Thursday, March 18, 2010

Concrete

After a lot of waiting for rain to stop, the concrete has finally been poured.  The concrete people took one day to prepare the ground for concreting, then we had to wait for an inspector to come and inspect the earth (ground) on the rails, and then they could return to concrete.

Joe (from JDC Concrete) was very efficient.  We decided to have some steps made at the same time as they were here, and we changed our minds about where the concrete should end about 5 times.  After they'd prepared everything for concreting, we changed our minds again, and they rearranged things in the morning without complaining about it.

What's that? You want some photos?  OK.

This is the pool area prepared to be concreted:
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They are finishing off the concrete here, and it's still wet, hence it's dark:

Pool after concrete

The concrete still isn't quite dry. They put bubble wrap to protect the coping around the pool while they concreted - they will come back and pull the last bits out, and fill the gap with mastic.

3 comments:

Urban Earthen said...

At last how wonderful it is looking.

I am so glad you are doing a classic concrete surround - does this add a lot to the cost of the pool? We will be in a very similar situation with a sloped yard.

Jeremy Miles said...

I don't think it added a massive amount (I didn't actually check with and witout, we just got the whole quote).

Flora Rex said...

I think its not a classic to make it with concrete it is a best method to make the pool seepage proof In area like this according to your environmental i like your concept.
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