Building a Pool and Spa (Step 3) – Installing Rebar

The progress on our pool project has been great! Up to this point….

We have enjoyed watching the swift movement of our pool and spa project as I have shared with you on my Instagram stories. I am starting to dream of warmer temperatures, sunny skies, grilling out, and lounging by the pool with a cold one. My dream is real…but what is the reality this will happen in time for summer, I am asking myself.

Let’s recap. Week 1 Building a Swimming Pool (Step 1) – Breaking Ground highlights the excavation process.

Then…a slight bump in the road cost us big in Hitting Rock During Inground Pool Construction – What are the Options? But we overcame that messy hurdle and quickly moved forward.

Building a Swimming Pool (Step 2) – Laying Gravel and Framing the Spa was another successful week and we were pleased with the amount of work that was accomplished.

The next step in the pool build process is to lay rebar. Rebar is important because it adds strength to in-ground swimming pools. Rebar is reinforcing steel that is used to give support to a concrete structure.

Rebar is one of the most important materials required for the construction of any type of swimming pool. These guys worked tirelessly from morning to evening and completed the job in one day.

Looking great! Woohoo! What’s next? So excited to see all the progress.

Next step is to shoot the pool with gunite, which will form the concrete base of the pool.

But wait! There’s a problem. One of the companies used to do this process closed for a couple weeks due to the virus. Was it just precautionary? I hope so, but I don’t know the details.

So we sit….and…..wait. I’m told we are scheduled to be “shot” the first week of May….here’s hoping 🤞. But that could be pushed back due to all the rain we are getting. I will report back next week to let you know.

In the meantime, we are finalizing the process on getting estimates and making decisions about the pool house. We are close to deciding on a company to build the structure and do the cement and stone work. I hope to bring you more information about that process soon.

Hope you all are staying safe indoors with your families. This time is so difficult for all of us and is affecting us in various ways. Each week, I have different feelings about all this, up and downs…highs and lows…but one feeling that doesn’t change is how very proud I am of our country, and so honored to be an American. We are all in this together and we are doing an amazing job. This too will pass and we prevail because that is what we do and we will be better in the end 💕 Stay strong…

Denise

XO

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