The first pic is the view of the concrete and deck demolition from my office through the north wing and great room. At this point we were about a week into the project and starting to learn a bit more about the history of the place.
Once the long strip of concrete and deck were gone (pic 2), the south edge of the pool coping was exposed and, in addition to the old pilings mentioned in an earlier post, we found a number of old pipes running into and out of the pool (pic 3). Turns out these were the original fill pipes, but when the POs remodeled the pool in 1999, they just abandoned them. We’ll be pulling these out and tossing them when redoing the landscaping.
We also found pieces of the original pool tile left in the dirt beneath the deck (pic 4). I would surmise these were once white, and water and sun turned them this tawny yellow color over time.
We managed to get quite a bit done the first week of the project. Now if only it had continued at that pace…