Pine Bluff Backyard Project
2004
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August 10: Pool Mockup
The crew arrived to transfer the paper plans to fluorescent pink paint on the ground. This marks
our first physical idea of what the pool will be like, and so far we are delighted! The image on
the far right is a very rough idea of kinda what the pool will be like...
August 11: Excavation
Two separate crews arrived today, starting at 7am in the morning. The first crew broke up our brick
patio and removed the part of our parkway hedge so the bobcat could drive into the backyard. The
second crew came with said bobcat (and three giant trucks) and did the actual excavation.
August 11 (lunchtime): Excavation II
So much is changing today that I decided to came home for lunch and take more pix. They have completely
removed the fountain,
and have dug the entire pool out about two feet deep. The last pic shows the rubble left by our
cement slab and fountain. I was told that the next step would be the steel infrastructure, probably
on Monday.
August 11 (evening): Excavation III
The pool is nearly excavated. There's a bit more to be done that will be finished early tomorrow
morning. The first two pics are looking North from just in front of the bobcat. The third pic is
looking West, and shows how the bobcat gets in and out of our yard. The final pic is looking North
over the whole yard. It's really starting to look like a pool!
August 12: Excavation IV
Excavation Movie (AVI, 30 secs, 7.8MB)
The crew showed up bright and early to complete the excavation. I used this opportunity to make
a short movie of the bobcat at work.
August 13: Excavation Complete!
I got home too late last night to take these pictures, so had to wait until this morning. The
excavation is complete! Hurray! All the main features are visible now: the spa, the deep-end
bench seat, the light (the groove cutout to the left of the bench seat), and the skimmer (the square
cutout directly across from the spa). We asked that the deep end be 7'6" -- plenty of water
to have fun in. A crew will show up on Monday morning to begin the steel framing; they estimate two
days or so for that.
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