Roof and Pool

Since coming back from holidays there's been a lot happening here. The roof has gone on which enables the builders to keep working no matter the weather. Although it has so far been a dry Spring.

Having the roof on has darkened up the back of the existing house, but this will improve when the old shed has been demolished and the next section is finished off with lighting and lining of walls and the ceiling.

You may have noticed from these 2 pics the action in the back corner. That's the pool. It started last week on Thursday with the dig.

All the digging here has been easy as it's alluvial sand on a clay base. With the creek nearby running thru the golf course it's been a breeze for everyone and the clay helps to hold the shape really well.

By the end of the day the hole was dug and all formed up with the reo.

This morning the pool was poured. It will now cure for a couple of weeks which will allow me time to get the retaining blocks in for the gardens around the edge and it will also be fenced during this time. I'm looking forward to doing the landscaping around the pool.

With a hot summer already being predicted it will be perfect timing when it's filled.

The 6 white upstand pipes on the RHS ledge are the spa blowers. The kids always have heaps of fun mucking with those and sitting on them.

The other thing we've done over the past few days is fill the side access again. This had been quite dug out while we were doing plumbing and putting in agi pipe and gravel and waterproofing the brickwork. So between myself, my builder and my little helpers we've reramped it with crusher dust. It's still got to be finished off with pavers and a spoon drain, but this will be done a bit further down the track once we've done more on the house.