Whilst out this trip, I have also carried out a couple of other odd jobs. One was installing LED lighting to the gazebo, which creates a lovely atmosphere in the evening. The second job was to install the ‘egg’ chair under the gazebo, which is super comfortable and is great…
I have come over for a couple of weeks to make sure more progress on the landscaping around the pool. The job for this trip is to build a new retaining wall for what will become the AstroTurf area.
A quick trip out to France to do a little bit of tiding up before winter. This is the first time we have seen the gazebo tiled and the pool house also retiled. It is all looking amazing. We also did a little earthworks, in so much as tidying up…
A real family effort this one and whilst it is quite a large structure, it does go up relatively easily. My wife stained the wood before installation, quite a meticulous job, with two of my children helping put up the structure itself. The only problem I did encounter, was when…
Just back from the south of France and we received a lead of concrete for the slabs on either side of the pool house and also at the rear of the pool to finish off the overflows nicely.
Another major milestone has been the installation of the roller shutter this week. The whole purpose of the suspended beam wall at the end of the pool was to hide the roller shutter away and make it much more aesthetic. The installation was pretty straightforward, but hard work and lots…
We are back out again for about a month, but will spend some time in the south of the country celebrating a birthday. The first job on this trip has been to remove the old fruit cages and the concrete slab that used to be in front of the tractor…
Whilst we are stuck here for a few days, we have managed to get a number of other jobs completed, including plumbing in the water heater, putting the technical room roof trays on, and being there when the pergola kit arrived – putting it up will be a job for…
The pool is now full and all the plumbing, water features, and lighting is working correctly. Although we have not got the water heater on at the moment, we could not resist taking our first dip. What an amazing feeling and sense of achievement to have built our own pool…
It is a little bit like watching paint dry, with two hose pipes on full blast it takes about two days to fill the pool. We can only fill it up bit by bit, as the guys installing the liner need to return each time the water reaches the next…