Today the crew came back. Apparently they turned around, thought it was too much work and left. The owner of the company came himself and starting clearing the mud off the rebar and got the crew to come back and…
I Hear Thunder, But There’s No Rain (For the Most Part)
The pool builder was not immediately able to get a pump, so decided to see if the water would go down over the weekend. This is all very visual, so just have a look at our brief video update on…
There’s a Pool in Our Pool
Afters months of very little rain here in Estrella Mountain Ranch, it absolutely poured last night. It was a windy, messy, heavy storm that lasted much of the night. This particular night was the night before they were meant to…
Chris Goes for a Walk in the Rebar
Tomorrow they are scheduled to put the shotcrete in the pool. Shotcrete is basically a form of concrete, so that is when it will go from being a large hole full of dangerous looking pokey things to something starting to…
The First Inspection
As promised, we are more on top of the new updates. We had our first pool inspection today. Here is a short video. Watch to find out if we passed:
Pool Plumbing and Rebar
Massive apologies for the lateness of this update! A series of things happened that made it difficult to do as quickly as the others. Chris injured his knee and didn’t do quite as many videos for a few days, but…
The Gas Lines Have Been Laid
The gas guys did indeed come back today. It turned out they didn’t have all the information on Friday, so they actually changed where they were digging so it was between the house and the pool rather than between the…
Digging Trenches for Gas Lines
The dig itself was scheduled and we knew when it was going to happen. In our contract, we basically said builders can come randomly do things in the backyard any day but Sunday until the build is done. We got…
The Monsoon Arrives
The monsoon arrived in Goodyear this week. We were a little worried because they had just finish digging our pool the day before. Andy, the supervisor, happened to be coming to measure the dig that day, so we quickly got…
The Pool Is Dug!
The crew came back Monday to finish the dig. Apparently it normally takes 4-6 hours to dig an average pool (e.g. not a hard dig and probably more like 5-6 feet deep). It took them 8 hours the first day…