Happy Monday and we hope you all enjoyed a great Fathers Day weekend! Since the patio and pool decking was poured and cured, we opted to have the concrete coated with a product to help reduce slips and keep it cooler underfoot.
First, the house and cedar posts were wrapped up for protection. Next they removed everything and power washed the patios. Then they put the tan base coat over the concrete.
The next day they added a textured coat that was a whiteish grey color. They also began pumping all the rainwater the pool had collected out, in preparation for the plaster to begin the next week. John wanted to save the tadpoles that had been living in the pool, but I think he was only able to save a few. Sorry frogs!
On the third day, the crew returned and put the final top coat on the patio. We like how it looks with the great room chimney and outdoor bar stone. I think this product is called Smart Deck, and we selected Houston Tan as our color. It is supposed to help creat a non-slip surface around the pool and keep the concrete cooler for bare feet.
While the pool decking was getting coated and stained, yours truly did the same for our cedar posts. We had asked our contractor about having the posts stained and I believe the price that came back was $125 a post. Well, we have 19 cedar posts around our house, so we decided that we could complete that chore ourselves. And by we, I mean me…Although John is in charge of the removal and reinstallation of the gutter downspouts.
Honestly, it isn’t that difficult and we really like how much better the posts look with stain. Besides, what else am I going to do on the weekends? Hang around our empty pool? 😜
The other work we completed was to haul our old Adirondack chairs out of the barn so they could be cleaned up. A big thanks to John as they were buried in the barn and he had to pull them out and pick them up overhead. And, as you can see in the picture, they were in rough shape.
A fresh coat of paint made quite a difference and John will have to replace a few slats in the oldest of the chairs. But in the meantime, they are quite serviceable…
Tomorrow we are scheduled to have the plaster completed and then the pool will be DONE!!! 🤞As always, thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Libby
Progress us definitely being made! Who will be the first in the pool?
Ha! Turned out it was me who put my foot in the water first as we began filling the pool this morning…