Monday, May 12, 2008

And my pool

And I can't sign off without commenting on my pool. We had to drain our pool this weekend - it was a disaster. I should have drained it last year but it is such a hassle. The water in Phoenix is so hard that over time it's like you're swimming in chalk. It just about becomes impossible to maintain the chemistry in the pool. So, we drained it. It was stressful. I think our main drain is seriously clogged ( I have never noticed any water movement down there) and so I had to rent a drain pump from Home Depot. Holy crap that thing was awesome! The downer was, of course, that the discharge hose from the pump didn't come close to fitting into our cute little sewer clean out pipe and even if it had I don't think it could have handled the flow. So, I went into my alley, located a manhole cover, and popped it out. Down goes the hose, on goes the pump, away goes the water. I was seriously stressed out about it because my neighbor on one side is a cop and the one behind me has gotten on me about pool water and trash and stuff...so I didn't want to piss him off. All things considered, it was pretty cool watching it drain away. When it finished, Aimee and I spent a few hours (late at night) cleaning the surface and pressure washing away the scum that accumulates over the years. We were really hoping we might find someone to resurface it for us but the bank said NO THANK YOU when we looked into getting some money. I guess we're in a recession and a housing crunch. I can't wait until things cool off and people get back on their feet...it's going to be hard for us to sell this house unless we can do some things like resurface the pool and what not. Anyways, it was empty and clean and we decided to just fill it back up this evening after getting some CRAZY quotes to resurface. So, as we speak I have two hoses spilling forth into the depths and hopefully tomorrow night it will be full. What a freaking crazy week. At least now the pool will be nice and clean and we can start having some parties :)

I also got some cute pictures of Aimee sweeping the pool. She is the coolest wife ever!

2 comments:

Mike Delster said...

I would just like to say that...

- I think our main drain is seriously clogged
- the pump didn't come close to fitting into our cute little sewer clean out pipe
- even if it had I don't think it could have handled the flow
- Down goes the hose
- on goes the pump
- I was seriously stressed out about it...I didn't want to piss him off
- All things considered, it was pretty cool watching it drain away
- I spent a few hours (late at night) cleaning the surface and pressure washing away the scum that accumulates over the years
- it was empty and clean and we decided to just fill it back up this evening
- So, as we speak I have two hoses spilling forth into the depths

are all things that she said. That is all. Good blog. :)

Justin said...

Holy freakin crap. That's funny stuff haha

 
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