Well, the big day has arrived. We have a 10:30 confirmation to start layout, forms, and ground breaking.
Everyone arrived as planned.
The team from FTW Custom Pools drove rebar in at locations marked on the drawing they had. Then a guy took spray paint and a tape measure and marked off the perimeter and layout of the pool.
Once we had "signed off" that the location was good they brought in the heavy machinery (back hoe) and off they went starting on the deep end first.
The first 18 inches or so went pretty good. Lots of nice earth that they used to build up in the back of the pool since we have a slight drop off from the back patio; however, all of a sudden we heard the terrible screeching sound of metal (the bucket) on rock! SOLID ROCK! They got all the dirt out they could and then put on the jack hammer.
For 7 solid hours on Friday (12:00 am to 7:00pm) they hammered and dug... hammered and dug, all the while I counted each $250 per hour they charge for rock work go out of our bank account.
I have to admit these guys were good and they never slowed down once.
So after Day 1 we got a pool laid out and 3/4 of the deep (8 feet) end dug.
Say tuned Bat-Fans... there's more excitement ahead.
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