Our Pool

click photo to enlarge		 Our pool needed to be replastered and new tile. The old tile was cracking and the plaster was starting to peel. Our pool tended to be cool. In the middle of summer it rarely got above 79 degrees unless we used the solar cover. The pool is pretty deep and the shallow end is very small so it takes a lot to warm it up. This is before anything was done.

click photo to enlarge		 Here it is empty! We decided to change the color of the plaster from white to grey. We were told it would help raise the temperature of the pool water. Look at the colors of the tile and water in the photo above and the color of the plaster in this photo. It is all going to change.

click photo to enlarge		 Here the plaster and the tile have been removed.

click photo to enlarge		 In this picture the new tile is done and they are plastering the pool. They started the plaster at about 7:30 and were done about 10:30. The color of the tile was chosen to kind of blend with the wall in the background.

click photo to enlarge		 Here the new plaster is done and the new tile installed and we are starting to fill the pool. Right about now I am thinking oh no what did I do. Man is this water ugly!!! The water stayed this ugly color and even worse for a few days.

 


click photo to enlarge		 25,000 gallons later and after  the filter did it's thing the water cleared up. It is a darker color now and I can already see the water is warmer. It is 71 degrees on April 16th. I start using it to swim laps at 70. Brrrrr... that is cold but I swam laps last night. This a full month ahead of the last 3 years. It has taken me a while to get used to the darker color of the water but I like it now.

The tile is more matched to the color of the walls and we choose the earth tones for this reason. It just flows much better. Everybody uses that ugly dark blue tile.

The whole construction process took 2 weeks and the water took another week to clear up.