Details of building a pool....

The gunite process is pretty amazing... Steel wrapped in concrete to create a pool... pretty cool...














The gunite process..














The power of the hose is amazing... basically spray concrete...













Here the steps are being formed in the corner.



















And at the end of the day, a hole in the ground is a pool... complete with steps, ledge etc...

WE HAVE A POOL....well at least a shell..

The day finally arrived for the gunite crew to come over and get the pool into its final shape. This was an occassion we were looking for and pretty much signals that our pool project is really here. The hole was fun, plumbine was essential, the rebar was a tease and finally the pool is the real thing...

Check it out

The guys arrived at 6:30 am and pretty much figured out where they were going to set up. At about 7:05 they started the guniting from the shallow end...













The first truck was the toughest it seemed. The lines were clogging and they kept playing with the mix .... But it did not seem to slow then down much at all...














As the day progressed the speed of the walls being done was incredible. We have a bench alone one side which essentially is a thick concrete wall. It took quite a while to get that done.

Here he is buling the steps into the pool. There are four steps going to the shallow end.















This is a shot as they were starting... We barely had daylight...














The young man with the red hat was the foreman. These boys don't mess around at all.. The were all moving doing stuff as a well choreographed dance troop. The set up was efficient, the progress none stop and efficiently executed.














And at the end of the day here is what it looks like...














Finally the weather and the timing and the stars aligned so we have moved a major step forward.