How to built a pool - Inspection

You can schedule an inspection by telephone or online in Gilbert. Use your Permit ID NO. when scheduling inspections. Call: 480-503-6700 or go online

How fast you can get your inspection depends on their workload. I built my pool off season so I got the inspection next day. The inspection took only about 10 minutes. He checked: how deep the gas pipes was buried, the pressure on the gas pipe,  pressure on the water pipes, that a wire was place by the gas pipe and the water pipes, so the pipes is easy to find after they been covered since they are made of plastic.

Now maybe the ground finally can be leveled out. So it doesn't have to look like Moon Base Alpha in the backyard. I'm so scared someone is going to trip on all this holes.

Regrowing Salad

I am done with this salad, only the bottom is left, but instead of throwing it away I put it in a glass of water and it is regrowing. It is going to be interesting to see how big it can grow on only water. Maybe I should put it in some soil. 

How to built a pool - Gas Heater

If you are going to have a gas heater to your pool or spa you need to include special information for the permit and you also need a special inspection.

I wasn't home when they dug the hole, I wonder how the machine looked like that made that kind of hole. The gas line have to be buried deeper than the electric lines and the plumbing. Make sure before you get your permit where you going to have the heater and where the gas lines is going to be. If you like to change some gas lines it counts as a change of plan and you have to fill in more papers, get an additional permit and it will cost you some extra dollars.

Avocado

The avocado plant is growing big it is time to cut it off. Sad but if I don't cut it off the plant will continue to grow only in one direction, up. After cutting off the top the plant should grow in two direction. We'll see.

I put the cut off top in a glass of water. If the top gets roots I have two plants.

How to built a pool - Electric

With electric I would say the most important is the equipment. We were told to take two, 2 hp pumps but we bought one pump with 4 different power levels instead. It was a lot more expensive but we saved some money on the installation fee and there is a lot of money to save when we use the pump.

Since the pump has 4 different speeds we don't have to run the pump on maximum all day and night, we can decide on how much power the pump should run on.

We run the pump on a low speed for a couple of hours during the day for the circulation and during the night when the electricity is cheaper we run the cleaning on a higher speed. When the pump is running on a low speed it is very quiet, the higher speed makes a lot more noise but that we don’t have to worry about because we are asleep at that time.

Here is one of the lights installed. The wires are grounded in the house. Everything is grounded even the sleeve for the basketball hoop is grounded.

The wires that goes to the pool is not in copper but the one around the pool are, and it is expensive. To save some dollars try to make the distance between the control panel and the lights short.

Agave-marginata

Agave

I have an agave plant that I don't know what kind it is, I think it is an Agave Marginata. The gardeners keep cutting it so it looks more like a small palm tree now. They dig up all suckers so I can't get more plants but one day I succeeded do save one small plant before they arrived. I put it in a glass of water and waited for roots to grow. 










It is time to plant it outside in the soil. Good luck little plant.

How to built a pool - Steel

Steel

The guys arrived early and worked quickly. Here you can see how they just lay the steel bars on the ground after they cut them to the right length and then they wind them together with some kind of steel thread.








The stairs is still only 2,5 step.

They put blocks under the steel bars, so they stay about 3 inch above ground. It is important that the steel will be in the middle of the shotcrete. This is probably the most important part. Since if the steel is too high off the ground you will end up paying for more shortcrete but if it is too close to the ground the shell will be too thin. If you live in an area with expending soil you maybe should talk to the shotcrete company about how thick your pool shell should be.