[Edited 4 April to add photos ]
By midday today the steel framework was complete.
By 3pm the liner was put in place.
By 3.15 the tap was turned on and the pool started filling with water. Two vacuum cleaners suck out the air between the liner and the framework.
By 5pm the deep end 'well' of the pool is full of water but it will take around 3 days in total to fill the pool entirely.
Meanwhile, rather than stand round watching a hose spouting water, Jean-Jacques and Stephane are laying electricity cables for the pool, heater and the chalet. Tomorrow they will lay a water supply to a garden tap.
When the pool is 30cm deep, Jean-Jacques will cut the liner and neaten it around the Roman End (steps to you and me).
These guys don't hang around.
This means that Jon and I have to start thinking seriously about the pool paving and indeed the design of the rest of the garden.
Memo to self: Sharpen pencils and get the gardening books out.
PS: Jim's been quiet recently. HEY JIM @ FARNHAM, where are you?
2 comments:
I may be clutching at straws here but I think he may be in Farnham! The name gives a bit of a clue. Of course it could be a red herring and he could be in Aldershot.
Last I heard he was in Egypt but that was months ago.
You don't think he's doing a Lord Lucan do you?
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