December 31, 2009
Gunite and Electrical
The gunite and the electrical were done yesterday and today they removed the forms and are allowing the gunite to dry. Greg's been watering the gunite to help it cure.
December 23, 2009
Rebar and Plumbing
Rebar went in this morning and plumbing this afternoon. Even our designer was shocked at how fast we were moving along. The Project Manager told Greg if it wasn't for the Holidays we probably could have been done by the end of the year.
We did have a minor setback today. The tile we picked out has been discontinued so we have to pick out new tile. It took forever for Greg and I to agree on a tile we liked and then on the grout to go with it! We looked through the tile catalog and we've got some ideas (some of which are WAY different than our original choice) but we'll go into the store and see if we like any of the tiles in person that we picked out in the brochure.
We also paid our first payment today since the hole is dug. Ruger and Greg brought it into the Cody office and then went to the dog park. Without her yard poor Ruger has been going a little stir crazy so on my day off yesterday (and Greg's on vacation all this week and next week) we decided to take Duke and Ruger to the dog park in Round Rock. I thought maybe it wouldn't be very crowded on a work day and also being so close to the Holiday season, I was wrong. Both dogs had a great time, but Duke did so much running and chasing the 'fast' dogs he ended up with a limp, so he had to stay home today. Plus he's a high maintenance park goer. He's so enthusiastic and so energetic and wants to play, play, play and it takes two of us to keep him in control at times. Ruger is much more reserved and so much easier. She plays some, but also really likes to visit with the people and sniff around. But, when she gets home, she is so much calmer and not begging to go out every 5 minutes.
We aren't real thrilled with the placement of some of the returns, you'll see in the photos they're not centered, but they can't go under the waterfall and they are supposed to 'push' towards the skimmers. We're going to see if there's anything we can do to make it look better, but when it's all said and done the returns won't be that noticeable anyway, right?
We did have a minor setback today. The tile we picked out has been discontinued so we have to pick out new tile. It took forever for Greg and I to agree on a tile we liked and then on the grout to go with it! We looked through the tile catalog and we've got some ideas (some of which are WAY different than our original choice) but we'll go into the store and see if we like any of the tiles in person that we picked out in the brochure.
We also paid our first payment today since the hole is dug. Ruger and Greg brought it into the Cody office and then went to the dog park. Without her yard poor Ruger has been going a little stir crazy so on my day off yesterday (and Greg's on vacation all this week and next week) we decided to take Duke and Ruger to the dog park in Round Rock. I thought maybe it wouldn't be very crowded on a work day and also being so close to the Holiday season, I was wrong. Both dogs had a great time, but Duke did so much running and chasing the 'fast' dogs he ended up with a limp, so he had to stay home today. Plus he's a high maintenance park goer. He's so enthusiastic and so energetic and wants to play, play, play and it takes two of us to keep him in control at times. Ruger is much more reserved and so much easier. She plays some, but also really likes to visit with the people and sniff around. But, when she gets home, she is so much calmer and not begging to go out every 5 minutes.
We aren't real thrilled with the placement of some of the returns, you'll see in the photos they're not centered, but they can't go under the waterfall and they are supposed to 'push' towards the skimmers. We're going to see if there's anything we can do to make it look better, but when it's all said and done the returns won't be that noticeable anyway, right?
December 22, 2009
Still Digging
They finished up the digging and shaping for the pool today. The steel guy will be here tomorrow and finish up by the afternoon and then the plumber will start working and should finish by Thursday morning. We're flying!!! Greg took some pictures this evening of the final hole, but it was pretty dark - they were here late to get everything finished.
Here are a couple of videos of the chiseling they had to do for the entire time they've been digging - trust us, it's loud!
And here's a little Duke story involving the pool workers that I haven't shared yet.
For the most part there's been 3 guys digging for our pool, Duke barked at first especially at the giant machine that was right outside our windows, but then gave up on barking (it was cutting into his sleeping time).
The other day they had a 'new' guy out there with them and Duke actually picked him out and barked at him for the first few minutes he was out there and then was quiet again. He didn't bark at the other 3 guys that had been here working before, but he picked out the new guy. We were shocked that he was able to distinguish a new person in our backyard when he's never met any of the guys working back there.
Here are a couple of videos of the chiseling they had to do for the entire time they've been digging - trust us, it's loud!
And here's a little Duke story involving the pool workers that I haven't shared yet.
For the most part there's been 3 guys digging for our pool, Duke barked at first especially at the giant machine that was right outside our windows, but then gave up on barking (it was cutting into his sleeping time).
The other day they had a 'new' guy out there with them and Duke actually picked him out and barked at him for the first few minutes he was out there and then was quiet again. He didn't bark at the other 3 guys that had been here working before, but he picked out the new guy. We were shocked that he was able to distinguish a new person in our backyard when he's never met any of the guys working back there.
December 21, 2009
More Digging
They're still digging the pool. And, the long trench in the pictures below is for all the piping to the filter, electrical, etc. Also, you'll see rock, and yes, that's solid rock about 6 in below the surface. They have to use the chisel to break it up and haul it off. I'll post a video sometime, it's super loud!!!
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They've gotten pretty far. Although Saturday the weight of the truck driving over our very shallowly 'dug' (I use that term very loosely as we don't think it was actually dug but rather just laid under the sod) cable wire snapped in two places (on either side of the boards they put down for the truck to drive over). That means that all Saturday afternoon we had no tv, no phone, and no internet, yuck!!! Tom - the Cody Pools project manger set us up with a pipe to put the cable in and he had the guys dig a deeper trench to bury the cable and pipe in. They also put the connectors on the cable but didn't have an extra piece of cable to place between the connectors. Greg brought one out but it still wasn't working, so Sunday morning after church we were out in the yard trying to fix our cable, which we eventually did. We also let Ruger explore her back yard, on leash and very well supervised. She was much more cautious than Greg or I expected. Personally, I thought she'd just launch herself into the giant hole in our backyard, but nope, she didn't even want to climb down.
br />They've gotten pretty far. Although Saturday the weight of the truck driving over our very shallowly 'dug' (I use that term very loosely as we don't think it was actually dug but rather just laid under the sod) cable wire snapped in two places (on either side of the boards they put down for the truck to drive over). That means that all Saturday afternoon we had no tv, no phone, and no internet, yuck!!! Tom - the Cody Pools project manger set us up with a pipe to put the cable in and he had the guys dig a deeper trench to bury the cable and pipe in. They also put the connectors on the cable but didn't have an extra piece of cable to place between the connectors. Greg brought one out but it still wasn't working, so Sunday morning after church we were out in the yard trying to fix our cable, which we eventually did. We also let Ruger explore her back yard, on leash and very well supervised. She was much more cautious than Greg or I expected. Personally, I thought she'd just launch herself into the giant hole in our backyard, but nope, she didn't even want to climb down.
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