Not happy with the rock guys

This is the first "not happy" post. The rock guys were supposed to be complete yesterday, but they decided not to show up Thursday, Friday or Saturday of last week and have only worked half a day Monday and so far half a day today. This puts us one week behind schedule with no way of making up time. So far they have the rock around most of the pool and hot tub but still need to cut the rock and grout it. So they still have 1 - 2 more days. We are bummed.

Tile

Yesterday the tile was laid down on the pool and hot tub. I can't wait to see how it will be against the stone. The stone should be started tomorrow and be complete on Saturday. Next step should start on Monday or Tuesday and this will be the decking (last of the big steps).

We have a pool

Today was very cool. The crews arrived at around 7:30am and started to prep the area with plastic tarps. They unloaded this large machine that pushes the gunite at great force out on the street. At around 8:30 the pool shaping began, this was very cool to watch throughout the day. Hope you enjoy the pictures below.

Steel is almost done

As of today the re bar should be all complete. I have included pictures from Friday that show how complex this step is. The guys doing this are artists for sure, using a large steel pipe to bend the steel re bar to give the pool its strength and shape. It is amazing how all this is going and you truly get to respect the labor it takes to make it in to a pool. If all goes well plumbing should start tomorrow, then on Thursday the shot-crete (gunite) should be going on. I will put a video up of this as it is supposed to be really cool.

Last Day of Digging

Yesterday we finally heard the words we have been longing to hear, "We will be done digging tomorrow". This will also make the neighbors happy I am sure. As you can see from the pictures below it looks like a pool now. The next phase, which should start tomorrow, will be steel and plumbing. We are hoping this will only take 2 days then we should be able to get the inspection done on Friday. If all goes well we will be able to move to gunite, then the pool will really look like a pool.

**Update - Just heard from the wife and digging is now done - YEA!!!!!!!!!!

And still Continues

Well just a short update as to where everything stands, they are still digging. They are currently at about 6 1/2 feet on the deep end so they still have another foot to go. Then they will move to the rest of the pool, so we are still looking at 2-3 more days of digging. Wish us well and our neighbors as this is some loud digging.