That’s right! Pool and progress in the same sentence. What?!
So, for the next few weeks (maybe until reveal day?), I thought it would be fun to post each Friday with the progress that was made throughout the past week. Wednesday night/Thursday early morning it was like a kid waiting for Santa Claus – admittedly I was wide awake from 2 am to 4 am and could not shut my brain down. It’s hard to believe start time is finally here!
Justin at Kloos Kutters has been acting as our everything man for this project, so it’s definitely helped only having one point of contact throughout the project, regardless of the companies working on the task at hand.
Yesterday, excavation was done for the retaining walls and our backyard looks nothing like it did on Wednesday! Things are getting really exciting.
I actually panicked Wednesday night as we went to dinner and decided we needed to immediately get this GoPro kit to “film” the entire project. More on that at the end of this post. Here was our backyard Wednesday evening.
And as of lunch time yesterday (basically five working hours later), here was the progress:
Crazy, right?
When we got home after five last night, the dirt piles had gotten even crazier, as they made way for the second wall.
This first shot is out our bedroom window. It was like a combination of Mt. Everest and the Grand Canyon in our back yard 😉
This was our view out the living room and dining room.
And a few walking the grounds:
Following is a really cool semi-panoramic shot Kurtis took on his iPhone when we got home Thursday night. It helps to put all the scenery into one shot.
Anybody need any dirt?! Can you even believe this all happened in one day? I think we’ve ultimately decided that these walls will be able to endure pretty much anything and everything. They are going to be hardcore!
I now just have to find some software to do the whole time-lapse thing with the GoPro. Any recommendations? It’s going to be so fun to watch the every-60-seconds snapshots be turned into a movie of sorts with the excavation!
Now, once the wall gets wrapped up over the next few days and the concrete gets poured tomorrow, the dirt will all need to be filled back in (although only about 1/2 will be used) and then we can move on to pool excavation. The pool is scheduled to start the week of March 14th. Things are going to be moving quickly now!
Have a great weekend everyone. I’ll likely be staring out my windows the whole time 😉 Lastly don’t forget to enter the $1,000 Fab Shopping Spree giveaway!
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This so exciting, Sarah!!
WOWSA…..big doings for sure! Amazing how quickly things are coming along. It’s going to be fun to follow the progress!!
Great photos, by the way!
How fun and exciting! I would be exactly like you, giddy the night before and constantly looking out the window on the progress! Keep up the updates!
I am looking into a pool or getting a house with a pool. What type of finish are you getting, have you looked into pebble Tec? It’s all the rage and pretty interesting, I haven’t been in a pool
With it.
We are getting one with a liner, which is recommended in our area. Unfortunately I don’t know much on the technical side of it (I leave that up to my husband), but I do know it will have a liner (vs. fiberglass or concrete pool). I hope that helps!
Yes I’m in Florida so don’t have to worry about freezing and the tundra!
That is such a big hole!! haha
We actually do need some dirt, a lot of it! Is that possible? If so, you can email me at pattywidlowski@gmail.com.
Sorry for the delay! I just got back from San Antonio. Actually, our landscaper said he is taking it all away today. They decided they could use it at their office for a project and then we wouldn’t have to get charged to have it hauled off. I can let you know if we do end up having any left at the end though!
Hi Sarah,
I answer my questions from your pool progress, quite interesting. I just came upon your blog. I will be asking you about the hard decisions and important ones you make when putting a pool down.
I was wondering what is that on the bottom of the pool..the kind of big nuts. Some of my questions will kind of dumb, hope you do not mind, as I mention we are thinking of putting a pool in our backyard