Water.
Apparently water is a scary day. Up until the day came, I really didn't think much of it, but it is kinda the moment of truth. It was a bit nerve racking.
It didn't help that the day went sideways on me right away though. The company we bought water from had a scheduling issue, and first told me I was not going to get water on the day I was supposed to. Well that just cannot work because you are not supposed to leave that vinyl liner in the pool dry, for any longer than you have to. We had already planned to leave it in there for 24 hours before the water would be there.
So, we finally got the water company to commit to half the water, but it would be in the later part of the day. Fine, that works. Then I would have time to get some water in the pool and get all the holes cut in it for the lights and skimmers and return.
Well the company called me at 8 am and asked if I was ready for water now. Well, I wasn't, but I wasn't going to refuse because they said they could bring the entire amount.
So, I ran outside and got the water going and got the shop vac running again, and got everything as stretched out as I possibly could and started cutting holes....Which I completely hated doing. I first put the return beauty ring on and cut the center out of that. Then I moved to the light and did the same thing. And also followed last with the skimmers. Rushing, which is always fun to do when you are cutting holes in a 3000 dollar piece of plastic.
It worked and I finished about 10 minutes before the first water truck arrived. Basically I stayed in the pool while it was being filled, making sure all the wrinkles were getting smoothed out. And once the water was about the his the shallow end, I pulled all the sand bags out, and kept smoothing the pool until the water was on the stairs. Also, once the water was about a foot deep on the shallow end I shut the shop vac off and pulled it out from behind the liner and got it all snapped back in place.
So, that was pretty much it. It works, and it holds water. The kids jumped in the same day it was filled and they have basically lived in it since then. Lots more work still happening. The fence is done 100% so I can get the inspectors back out for final inspection.
We are going to prep for the concrete apron. I am building a big form for around the pool, but I don't think I am going to pour it until the spring. We have seen a bit of settling and I do not really want my concrete to sink, so I am going to build the forms and fill it up with some crushed concrete and see where we stand in the spring.
Top soil and grass seed or sod is coming over the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for reading
It didn't help that the day went sideways on me right away though. The company we bought water from had a scheduling issue, and first told me I was not going to get water on the day I was supposed to. Well that just cannot work because you are not supposed to leave that vinyl liner in the pool dry, for any longer than you have to. We had already planned to leave it in there for 24 hours before the water would be there.
So, we finally got the water company to commit to half the water, but it would be in the later part of the day. Fine, that works. Then I would have time to get some water in the pool and get all the holes cut in it for the lights and skimmers and return.
Well the company called me at 8 am and asked if I was ready for water now. Well, I wasn't, but I wasn't going to refuse because they said they could bring the entire amount.
So, I ran outside and got the water going and got the shop vac running again, and got everything as stretched out as I possibly could and started cutting holes....Which I completely hated doing. I first put the return beauty ring on and cut the center out of that. Then I moved to the light and did the same thing. And also followed last with the skimmers. Rushing, which is always fun to do when you are cutting holes in a 3000 dollar piece of plastic.
It worked and I finished about 10 minutes before the first water truck arrived. Basically I stayed in the pool while it was being filled, making sure all the wrinkles were getting smoothed out. And once the water was about the his the shallow end, I pulled all the sand bags out, and kept smoothing the pool until the water was on the stairs. Also, once the water was about a foot deep on the shallow end I shut the shop vac off and pulled it out from behind the liner and got it all snapped back in place.
So, that was pretty much it. It works, and it holds water. The kids jumped in the same day it was filled and they have basically lived in it since then. Lots more work still happening. The fence is done 100% so I can get the inspectors back out for final inspection.
We are going to prep for the concrete apron. I am building a big form for around the pool, but I don't think I am going to pour it until the spring. We have seen a bit of settling and I do not really want my concrete to sink, so I am going to build the forms and fill it up with some crushed concrete and see where we stand in the spring.
Top soil and grass seed or sod is coming over the next couple of weeks.
Thanks for reading
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