Sudduth Lagoon is going in...

So as many of you know, the Sudduth posse is putting in a real live swimming pool, unlike the sub-par above ground pools of the last two summers that basically just killed the grass and created a nice mosquito breeding ground.  That's right, a beautiful body of water with which to cool one's person during the dreadful depths of Houston's summer.  And complete with a hot tub to boot, for the cool winter evenings!

Everything has gone extremely well and much quicker than I expected.  We broke ground on Wednesday, May 23rd and we are expecting to start tiling and coping next Monday.  July 4th is the first swim party date! Only a couple of problems thus far - within 20 minutes of starting to dig, we found our main gas line running straight across the backyard.  So we had to have the gas line re-routed.  And of course while re-routing the gas line, the guys accidentally sliced the electricity going to the garage, knocking out my refrigerator full of venison and other frozen goodies.  We re-located all the good stuff to our neighbor's freezer and moved on fervently.

This was the starting point!

The first dig...

Starting to take shape...

And then we found the gas line!

So much for keeping some of the grass!

Progress!

End of day 1 - the digging is done!

Day 2:  The re-bar guys get to work...

2 hours later, the re-bar is done!

End of day 2:  stub out is complete for plumbing

Day 3:  Gunnite time!

End of Day 3:  We have a gunnite pool!

This was yesterday...ready to keep moving forward!

So there's the photo re-cap.  Between the end of day 3 and yesterday, we've had much activity.  Electricians and plumbers have been in and out...along with plenty of city permit approval personnel.  All the equipment is in and there is more conduit and other stuff buried in my yard than I ever imagined!  All the while over the past 2 weeks, I've had to water the pool 3 times daily to help the gunnite cure properly.  Who knew that I would have homework whilst installing a pool! 

As you can see, we have a wonderfully designed tanning shelf complete with a hole for an umbrella in the pool!  I think that may be my favorite thing.  Yesterday Jen and I went to the rock quarry (no I didn't see Fred Flintstone!) and chose our flagstone for the coping (edge of the pool deck).  Still to come is the plaster, decking and of course landscaping.  I'll keep you posted on our progress.  And yes, there will be a sign up sheet for visitors.  The Sudduth Lagoon will be a family friendly environment with adult beverages a plenty!  I'll be starting a donation fund for my new Kegirator project if anyone would like to contribute.