Day 1

Today was soo exciting that we decided to collect the kids early from school just so they could watch!  They were interested for all of 5mins, their attention quickly moved to the bounty they collected from Trick or Treat!!

So, bright and early this morning a huge truck arrived along with a bobcat and some sort of digger.

  

They just managed to fit through the garage door.

First job of the day was to get the 1st soakwell in.

 Then the digging could begin.

 The Shallow end taking shape.

 Getting deeper.

I now realise why we had to have the pillars injected with concrete.  This pillar is at the shallow end which will be 1.2m deep, they had to inject concrete 1.4m below the pillar to support it.

 The roof is balancing on this pillar.  FREAKY

With the shallow end completed it was on too the 'deep' end, this presented a slight problem.  Normally, they dig the deep end first and use the shallow end level as a ramp to get out.  Due to the shape of our pool and the access they had,  they had to dig the shallow end first which mean't in order to get the bobcat out they had to do a run up the deep end edge to get back out.  This was taking about 3 or 4 attempts each time.  Was rather amusing to watch even more so tomorrow when they finally dig to the 2.2m they need to get too.

At the end of day 1 and after 3 truck loads of dirt taken away we are left with this huge crater in the back garden.

The kiddywinks in the dug out shallow end.

Lots more 'fun' and dirt coming tomorrow as they plan on finishing the digging and starting the formwork.

Stay tuned.