s w i m m i n g pool

the summer of 2005. this is the story of debi and james' pool being built!

our pool is being built by pulliam pools in fort worth. our designer was ron hays and our superintendent is gary button.

it has all moved so fast - in some cases faster than we were told!! everyone we have dealt with at pulliam has been so nice and helpful, and gary has really done a fantastic job making sure everything is how it should be and answering my 8 zillion questions :) if anyone in the fort worth area is thinking of putting in a pool, i would highly recomend using pulliam - just make sure to tell them i refered you!!

August 21 more filling the pool	10:15 am, day 2 of filling - deep end shallow end - almost finished 11:30 am, day 2 - the water color is just gorgeous 12:30 pm, day 2 - ALL FINISHED!!!!! shallow end all finished spa all filled up water is 1/2 way up the tile - total fill time: approx. 26 1/2 hours
August 20 acid wash and filling the pool	11:00 am - been filling for about an hour now closer up view wet & dry pebble tec the water looks so cool! i couldn't wait to get in - but just my feet so far 3:45 pm - been going for almost 6 hours spa getting filled up - didn't take nearly as long 5:30 pm - we put the 2nd hose in the pool after the spa was filled 7:45 pm - deep end shallow end is getting water now too both hoses going full force kitty girl watching - from the bathroom window
August 19 pebble tec	blowing in the pebble tec hand troweling funny shoes - they wore these when they got in the pool to work smoothing it all out more smoothing and still more smoothing :) inside the spa smoothed out bench - in deep end all finished! - deep end one lounging bench other lounging bench - w/ step to get out shallow end - with steps other side of shallow end spa - by spillway close up of pebble tec - tahoe blue is the color
August 17 pouring the deck	cement trucks! - arrived at 6:45 am deep end - ready to pour first section down - right up next to the house putting the color on - called suede, powder form starting over by the spa drain - you can sorta see it .. goes all the way across the deck filling in the forms another wheelbarrow full - there was like 10 guys bringing the loads in working the cement in smoothing the color out deep end side - cement is in! shallow end side - have to finish coloring smoothing out the edge - right at the pool more color smoothing finished deck - from one side other side - :) you can see the drain running across the deck standing at deep end back corner standing at shallow end back corner looking to spa/steps looking to deep end from back of shallow end - you can see the equipment shallow end edge deep end edge - you can see the pipe for the fill line close up of texture
August 16 steel inspection of decking by city	no pictures today
August 12 form boards & rebar for decking	deep end - form boards and rebar for decking shallow end/spa middle area - holes are going to be reinforced for posts of covered patio
August 10 electrical inspection by city	no pictures today
August 9 electrical work	one of the pool lights - what can i say? electrical pics aren't exciting pool/spa control panel - inside the house, by the back door close up of panel - controls the heater, spa, lights, etc.
August 8 finished up coping	edge of spa - all done! tiered spillway - from spa into pool top down view of spillway
August 5 & 6 coping	coping! - truck with all the stone edge of pool - oklahoma flagstone close up view of edge working on raised spa wall spa wall - most of outside done from the back the other side
August 4 tile	tile on spa - faster than i expected deep end tile shallow end tile close up of tile - its going to look really good with the coping ... extreme close up of tile - ... and the surface of the pool! :)
August 3 gunite	gunite trucks! - they arrived about 6:15am more trucks blowing the spa - went pretty fast close up of spa more spa - putting up boards to do outside walls shallow end - 12 inch thick gunite all over shaping the gunite - wavy wall in spa lots 'o worker dudes outside wall of spa - where spillway will be shaped spa - wow that was fast! steps - 3 steps into shallow end of pool guniteing the deep end long bench - in the deep end all done! here's the spa - well the inside of it at least spa & steps - close up view steps & short bench short bench - which also has a step to get out long bench deep end - james is watering the gunite full shot of deep end pool entry - a bit of a wider shot full shot of shallow end - more watering
August 2 steel inspection by city	no pictures today
August 1 plumbing and equipment	pipes - shallow end plumbing pipes spa - you can see where all the jets will come out deep end pipes skimmer - in the deep end, can see one of the lights too main drain - don't go near there, it'll suck you in pool equipment - heater, pump and whatnot
July 29 putting in the steel rebar	rebar in spa deep end - starting the rebar, view from above rebar worker dude - tying together the steel where it crosses more worker dudes - guy in the blue shirt cut the steel for the other 2 moving along - bricks used to keep rebar from touching the ground working on the spa deep end - by one of the lounging benches pile o' steel spa - will have spillway into the pool deep end - one side full shot of deep end - from shallow end full shot of shallow end - from deep end steps - to get in the pool (there will be 3)
July 28 digging the hole	breaking up existing patio slab - with the bobcat pile 'o slab cracking the pieces - into more manageable chunks the bobcat - scooping up the grass and taking it away access to the yard form boards - mapping out the pool spa form boards - will be raised 18 inches from the ground deep end form boards the backhoe - that actually dug out all the clay and dirt the first scoop! - getting in place the first scoop! - digging in the first scoop! - there it goes digging - shallow end and spa dig dug - shallow end is done dig dig dig - getting the deep end dig and scoop - more deep end gaping hole - the shallow end, spa and steps more shallow end incline to deep end - to 7 feet deep up close of spa deep end of the hole more deep end - different angle skimmer and light - in the deep end, will also have in shallow end lounging bench - one of 2 in the deep end
July 20 sketching out the pool with paint	sketch on grass - full shot from above spa outline - from above spa - from ground level, back of pool the deep end - from the back door full length - from far back corner of yard
kitties just cuz they are cute	kitty girl - shhhh, she's sleeping lil dude - layin on my desk yo yo - watching all the action kitty girl - so pretty