Fill-er up please!

starting on filling it up 

Have started filling it up again with water. I drained it down to below the light, thinking the light was leaking.
Was actually were I had cut a little to far at the stairs, and missed a screw hole.
Have patched that using an aqua-pool epoxy that is white, matchs the stairs, and no more leak.

Should be filled by sometime late tonight. gonna keep checking for leaks etc.

ohh, the pump is working, all plumbing is good, and the electrical to the pump, so that is a plus.

vacuming out the air. 

starting on the liner. 

water is in the pool, buttttt

got liner in, water in to the bottom of steps.
i missed a screw hole on the steps, so have a water leak.
finally found it last night about 10pm after hunting all evening.
will have it fixed this eveing and filled with water then.

will put pics on maybe tonight. if i get time.

cement is done!  

cost so far.

a few people have asked the cost so far on my pool.

Pool kit 4730.00
backhoe/skid steer 1050.00
sand and sand gravel 1200.00
pipe/wire/concrete 250.00
laboreres once 190.00

total to now. 7420.00

I still need 300 in sand and 150 in bobcat rental= 450.00
concrete 100.00
gravel/pea 60.00


also going to upgrade to a salt water chlorinator for 704.00

this does not include the 200 for concrete mixer. The only tool I didnt have.
Also, I borrowed a wheel barrow froma friend along with 2 of his shovels, his wheel barrow is cheap plus he has helped so I am going to buy him a new wheel barrow.

also borrowed several digging tools from my sister in law, one , the pick ax is dang old, so going to buy her a new one since they loaned me all there shovels etc.

One good thing, is my bourbon drinking has gone way way down, you dont drink and work on pool, that is all you should drink is water so i have saved a few bucks there.

my goal was under 8,000 without the salt water chlorinator i would meet that, but i do want it as it will save me money in the long run.

a pooll this size built by a co. would cost about 25,000 to 30,000.
so we have alot of sweat payment to ourselves!

4 feet left!

wife, and both kids helped last night, we got another 4 feet done, and then just tad bit more.

have 4 feet by 10 feet left to do.
will be done with that this evening!

water in the pool saturday!

will get pic up either tonight or tomorrow.

8 feet of pool floor left to go.

wife son any I got another 4 foot of the pool floor done yesterday.
Heat index of around 100 when we started late in the afternoon, early evening.

we have 8 feet left to go. we can get 4 foot done today and 4 foot done tomorrow. even with the heat index of over 100.

Friday evening will be spent cleaning up the bottom, (it still has mud and dirt in the deep end from the rain last week) clean up sides, finish electrical and plumbing.

will either put the liner in sat or sunday, more than likely saturday afternoon. will spend sat am finallizing the cleaning and getting ready.

still have along way to go, after the liner is in, have to get all the forms built for the deck, that includes getting another 10 yards of sand, and 10 yards of dirt to level everything with the top of the pool.

Once the deck forms are done, i call for another inspection. they inspect bond wire/electrical at that one. when that passes we can start pooring the concret decking.


We will have to pour approximatly 525 sq. foot of decking. that will take some weekends! we are doing exposed aggregate.
i found a guy that did it himself and posted the how to on the web.

link to how to on concrete

alot of rain.

alot of rain 

Well heck.
wed night of last week, it decieded that the 13 in of rain we got in june was just not enough.
so, it rained about 6 inches that night at my house.
these pics are from thursday afternoon.
normal rainfall july, about 2.25 inches for the month.

Ohhh but no
that was not enough, it rained another 3 inches thursday night.

hell its still muddy.

i do have plubming all ran, electrical started, and all of deep end concrete done.
maybe by thrusday the bottom will be done.

Rain!