Milliad Monday

milliad ~ millennium; period of a thousand years

Once upon a time we had a pool that looked like this:

It was a nice size pool, considering about the only one who ever used it was the hubby, but we had it for a long time and it needed replacing. It had to be at least 20 years old, and I think just about every part except the uprights have been replaced over the years.

And you know, the hubby’s retired now so he has a lot more time to spend in the pool during the summer, so why not get a bigger, better pool?

But first things first. First, the old pool had to go. This left us with a nicely rounded hole in the backyard. Then it rained and we had a shallow pond where the pool used to be.

The pool guy brought in a baby excavator to make the hole the right size for the new pool – the hubby decided to go for an oval instead of round one.

After getting the hole the right size and shape, the pool guys did a lot of this:

Apparently they’d never installed a pool like this before. But they finally adjusted the hole and tamped down the earth and started installing the braces and the track the sides would fit in. And then they did some more of this:

Next, the wall went up with a pad on the bottom:

Then the liner:

Then add water:

We could only put a couple of feet of water in it because we don’t have the proper fencing yet (next week’s post), and to save time we had it trucked in. It may be quicker to do it this way, but it’s a lot more expensive, so once the fence is up we’ll be using the garden hose like we did with the old pool.

At any rate, the pool is done (more or less). A two day job that only took a week and a half. :-)