A Little Pool Update

Now admittedly, these aren't the greatest pictures, but the pool is still looking pretty dreadful. But now the new tile is in! So at least that part looks nice. In the following picture, you can see the blue around the top of the pool. That's new. It used to be a very worn aqua, and this is a great improvement. 

Here's one more up closer. The white jagged area below the tile is plaster that came off in the course of removing the old tile. No matter! It'll just be covered up with Pebble Tec soon!

Fun little nugget: the pool was drained a couple of weeks ago, pumped all the way dry. The tile guy then drilled holes in the bottom of it, so it wouldn't "float," or pop out of the ground and crack, due to pressure from the ground water. Normally the weight of a pool filled with water is enough to counteract the pressure from any water underneath, but when the pool's empty, it weighs a lot less.

The holes let the water move in and out of the basin so we don't have any unfortunate incidences of pool crackage. Considering the pool filled up with about five feet of rainwater at the deepest point, it's a good thing we have those holes!