The Pool

We've got a big, big mess in our back yard.  It used to be a pool.  Now, we're trying to decide if we should restore it, or get rid of it.  Either way, it's going to be a huge project, and should be a hot topic for us this summer.  And so it begins.

When we first got this crazy house, the pool looked like this:

We had no idea how big it was, since the water was so nasty and opaque.  We estimated about six feet deep.  We then drained the pool, and were almost horrified to see it was almost twice that.

This weekend, we drained it, scooped out about 10 bags of leaves, rescued a few salamanders and frogs, and Donna pressure washed it.  In the photo below, Donna is standing about half way down, and it's already over six feet deep.  I think it's about 11 feet or so in the deep end.

The deck surrounding the pool is rotten, and needs to go.  The pool house (to the left) is super horrible nasty inside and either has to go, or be gutted and re-done.  And as for the pool, well it needs to be resurfaced, the plumbing needs to be fixed, and we probably will need to replace all the 1970s equipment (sand pot, pump, etc), too. 

Or, we could fill it in and make a neat sport court or something.  Maybe my own little velodrome?? 

Does anyone have any dynamite?

Hmmmmm.  What to do...what to do...