Saturday everything was very full on. The granite was all brought in and placed. The hot tub was filled and received its first dose of chemicals. All the pool side lights were put in. A little path was made leading…
Filling the Pool and Getting the Hot Tub Plugged In
Filling a pool the size of ours is not a quick thing. The pool builder told us it would take about a day. I think he may have been guessing 🙂 The grand total was 55 hours. We started around…
Pebble Tec
Yesterday, the pool finally got its final coating: pebble tec. Pebble tec is a company in Scottsdale, but also apparently the industry standard for pool interiors for a while. Our pool builder said he basically only does pebble tec. We…
Placing the Hot Tub
There have been a few updates to the pool in the last few days. The most important is that we have passed inspection! I didn’t film it, because frankly, I was just relived we passed (no more delays, please!) and…
Cativersary
Yesterday was the two year anniversary of getting our cats. When we got them from the Humane Society, they were teeny tiny kittens: Now they are about six times bigger: They are as playful as ever. All the books said…
Leak Hunters AZ
Yesterday the pool got cleaned up to move onto the next step. We noticed that even though all the excess water had been cleared, some started to come out of one of the pipes. We let the superintendent know and…
Tiling
We got the electrics and the tiling done this week. We are getting a fair amount of electricity, so we had several electricians round that morning. Initially, a few guys came round for the tiling, too. They left almost immediately…
Acrylic Decking
We have had a bit more progress on the outdoor kitchen and about 2/3 of the acrylic has been put on the concrete decking. Here is a short video:
Biking in the Desert
One of our goals with moving to Estrella was doing more interesting bike riding. Chandler was very lovely, but we lived in a place that was very developed by Arizona standards, meaning it was mainly houses, shops and businesses. Most…
The Decking Is Poured
We have had some major pool progress this week. On Monday, the decking was poured. About a dozen guys took about 4-5 hours to get it all poured and flattened:Â Here is a video of the process: