Sunday Panorama
A Sunday panorama from July 30, 2025, with construction underway.
Tag: Pool
Additional Pool Cover Notes
A rainwater pump on the pool cover, a new cover and finally no more Christy box.
Leakage
The pool was leaking after the remodel, and Adams found and fixed a cracked pipe while I was away.
The Clouds and the Pool (video)
A time-lapse of the pool draining for the 2017 resurfacing, with lovely clouds.
View from the Studio Roof
The view from the studio roof: the pool, the arbors, the tile lines for laps and Silicon Valley a thousand feet below.
Finishing Pool Touches
Filling the resurfaced pool with trucked-in water, and the finishing touches.
Pool Revamp: New Finish
Pool revamp: new coping and a fresh finish go on.
Pool Revamp: Plumbing and Prep
Pool revamp: something poured down the pipe blocked the drain, and fixing it gets complicated.
Pool Revamp: Drain and Strip
Pool revamp: we chose Adams Pools, and the old surface comes off.
Purgatory Contest: And the Winner Is…
Our first contest has a winner, and it was kind of a trick question.
Time Extended!
Not enough entries, so the contest prize goes up to a Purgatory cap or tote bag, and the deadline is extended.
Another random product of happiness
A waterproof iPad case means I can safely have an iPad out by the pool, for the pool speakers and for jotting down thoughts between laps.
Water, Water Everywhere, Part 4: Pooling Resources
Everything we’ve learned about our big pool, from its oversized hole to solar, lights and the pump controller.
Pool Tile It!
Tiles across the pool balcony were coming loose, so new tile goes in.
Drinking Hard
A happy water moment to lighten the day.
Forgotten nugget of PO craptasm
A very corroded pool light bulb, because the previous owner wouldn’t spend a few extra dollars on a new housing seal.
Another pool post
Another pool post: the pump controller was installed improperly, so it’s rewired and replaced, and the persistent leak is sealed.
Pools, hot tubs, and other watery updates
Pool chemistry lessons after the circulation pooped out, plus other watery issues the previous owners left us.
A little history lesson
I tracked down the doctor who built our house in 1966, and he came to visit. A really, really long post about the house’s history.
And we swam and swam all over the dam
New pool solar, a new forest green cover from Pool Covers, Inc. and some wonky pool chemistry. Now I can swim every day.
Work Continues
Meeting the Wall Guy, plumbers who rescheduled 15 minutes before the appointment and a well tank replacement that will need a crane.