Welp, we did it. We opened the pool Memorial Day Weekend and officially kicked off summer. We made sure to acknowledge why we were enjoying this day "off" from work and said our thanks to those who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice.
The weather called for sun and high temps in the 80's for several days in a row.
Steve's been draining the cover for a while now and it was time to pull the sucker off.
It was really hard.
Steve had to take off his clothes and jump in to get the leverage to get the rest of the water out. The leftover water in the pool is FREEZING to say the least. And he was in his underwear. LOL.
The BEST.
I'm STILL laughing.
Because after we got the water out and the cover off, he was STILL in his underwear. Thank God we don't have neighbors.
ANYWAY.
We also got ONE railing up. The wood needs to really dry out before we can paint it.
It was in the high 80's and got to 91 and stayed there for a couple of days. We were enjoying our pool pretty early this year and it's pretty awesome.
We did you have a few things to work on.
Steve had to spray a wasp's nest that was under the deck.
We have a leak (or two!) and patched one. Our water level was lower than it should've been for how much we drained it last year before winterizing. Steve found one leak pretty quickly and patched it, so now he's looking to see if there's more than one.
During my time off, we absolutely took advantage of those early 90 degree days. I can't wait until the railing's up!
It's one of MANY projects we have going on.
Steve made a spray room in our garage
Steve's dad came over to help for a bit. They completed 5 of these guys. We have 9 left to do!
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