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Cat, Pergola

Steve — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:38:27 +0000

Before and after:

Coming soon(ish): bamboo bits on top, and shade cloth.
My skin rejoices!

“Got Wind?” or “Thar She Blows!”

Steve — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:12:04 +0000

The true story of a back garden in Cape Town that is Windy (like many places in the Cape).

Oops!
Yes, that is a ladder in the pool.

Salty

Steve — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:15:32 +0000

So, Pool Cnuts installed the chlorinator last week and have finally officially Fucked Off.
Yay having a chlorinator, Boo them leaving wires hanging all over the show.
We shall tack them against the wall or summat, eventually.
Here it is:

Shiny!

Deckage continues apace:
(trying to keep up that whole photo a day in the same place thing)

Exciting times!
Also: we has umbrella. Lol.

Dudes doing the deck

Steve — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:07:54 +0000

So, we’re now putting in some deckage.
A big bit just outside the kitchen and around the pool.
And a more ickle outside the guest workshop room thing.

The frame support hoohaa is pretty much done, now they just need to plank it – yay!
Pics:

In continued pool-company-is-incredibly-shit news: four weeks after coating the inside of the pool has passed and it’s time for the salt water chlorinator to be installed. The pool has been available for use the whole, but apparently the SWC had to wait.
So, we call and book them for Thursday and they say yes.
We come home Thursday night to find no SWC. Of course.
We do find, however, a creepy-crawler-cleaner thing in the pool.
Friday morning we call and they’re very apologetic, promise that the SWC will be there Friday, and deny all knowledge of the CCC.
*sigh*
Let’s see what happens this week.

Once this is finished, we want nothing more to do with them, ever again (quite understandable, I think).
I’m almost hoping they call and want to discuss a pool maintenance plan so I can reply with:

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. Haaa. Ahahahahahaha!
What, seriously?
Not a fucking chance.
*hangs up*

Oh, teh LOL.

The Motion Picture business

Steve — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:40:23 +0000

Follow me to after the jump for some animated gifferyness.

Herewith, for your perusal and amusal: pool as stop frame animation, 1 second per state

Far more amusing (in a soul-crushingly stressful way (while it was happening)): pool being built in real time, with 0.2s per day.
It’s that big hole in the middle that really gets the laughs (as the actress said to the bishop).

Fill ‘er up (again, last summer, with a grudge, about the ring, still)

Steve — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:18:24 +0000

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 :-).

Black on the inside

Steve — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:14:00 +0000

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:

A New Hope

Steve — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:31:32 +0000

Perhaps…

Drained and snipped

Steve — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:11:15 +0000

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.

wall-y

Steve — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:52:08 +0000