys!
Gosh...I'm jealous, but still wish you were moving here. Will you ever come out to visit again? Please call and catch up sometime. Do you still have my digits?
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