{"id":522,"date":"2022-07-31T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T12:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2022-08-01T21:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:23:49","slug":"outdoor-pool-2-0-before-the-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/31\/outdoor-pool-2-0-before-the-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Pool 2.0: Before the deck"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>February and March <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After deciding our <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/31\/above-ground-pool-for-family-fun\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"513\">previous above ground pool<\/a> had met the end of life and finding a new professionally installed in-ground pool like we wanted would cost $80,000 at the very least\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tammy found another bargain on an above ground. This time Amazon came to the rescue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, the ground was still not level so it was time to fix that problem first. I borrowed a tiller from my daughter and her fianc\u00e9 and got to work. Some very hard, back breaking work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new pool was an 18 foot one so I measured it out and left the dog ramp in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/C127D6A2-0DFB-4469-97B4-63951878EA96.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"578\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/C127D6A2-0DFB-4469-97B4-63951878EA96.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/c127d6a2-0dfb-4469-97b4-63951878ea96\/\" class=\"wp-image-578\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A88C9905-12FC-47A6-9A98-44A5D6A749BF.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"576\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A88C9905-12FC-47A6-9A98-44A5D6A749BF.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/a88c9905-12fc-47a6-9a98-44a5d6a749bf\/\" class=\"wp-image-576\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The pool itself comes in a big box. To put it together it is just taken out of the box on a sunny day. Then the liner is spread out to be more pliable. It only takes two persons so Tammy and I did that in an afternoon. Then we filled it over a couple of days with the hose. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/C4076F08-3ECA-4E11-B6AB-C7A3C8CAD031.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-611\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest trouble with the old pool (other than going through two pumps) was the ladder. What came with it was a flimsy thing that was too small. To fix that we needed a sturdier ladder and a deck to attach it to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After ordering a LOT of wood and having it delivered to the driveway, my future son-in-law thankfully <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4948.mov\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4948.mov\">hauled it to the backyard<\/a>. Thanks Jordan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1927A9D7-F9A4-4D6F-BD44-F2DFE1B390EE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-613\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7AF55F40-AF30-456D-A057-23127CA3F4C7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"609\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/7AF55F40-AF30-456D-A057-23127CA3F4C7.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/7af55f40-af30-456d-a057-23127ca3f4c7\/\" class=\"wp-image-609\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/68E97F87-D9BB-47A3-AB42-E65975841019.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"608\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/68E97F87-D9BB-47A3-AB42-E65975841019.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/68e97f87-d9bb-47a3-ab42-e65975841019\/\" class=\"wp-image-608\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now to start the deck. Since this was the <a href=\"http:\/\/elevation9640.com\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/elevation9640.com\">biggest project I\u2019ve done since I was a kid in Colorado building a cabin with my dad<\/a>, I did start with some sort of research and plans. So, a lot of YouTube added to my previous experience and I was ready. Of course all that happened before I ordered the wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3449\" height=\"2874\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7CAD1543-136C-44FC-9E0C-55E128D01397.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"617\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/7CAD1543-136C-44FC-9E0C-55E128D01397.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/?attachment_id=617\" class=\"wp-image-617\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Above: Closest to the final build. The stair into the pool is shown, but I moved the stair onto the deck at the last minute. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1889\" height=\"2628\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/03CE862F-7DF3-4228-8C75-07DB2713839B.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"618\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/03CE862F-7DF3-4228-8C75-07DB2713839B.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/?attachment_id=618\" class=\"wp-image-618\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3AB4F05C-FD56-4EF1-939B-454C168C6141.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"619\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3AB4F05C-FD56-4EF1-939B-454C168C6141.jpeg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/?attachment_id=619\" class=\"wp-image-619\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Above: A reminder list and an original sketch idea. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are very rough, most of it is in my head. A lot of thought and planning went into the project. So, how about that deck?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February and March After deciding our previous above ground pool had met the end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":577,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,7,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":628,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions\/628"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.briangibbins.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}