Containing the Pool

   Fence install began later in the week with the delivery of supplies.  The installation began in earnest the day after and will probably take a few days to complete.  The installers are using a stand behind dozer to move material around.  It also has a auger drill attachment to drill down for the fence posts.  The fence is around four feet high, so maybe it will act as a minor deterrence to the deer that like to feast on our landscaping.

   Here's one of the pallets of fencing that was deposited in the back yard.  The larger boxes contain sections of fence and the smaller ones are obviously the fence posts.  The posts are secured in the ground with concrete, which I think is being deposited dry in the holes and saturated with water to set.

   Here's where the fence joins up with the corner of the garage to enclose one side of the yard.  It's not attached to the house itself, which is nice.  The fence is made of powder-coated aluminum and closely matches the railing around our deck.  Instead of a handrail at the top, it has a double top rail.  I'm happy with the look.

   Here's the long length of fence along the side of the yard.  It makes me a little sad to enclose the yard and have a fence running through the woods.  It's not much of a physical barrier since we'll have multiple gates, but separating the house from the forest creates more of a mental barrier.  It's a necessity in my state, so it has to go in, and it's visually better than just fencing off the pool area.

   We'll have a double gate here so we can easily blow leaves out of the yard, into the forest, to be naturally processed.  I'm always amazed at the amount of leaves we collect in this area every fall, which quickly decays into the forest floor.  While I do mulch in some of the leaves into the lawn, I'm glad we don't have to have the leaves taken away by truck, like other houses do.

   By the end of the second day, the fence is nearly completed.  All that's left for the last day of work is to complete the circuit near the back corner of the house and hang the gates.  We'll need to have the door alarms in place before the inspector comes for final inspection, then our pool installation saga will be complete.

  I've been diligent monitoring our pool water quality every day so far and have been battling high (basic) pH levels.  I think the high pH is due to the curing of the plaster so hopefully it won't always be such a struggle.  Also, I've been needing to add chlorine on a regular basis to maintain healthy levels.  Since the pool mortar is new, we're not allowed to use our saltwater system.  It should be easier to maintain the chlorine levels when we have the salt system running next year.