Watermom's New Pool Adventure

[Watermom]

So far the umbrella has stayed where I position it. I looked at several different ones before I bought this one from Sears. I cleared off the deck of construction materials and hosed it off this afternoon. I'll try and get around to some pics at some point this week.

[itsparadise]

Hello Watermom-

Congrats on your pool progress. We just had installed our very first AGP and we are very excited. Anyhow, the reason I mention this is that our yard is sloped EXACTLY like yours half of our pool is dug in like yours. I just emailed my husband your retaining wall pic and he loved it and was asking if you had a finished picture. So I'm hoping you can post soon so we can get quotes. Thanks for the great idea. Maybe this is too much to ask, but do you recall what your retaining wall cost? My husband isn't a DIY kind of guy so we'll need to hire someone. Thanks in advance. -Susan

[Watermom]

Actually, that is all there is to the wall. It only goes a portion of the way around the pool due to the lay of the land. In the picture above, it does kind of look unfinished but that is just because during the removal of the pool and deck, some of the top layer got bumped around and when that picture was taken, some of the stones had not yet been put back in place. I'll look and see if I have any other pictures that show it better. As far as cost, I have no idea. It was built years ago when my first pool was put up. Each piece is a separate block. They have a kind of lip on the bottom of each piece that catches on the one underneath so they can't slide or anything. You just stack them together. No mortar or anything. Easy to put up and pretty sturdy. Go to Lowe's or Home Depot or someplace and take a look at the blocks. I bet your hubby can do it. It is just stacking them. Nothing more than that.

Just to clarify --- my pool isn't dug in. There is a walk space between my pool and the retaining wall. I'll add some pictures to this thread this weekend to show you better. Check back on this thread.

You are going to love having a pool! Welcome and thanks for the subscription, by the way!