The piscina=the swimmng pool=the money pit!

My only real request to Gino when we bought this house was.........I must have a swimming pool. We started the pool last week. Its quite a procedure with at least 5 different companies involved.

First you pick the company for the pool...and a normal person would think they do it all from start to finish????? no they do not. They supply the design, the pump etc, the lining for the pool. You then hire company #2 to dig the pool..which involves taking out a lot of dirt and unless you have a place to reuse this dirt you pay to have it taken away. We will use some but not all. Then using the measurements from the pool company you mark out the depths of the pool and this has to be precise before you hire company #3 to pour the concrete..then on top of the concrete you put down sheets of metal.....my photos will hopefully make sense of this.

Its more complicated than one thinks and of course lots of $.......I must sound like a broken record but $ go fast here........as I said to Gino....we can always go back to work.

Big announcement....we are going back into to business....we are opening an American hamburger joint here..........the kids here really need it. Just like in America its the kids that seem to spend the $ and in our town I really feel this would be a great spot...a lot like In and Out........we are not opening it tomorrow...but we will do it in the next several months.

Then you have company #4 that spreads the cement......this was two really nice men and this is not as easy as it sounds...they have to work like the devil to get it spread fast and even....quite a talent and fun to watch....wish my grandson Oliver was here to enjoy all this man stuff.

Then comes Pavone once again..... who then adds his own layer of very thin cement this is super super important as we add a plastic lining on top and the smoother the cement the better the pool.....I love Pavone he is doing the best job with his helper grumpy Gino.

This is the point we are currently at.......there will be a part two to this blog.....when Company #5 takes over.....Ciao