SeanB.'s Pool Build

[eljefe281]

It's coming right along!

[divnkd101]

OK, don't lie. You took off your shoes and walked on it with your bare feet, huh??? How did it feel?. Neck and Neck we are. My PB called yesterday. Plaster on Friday, weather permitting. They have already done the prep on the pool (Clean it out, drain water, scrape any loose gunite/ mortar). Let's keep our fingers crossed.

[SeanB.]

OK, don't lie. You took off your shoes and walked on it with your bare feet, huh??? How did it feel?. Neck and Neck we are. My PB called yesterday. Plaster on Friday, weather permitting. They have already done the prep on the pool (Clean it out, drain water, scrape any loose gunite/ mortar). Let's keep our fingers crossed.

No plaster today. Scheduled for tomorrow, but alas, so is the rain. I think it will probably be put off until Monday at the earliest. They said it becomes a real mess if it starts raining on them mid-way through plastering, so unless it's clear skies, I'm going to ask them to wait - can't believe I just wrote that.

[SeanB.]

Wow, things really went our way today! The weather has been good and the clean up crew showed up around 7:30 am and the plaster crew followed just after they were done.

First, here is the closeup picture I mentioned of the deck surface.


And here is the pool with the plaster finished:


And filling (I can already see I'm going to be cleaning lots of leaves this winter):

[eljefe281]

Hey, it's a pool!

And all this time I thought you were building a bomb shelter, like me.

[geralde]

Wow Sean...that looks awesome.

Is that marble plaster...or the 3M product?

[SeanB.]

Thanks all.

It is just white marble plaster.

By my calculations, it's filling at 650 gph and should be done around 8am.

BTW, here's a good tip I got from my pb - it's probably been posted here already but it was new to me... When filling your pool, if you are nervous of overfilling during the night, DO NOT turn the water off. Reduce to one hose and cut back the flow to just a small amount if you think it is necessary. If you turn the water off before the pool is full, you may end up with a ring at the water line - like a ring in the bathtub.

I'll try to get a picture up tomorrow once it's full.