Todays main objective was to create the main drain system, reroute an existing water line, and frame out a concrete equipment pad.
So in the "not so deep end" of the pool (hopper) you have to dig two holes 1' wide and 18" deep, thanks Brian Frank for the post hole digger, that is not a tool I ever want to personally own or use again... (quote from my dad). It is mandated by code that you have to have 2 drains, for very good reasons, google it if you are interested in why, pretty terrible things can happen with 1 drain.
I have until 11 o clock when the sun hits this location and I didn't quite make it, took a while to dig the holes, dig the trench for the T joint and also trench up and under the pool wall heading toward the pump. My little helper Emily was awesome today, and talked non-stop and as always is full of questions!
This is the final product after I glued pipe, leveled everything, ensure we had 54" from top of frame finish depth and tamped in some dirt to fill the trench on the lines. The rest will get concrete to make sure those drains stay put!
By this time my dad had come to town, he lives in Johnson City and made the trip down for the weekend to help out, much appreciated!!! Next on the list was to create a frame, gravel and rebar an equipment pad for the filter, pump and chlorinator. We are tucking all of this out of site behind our existing barn by creating a ~7ft x 3.5ft pad, not perfect but good enough for what we need.
I had a full load of #57 gravel delivered this morning, right on time at 8:00am, if you are curious, a tri axle trailer can hold 22 tons, this load was 21.8 tons! holy smokes
Here is Dad creating the pad, we filled with gravel and cut rebar to make a frame. It won't prevent cracking but will prevent separation after cracking, if that happens, you never know. I found 3 20 ft sections of rebar buried when I dug the base, we will use those and not have to buy more, bonus! The last picture is evidence we will have the most beautiful equipment pad in town! :)
Next MO is to reroute an existing water line that went to a hose Bibb in the middle of our back yard. Always has been a bit weird but it was probably put in before I was born. We excavated around the service access, removed the existing hose bib, and created new fittings for PEX which we ran all the way back to the equipment pad so we now have a heavy duty hose line... I have struggled with weak, flimsy, hose bibs for years, so we are concreting this sucker in for good!!!
Tomorrow I have scheduled an 11:00am concrete truck with 5 yards of the good stuff to pour the concrete collar! This is going to go outside of the walls and be about 8-10" deep. The weight of this will secure the walls and concrete in the braces so this thing will not budge!!! I will also use the concrete to pour the equipment slab, pour a small collar on the rerouted hose pipe, and secure in the main drain with a small 4" collar.
Stay tuned!
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