And the work begins!! YAY!!!

[NWMNMom]

Yesterday we were able to fix the upright situation and had the sand hauled in - I really thought Masons sand would be finer than this, and it says "Masons Sand - Washed and Screened" on the bill - $30 a yard and there are stones in it. My sons spent HOURS picking stones out, some almost up to walnut sized.

We carted it all into the center of the pool area and got the wall up and duct taped the bolts, etc.. That went pretty well but it got dark so staking, duct taping and supporting was put up so that we could finish after work today - taping in the plastic vapour liner plastic for the cove, spreading the sand, etc so the liner can go in on Friday....Mother Nature became disagreeable and front rolled in a 3:30 am today so we were out there before the sunrise trying to re-support and brace the whole system from a HUGE north wind gust that pushed the entire East side and NE corner out of the track. No damage to anything and no wall crinkles - knock on wood.

I will be a nervous wreck all day today and until tomorrow when we get the liner in and its filling good. I believe when this is done, I will need SEVERAL blenders of Pina Coladas.

[matt4x4]

One word of advice, don't wait til it's done!
Mine sat through several storms for over a week staked down and never budged, I had one stake per section going.
This worked well for me (in case you have to continue staking it down), get some stiff wire and bend it in a V, then bend the tips so it hooks over the top of the wall and the rope can be connected in the crook of the V and down to your stake, use rope that doesn't stretch (esp. when wet) - this will make a big difference on holding it in place.

[NWMNMom]

Are you suggesting we break out the coconut rum NOW??? May I PLEAZZZZE???? There are NO pool installers for hundreds of miles around or believe me, the loan would have been bigger, a pool installer out and my marriage and nerves no longer at risk. This is a big job and I am just SO worried about doing it right I dream about leveling patio blocks at night....The first frost Pina Colada goes to the hubby for all his hard work and letting me bully him into"...that ones not right, dig it up and lets try it again..." for the 100th time.

A full pictorial of the pool construction has been taken and will continue until its ready for swimming...thanks for standing by with all the great advice so far to all who have helped.

[NWMNMom]

Vapour liner plastic in all the sand spread out last night by yard light, today we screet all the sand, make sure the coving is right and drop that liner in. So far at 7:15 am, Mother Nature is making up for the horrible windy weather so far and it looks to be beautiful, calm, 79 and sunny today!!!

[hrsdennis]

Get the blender ready. You should be done this afternoon. Congradulations.

Can't wait for more photos.

Have a great wet weekend, Dennis

[NWMNMom]

We got everything squared up again, the sand and cove done, liner in, coping on and started filling pretty late during daylight there is only about 3" water in there. The weather WAS great for this though. We won't get to the point of putting the skimmer and return on until we are about 1/3 full - pump is WAY slow so hubby thought we should have sunlight to warm/stretch liner for filling, that will be in the morning. We used the rest of the evening to finish putting the concrete edgers all around the fill area and tidy up all of that - put ladder together, etc. Pictures have been taken. We were too tired for the blender.

More wind woke me at 3:30 again, must be that Mother Natures alarm clock goes off at that time and she goes to work shooting new fronts through. Stabalizer rails aren't on yet due to the filling issue so I get to be awake and stressed... tomorrow/today is Saturday, plenty of time for the blender today....

[NWMNMom]

So we are at around 2 feet in the pool, all rails are on, electric panel is installed 5' away from pump and facing other direction, skimmer and return installed, upright caps to go and filter system to set up. Then we start on the solar panel and reel setups - there is light at the end of the tunnel but sometimes it seems VERY far away.

Our water had a temporary setback when the well filtering system had a breach yesterday afternoon and rust got in the pool - it was almost brown! We hooked up a small sand filter from an older pool and hung the hoses over the sides - put some Iron Myte for Pools (Metal Out) in and ran that pump all night. The water is nearly clear again and we are watching the well filters (3 of them in a series - 2 rust/sediment and on charcoal) - we give the well a rest at night. We should be full by tomorrow evening - yahoo! The solar blanket goes on as soon as it is full enough for that - that should help with the June Bug invasion from Hell. I have been scooping like crazy!