Installing our own in ground pool

OK, I've been "absent" for a while. But hey! I've been busy!

Hubby and I (and our girls) have been installing a pool. An "in ground 15 by 30 with a 6 foot deep end" pool. It's not that big of a pool, but we've never done it before.

We should have our own show on DIY. ☺

We started from scratch with a fairly level yard. We marked it off, dug it out (mostly with a bobcat, but also lots of shovels), measured, and brought in gravel to level some areas where the walls stand. We used a plate compactor thingy to compact the base. Placed the walls, and re-measured and marked for the hopper to make sure all of our angles were right. We have it exactly like the dig specs say. Yippee! It's time for the liner to go in.

Houston, we have a problem.

The dig specs inside the box with the liner are totally different than our dig specs we used. ☹

The company we bought the pool from has been great! They ordered the new liner to match the dig specs, and it came within a week.

OMGoodness, it's harder than I ever imagined. So many times I have wanted to say "I told you so.", but I haven't. It seems that each thing I imagined as a huge hurdle, has been a huge hurdle. But he always says "Yea, but the hard work is over now." Then we'll do something else back breaking and he'll say "But the hard work is finished now". Then we get more concrete delivered, and he says it again! The bobcat came back for back-fill duty, and he didn't say it. So we must be done with the back breaking stuff. PLEASE?

So, that's what I've been doing. I'm in my 40's, I'm overweight. (I really am, I'm not just saying that), and out of shape. I cannot believe I have been doing this. It's hard work. But it will be so worth it. I can see myself floating on a raft in the not so distant future. and we can say "we did it ourselves".

I have to say though, all three of our daughters have been a huge help in this process. 2 of them have already been in it during the initial fill, where we had to put some water in for the liner. It's bone chilling well water, but they didn't care.

I do know there will be some back breaking work soon. It's not really over, because we still have to install the fence, and landscape it. But I am not moving anyore concrete in wheelbarrows. We're going to pay someone to pour the decking. I'm so over that. I don't have to say I did that too. (Or do I?)

Thanks for checking in. As soon as I can figure out how, I'll post pictures of our progress.