well, since no one else is posting anything around here... i will. cooper smiles. it's cute.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
smiling
well, since no one else is posting anything around here... i will. cooper smiles. it's cute.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Swimming Pool Transformation
Hello Family! I thought I would entertain you with a series of photos that chronicle the amazing transformation of the Nielsen swimming pool. I can't wait for you to come swim!!!
First, it took several days to remove the wooden deck boards using a variety of tools - crowbar, hammer, and a reciprocating saw. One tool I didn't use was a screwdriver because all the screw heads had rusted off.
While working, I drained the pool - it took a whole day to remove the water.
Late at night I used my old sump pump to remove the last 3 inches of water.
The next morning I could only say one word: Ugly!
Then it was time to begin cutting out the old liner without dismantling the pool structure.
And things became even more ugly -- and now very, very smelly!!!
The liner is cut into several smaller pieces for easy removal and disposal.
I spent hours and hours trying to smooth the old pool floor, but it was too flawed to save. I eventually purchased about 1,000 pounds of new base materials and I completely resurfaced the entire floor base with the use of a hand trowel.
After several days, many late nights, two sore knees and a sore back, the pool floor was perfectly smooth. Then I added a foam wall liner.
The foam helps to smooth out the wall and it also adds insulation to the pool.
I then added a special cloth floor pad on top of the new pool floor base.
This cloth pad provides more floor cushioning and protection from protruding rocks and roots.
In goes the new liner - installed at the hottest time of the day on purpose - because the heat helps smooth out the wrinkles and and allows it to stretch into place easier. I used a vacuum hose to remove air between the pool wall and liner as it was massaged into position.
Many hours later after adding about a foot of water, the pool tops were removed one 4-foot section at a time to stretch the liner over the top of the pool edge to attach it into place. Then the pool tops were returned in sequence to keep the whole structure from falling apart. Now it is time to add water all night long to fill it to the top.
16,000 gallons later, the pool is full. Now it is time to hide the unsightly yellow pool top with specially mixed blue paint that exactly matches the pool liner.
The blue paint is beginning to look great!
All the wooden boards are screwed back into place - with fewer, stronger, non-rusting, lifetime warranty screws this time - just in case the boards need to be removed again someday.
And the pool is done!!! Now when we re-seal the wood deck, everything will look brand new.
First, it took several days to remove the wooden deck boards using a variety of tools - crowbar, hammer, and a reciprocating saw. One tool I didn't use was a screwdriver because all the screw heads had rusted off.
While working, I drained the pool - it took a whole day to remove the water.
Late at night I used my old sump pump to remove the last 3 inches of water.
The next morning I could only say one word: Ugly!
Then it was time to begin cutting out the old liner without dismantling the pool structure.
And things became even more ugly -- and now very, very smelly!!!
The liner is cut into several smaller pieces for easy removal and disposal.
I spent hours and hours trying to smooth the old pool floor, but it was too flawed to save. I eventually purchased about 1,000 pounds of new base materials and I completely resurfaced the entire floor base with the use of a hand trowel.
After several days, many late nights, two sore knees and a sore back, the pool floor was perfectly smooth. Then I added a foam wall liner.
The foam helps to smooth out the wall and it also adds insulation to the pool.
I then added a special cloth floor pad on top of the new pool floor base.
This cloth pad provides more floor cushioning and protection from protruding rocks and roots.
In goes the new liner - installed at the hottest time of the day on purpose - because the heat helps smooth out the wrinkles and and allows it to stretch into place easier. I used a vacuum hose to remove air between the pool wall and liner as it was massaged into position.
Many hours later after adding about a foot of water, the pool tops were removed one 4-foot section at a time to stretch the liner over the top of the pool edge to attach it into place. Then the pool tops were returned in sequence to keep the whole structure from falling apart. Now it is time to add water all night long to fill it to the top.
16,000 gallons later, the pool is full. Now it is time to hide the unsightly yellow pool top with specially mixed blue paint that exactly matches the pool liner.
The blue paint is beginning to look great!
All the wooden boards are screwed back into place - with fewer, stronger, non-rusting, lifetime warranty screws this time - just in case the boards need to be removed again someday.
And the pool is done!!! Now when we re-seal the wood deck, everything will look brand new.
new news please
as max would say in a hopeful voice, "watch a news, mom?" surely something has happened to someone somewhere since cooper was born...
in the mean time, cooper is one month old and pushing 12 pounds.
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