Pool Construction

This post will bore you, but I wanted to document it for my sake. Some of the pictures are out of order, so maybe you won't get confused. Construction started on May 26, 2011. They dug the hole and it looked something like this:

They came back the next day and set the steel. Leaving it looking like this for a LONG time:

On  June 1, 2011 they came and did the plumbing and on June 8, 2011 they came and poured the floor and back filled. (yes, I realize they only worked 1 or 2 days a week and I was not happy about that) You wonder how they got the concrete to the back of the house? See that big hose?

They pumped it in from the side of the house.

So now, it looks like this:

On June 21, 2011 they came and poured the concrete for the coping around the pool (which is where the rocks will be).

They laid the rock around the pool (the coping) on June 22 and June 23, 2011. Yes, you read right, we got 3 days of work out of these people this week! Leaving it to look like this:

We had to have ALOT of block brought in to build the retaining wall!

They started putting rebar down to pour concrete and it looked like this:

This is where I may confuse you. This next photo is a side view right after they had plumbed and backfilled.

And this is a picture of what it looked like after a big rain we had gotten and was right after they had plumbed and backfilled.

Now we are back on track. They came and put in the liner on July 7, 2011. Bryan pumped water from the branch to fill it. I was amazed. It took a little less that 2 hours to fill it! A 22,000 gallon pool!!!! So amazing to watch!

The pool was getting full...FAST!!!

This is what it looked like at the end of the day: 

They came and poured concrete around it on July 13, 2011:

Alot of concrete:

Off track again, we decided to let the boys swim after the water had cleared up. This was on July 11, 2011:

They love it! Sorry, the pics are blurry, my camera lens was fogging up! Alabama heat!!!

This was on July 15, 2011 after the concrete had dried.

This is part of the retaining wall that they poured concrete on. It is gonna have the same rocks as the coping around the pool on it:

And, this is what it looks like today:

They came and put the slide up and the handrails on pool on July 18, 2011.

We have a fence ordered that should be put up sometime within the next few weeks. Also, we have someone that is gonna put stacked rock on that huge retaining wall! The walls will be capped with the same rock that is around the pool. Also, the treads of the steps (in the retaining wall) will be rock. You can see the steps in the picture above in the corner.