6/18/2010

Pool

When we put the pool up a couple weeks ago, it was a tad not level. (Apparently, unlevel is not a word? It should be.) Over the last couple weeks, it settled more and more and became even more unlevel. Then it rained like hell everyday for a week or so, which made it even worse.

Last night, I was going to clean the pool out. When I got in it, I noticed that the ladder wasn't touching the ground. Sometimes I don't have the most common sense and I couldn't figure out why. I was using the vacuum thing on it and scooping leaves out with the net. Matt came home and I told him about the ladder. He told me that it was because two of the poles on the high end weren't touching the ground. Fuck

So after a bunch of what if's and we could's and we are idiots, we decided to drain the pool. This morning it was half empty or half full, depending on how you want to look at it.

I've already figured out where we can get some dirt tomorrow. So tomorrow we are going to get a truck load of dirt, try to level out the area where the pool goes, and fill it back up. I don't even care how much the water bill is. It's worth it.

I'm sure it will be like 105 degrees tomorrow when we are doing all this.

I linked up with Mimi @ Living In France for F Bomb Friday today. :)

10 comments:

shortmama said...

I would do whatever it took to get that pool up in level order too! Its supposed to be like 106 here

Sami said...

BUMMER!!! Glad you've got a plan to fix it. Hope it all works, and that you don't have to be out in the heat working on it too long!
Thanks for stopping in to visit me!

Random Musings said...

uggg

Crazy Shenanigans-JMO said...

At least you're getting it fixed so you can be in it the rest of the summer!

Mrs. Mootz said...

Boo! I want a pool so terribly bad, but Stonewall wants to put in a deck instead. I'm all about a deck, but in 90 degree weather a pool sounds so much better!

Unknown said...

Yuck! At least ya'll are getting it fixed!!

Los said...

That royally sucks ... especially doing it on a weekend .. sigh!

Unknown said...

heck yeah it's worth it! I am so jealous you have a pool!!!!!!

Katie said...

so glad it didn't collapse and fall over with you in in!!

Macey said...

Oh man! We don't have a level spot in our entire freakin' back yard, so we can't ever get a pool up back there!
I hope you get it fixed and I'm WAY jealous!