Getting the pool ready for swimming

Two of the ladder steps were broken and this is the year to get them fixed. You can see the top two steps on the side nearest the camera are broken. They were ineptly glued back together when we bought the house, but they broke shortly thereafter. There was a lot of that involved with this house.

Anyway, here is the "before" shot, including some of the water that collected during our rainstorm Monday. The pump they brought is far, far faster than the one we have.

Here is the "after," looking down at the new stairs from right above them. They were concreted in, then the technicians plastered over the concrete. The plaster is almost dry and Bill and Conor can paint that area as well as some repair areas tomorrow.

Oh, the technician told me he filled the stair steps with concrete before applying them to the pool wall. The reason the others broke was because they were a ceramic shell with no concrete fill. Of course, the company that did the repair today is the same one that built the pool 40 years ago, so there wasn't much either of us could say about that little omission!