Wrenschovations

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So, it’s kind of finished.

They still need to install the chlorinator, which apparently they do in four weeks time (after letting the coating gunk do its thing). Pool usable in the meantime, though, so I guess it’s a win.

Also, night shot:

Did we ask for blue lights? I don’t remember. I think we would’ve asked for white.

I guess now we can pretend we’re on a spaceship while we swim :-).

Well, charcoal.

The pool guys seem to be trying this crazy new thing called “working.”

They were at the house yesterday and did the MarbleMadness thing to the insides, so now it’s dark grey.

Today they’re supposed to be coming back and finishing up a bit, and filling it up.

With water.

Some inside shots, demonstrating the “natural, mountain look” on the disclaimer form:

So, this crazy trend of “doing stuff” seems to be continuing.

<sarcasm>I’m sure it can’t have anything to do with the fact that we’ve been dealing with sub-contractors rather than the actual pool company themselves. No. Nope.</sarcasm>

Pipes! White! For the solar heating of the pool.

Pipes! Black! On the roof, for the solar heating of the pool.

Spent most of today skipping around the house doing various small bits and bobs.
One that was many was: putting up pictures / shuffling them around a bit.

There are six photos in this photo (well, technically eight, but four of them are presented as two sets of two, if you see what I mean).
Can you spot them all?
Do you want to?
Will October be red?
What will Sean Connery say about that?
All this questions, and more, answered in the next exciting installment of Wrenscho.

Well, the pool is progressing.

The sagging bits have been, um, un-sagged.

We have a pump now: 

And a brand new pile o’ dirt:

Alas, Monday and Tuesday weather not looking good.

Ho hum.

Perhaps…

Well, gosh. Not only did they turn up, but they actually did some work - revolutionary!

Shame that the recoved corner bits (from 500mm to something like 200mm) are sagging in places. Ahem.

At least the cementy guys are (allegedly) coming back today.

And rumours have it that the pump / filter bods will be there too.  

Well, there have been some good things going on recently in the house. We cleared up a whole bunch of junk in both the inside and outside spare room type rooms. Floor! Space! All this, and more, can be yours.

Also:

Wine rack re-installed
(Yay! No more piles of cardboard boxes in the hallway.
Now we just need to: buy lots more wine to fill it up; put something cool on the wall next to it).

Jo made an awesome coat rack (pictured here naked) in the hallway, round the corner
(Yay! No more wild coats roaming the hall, grazing on the cardboard boxes).

In other news: we are considering painting the outside of the house.
Probably green.
Maybe just the back bit.
Colour splats, applied today:

The two on the right are starting to look like the right kind of thing…

More samples, senor!

Current sorry state of the pool:

Why, yes, it has been almost a month since they’ve done anything. Some of this is because of the slightly unseasonal amount of rain, but most of it has been because they’re rubbish.

No, we are not happy about this.

Apparently (pshaw) the pumpy filtery guys are coming tomorrow.

Unless it rains again, of course.