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So, yeah. I have to apologize because I kinda let the blog go for a little bit. We were on a second vacation and I was out of internet range for the most part so I was unplugged for nearly a week.
Since I posted last, we have nearly all the fence up. The trenches were dug for the plumbing and electrical (not the same trench) All the conduit was run for the electrical, all the plumbing has been finished. The pool has been bonded and it has been completely backfilled. The yard has had a final grading, and tomorrow we are putting in padding and a liner with the expectation that there will be water delivered on Monday. So, I have to also apologize because there will be a lack of pictures of the in between steps. I am sorry, I am hoping my wife has some pics because it was a mess with the trenching. Something I did not consider was the fact that electrical needs to be at least 5 feet from the pool edge, and it also needs to be 24" deep if you use PCV. (18, but 24 deep trench)
So, let me see if I can break this all down for you. First thing, I originally planned to use part of the over dig hole as my electrical trench, it would have left me with a whole lot less digging. Well, come to find out, you have to be at least 5 feet away from the pool with elecritcal. On to of that, the light is at the far end of the pool, so the electrical trench to the house was going to be about 60 feet long. There was no way in hell me and the family was going to dig that 24" deep trench by hand. So needless to say, I had the excavator in for a visit and he dug trenches and re-graded the yard to make sure trenches were at a proper depth. He also dug the trench for the plumbing at the same time, which was a much easier trench considering it had only about 25 feet to travel instead of the 60 or so feet for the electrical.
I had to have a trench inspection, which actually means more than they really tell you. A trench inspection actually is the trench along with conduit and J-box in place. This also included a basic box on the wall that the conduit was run to. I used 3/4 inch pvc, mostly because it was what came off the light housing. And I just wanted it to all be uniform.
Also, you need to have a pool light J-box kinda close to the light, Mine is about 8 feet away from the pool and about 25 feet away from the light housing. You need this for maintenance. If and when the bulb blows you do not want to have to fish this light half way around your yard. Also, since this is a wet niche, it will fill with water, and so will the conduit, so it is better and safer to pop it up above water level as soon as possible.
So, while I was having the trench inspected, I also had my bonding inspected. This was also a real interesting thing for me, because I really didn't understand the point of bonding. I kinda get it now, but it is still a little far out there for me. So basically anything metallic that comes in contact with the water, or with you and the pool needs to be bonded together. This means every piece of coping around the top of the pool. The outer light housing, and the inner portion of the housing. The ladder and the hand rail by the big steps, and the pump for me. If you have a salt water system or a heater, those also need to be looped in. Basically, with bonding, you are tying them all together with a 8 awg bare copper wire.
So, I also did the plumbing. I used 1-1/2" PVC piping. It generally went okay for me here. But there was a lot of it, and there was a down pour of a rain storm in the middle of it so the trench filled up with water. That makes it fun.
After the plumbing was done, I had 12 yards of 6a stone delivered. I used this for the first round of backfilling. I know most people will tell you that you should will the whole thing with stone,. something like a 1/2" limestone, clean is probably way better than what I used, but quite honestly this project has gone over budget, and I am doing the best I can with the funds we have left.
Anyway, the 12 yards gave me about 12-16 inches of coverage all around the pool. On top of the 8 inches of concrete, that gave me a total of 20 inches or more. After the stone, I used the fill dirt we had from the hole. I know it isn't optimal, but I really am scraping the bottom of the barrel.
So trenches are full and it is back filled. Padding and Liner then water! We will talk to you soon. Sorry again for no pictures, I will have some for next time.
Since I posted last, we have nearly all the fence up. The trenches were dug for the plumbing and electrical (not the same trench) All the conduit was run for the electrical, all the plumbing has been finished. The pool has been bonded and it has been completely backfilled. The yard has had a final grading, and tomorrow we are putting in padding and a liner with the expectation that there will be water delivered on Monday. So, I have to also apologize because there will be a lack of pictures of the in between steps. I am sorry, I am hoping my wife has some pics because it was a mess with the trenching. Something I did not consider was the fact that electrical needs to be at least 5 feet from the pool edge, and it also needs to be 24" deep if you use PCV. (18, but 24 deep trench)
So, let me see if I can break this all down for you. First thing, I originally planned to use part of the over dig hole as my electrical trench, it would have left me with a whole lot less digging. Well, come to find out, you have to be at least 5 feet away from the pool with elecritcal. On to of that, the light is at the far end of the pool, so the electrical trench to the house was going to be about 60 feet long. There was no way in hell me and the family was going to dig that 24" deep trench by hand. So needless to say, I had the excavator in for a visit and he dug trenches and re-graded the yard to make sure trenches were at a proper depth. He also dug the trench for the plumbing at the same time, which was a much easier trench considering it had only about 25 feet to travel instead of the 60 or so feet for the electrical.
I had to have a trench inspection, which actually means more than they really tell you. A trench inspection actually is the trench along with conduit and J-box in place. This also included a basic box on the wall that the conduit was run to. I used 3/4 inch pvc, mostly because it was what came off the light housing. And I just wanted it to all be uniform.
Also, you need to have a pool light J-box kinda close to the light, Mine is about 8 feet away from the pool and about 25 feet away from the light housing. You need this for maintenance. If and when the bulb blows you do not want to have to fish this light half way around your yard. Also, since this is a wet niche, it will fill with water, and so will the conduit, so it is better and safer to pop it up above water level as soon as possible.
So, while I was having the trench inspected, I also had my bonding inspected. This was also a real interesting thing for me, because I really didn't understand the point of bonding. I kinda get it now, but it is still a little far out there for me. So basically anything metallic that comes in contact with the water, or with you and the pool needs to be bonded together. This means every piece of coping around the top of the pool. The outer light housing, and the inner portion of the housing. The ladder and the hand rail by the big steps, and the pump for me. If you have a salt water system or a heater, those also need to be looped in. Basically, with bonding, you are tying them all together with a 8 awg bare copper wire.
So, I also did the plumbing. I used 1-1/2" PVC piping. It generally went okay for me here. But there was a lot of it, and there was a down pour of a rain storm in the middle of it so the trench filled up with water. That makes it fun.
After the plumbing was done, I had 12 yards of 6a stone delivered. I used this for the first round of backfilling. I know most people will tell you that you should will the whole thing with stone,. something like a 1/2" limestone, clean is probably way better than what I used, but quite honestly this project has gone over budget, and I am doing the best I can with the funds we have left.
Anyway, the 12 yards gave me about 12-16 inches of coverage all around the pool. On top of the 8 inches of concrete, that gave me a total of 20 inches or more. After the stone, I used the fill dirt we had from the hole. I know it isn't optimal, but I really am scraping the bottom of the barrel.
So trenches are full and it is back filled. Padding and Liner then water! We will talk to you soon. Sorry again for no pictures, I will have some for next time.
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