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Finally, we have had some serious pool progress to blog about again! A lot happened today. They started on the acrylic decking on the unfinished concrete area on the patio and in the BBQ area. They also got quite far…

A few weeks ago, some fellows came round and started the pool cover installation. Yesterday, it was finally 95% completed and we now have a working cover! The guys from Arizona Pool Covers were extremely professional and personable. They did…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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: