First phase of the work. Plumbing removed from the wall.
Plumbing removed and shoring goes up to hold deck and ceiling in place once the wall on the left is removed.
Ramp built in L-section for Bob Cat entry.
Clean-up of the chipped plaster almost gone.
Deep end wall tile removed before demo started. Done so that concrete can be recycled.
Bob Cat punched through.
Getting demo started on the wall.
First hole through the wall. Seen from inside basement. Note the condition of wall.
Half way done!
Exhaust vent installed. Dust and heat removed for contractors. Upper 80's outside and nearly 100 degrees in the basement.
Wall removal completed in a little over one day. Red shoring poles visible. Upper pool deck held in place with this shoring.
Pool floor and walls chipped down to the gunite.
Clean-up time.
Clean-up. The last pile.
South end side wall. Holes for new rebar.
North end side wall. Holes drilled for new rebar.
Bottom of the wall showm from the basement. Bad rebar must be removed before work continues. This is why the wall needed to go.
Second area that's bad. Main drain line had to be cut for work to continue.
Engineers hard at work. Fred talking to Eric and Adam about the bad rebar exposed. Deciding on best methods of repair. Rich making sure that it's done his way too.
Wall formed with rebar. Plumbing lines added.
Gutter line with water stop added around the pipe.
Inspectors checking formed wall. Note the contractors on pool deck praying that they OK the wall.
Shotcrete crew shooting new wall.
Wall formed up quickly.
Bottom of the new scum gutter formed out.
Needless to say we were ecstatic that the work is progressing so well.
Cement trucks dumping the shotcrete into the pumper.
Cement truck ran over the sprinkler box. Water was shut off quickly and repairs made.
Wall formed and new tile laid.
Looks great! Amazed at how straight they kept the tile.
Completed wall before the plaster.
Getting ready to lay out the lane lines.
Each line formed along a string line with a jig set up to lay mortar and tile.
Nice work with this tiled target. The detail going around this fitting was impressive.
The required 4.5ft. depth marker. Going up the wall is a nice touch.
Pool lights checked. Several replaced.
Deck areas cleaned up.
Fairly clean now. Waiting for the plaster.
Plumbing comes in various sizes. 6 to 10 inch pvc was needed.
Pool return lines connected to new pvc lines.
Main drain line being connected.
Pool return. Ooops! Cut a little short. Not really it was used as a guide.
Was not enough room with new wall so lines had to be relocated.
Check out the new wall. Earlier picture showed the bad wall. What a difference.
Scum gutter line connected. Plumbing is now 90% complete. Yea!!!!
Staging area. Grass will need some water now. Approximately 8 dumpsters were brought in for the debris.
New sodium hypochlorite tank.
