Ready for the pool

Now that the rain is finally gone, we need to get the slab poured for the pool. Like you saw in an earlier post the gravel was already down. Now we need to get a layer of plastic in place and then put all the rebar down -- this was a very long day!!! First we had to get that huge square of plastic to fit perfectly, bend the rebar and set it in place. This all sounded much simpler when Roger first explained it to me -- and the first layer of rebar was easy. As Roger bent it to the right length, I set it in the hole 16" apart from each other. Then Roger told me we had to put more rebar going the opposite way. At first this was fine until I realized we had to put a metal tie every place the rebar crossed. We have these cool tools with a handle on one side and a hook on the other. The metal ties have loops on each end. So you pull the ties around, match up the loops, put the hook in the loops and then twist away. It seemed like there were a million places the rebar crossed. We then put the drain in so the bottom, so we can allow for any water spills or more rain.

The next day Black Concrete came to pour 7 yards of concrete in the bottom of the pool. Roger, Nick and Sam used a bull-float to smooth it out. It needs to sit 2 days and then we can put in the forms to finish up the slab.