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Monday 21 February 2011

7. The Pool

It seems like a lifetime ago now as so much has happened in between, but way back in March 2010 we attended the Pool Expo.  These Expos are held pretty regularly in Perth and are a great way to check out a variety of swimming pool manufacturers and the associated industries.  Everything is on display from solar blankets, paving, outdoor furniture etc.

Prior to the Pool Expo we had done quite a lot of homework and visited LOTS of pool companies, so we had a pretty clear idea of what sort of pool we wanted and how much we should expect to pay.  Anyway... we trundled off to the Expo and were able to take advantage of a great deal that Riverina Pools had for the show.  We signed up for the Calypso...which will hopefully look something like this when it is finished.

calypso
calypso

Jan 10th 2011 THE BIG DAY
Digging began at the block a little after 7am but not before we had a few minor hiccups to deal with (the plans submitted by the pool company had the pool reversed to the plans submitted by the building company)- we should have sorted this out before the day of the dig! 
 After quite a bit of stress and a few phone calls to both parties it was all sorted (they were both fantastic about it), by 8.30am we were discussing our dilemma with our local council, who was also great. 
As both plans had been approved, all we needed to do was make a decision and get the hole dug the correct way around.

All was going to plan until we struck coffee rock!  Time to call in the excavator.


Next.....we found water!  Things were not going according to the plan.





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