Speeding up

This morning the builder called to tell us that there will be a number of steps accomplished this week - and that with luck the next round of inspection might be complete by Friday as well.

The current schedule is for the tile to be completed today, the electric installation to be started Tuesday and completed by Wednesday - while at the same time the deck crew forms and pours the concrete footings for the deck, the pads for our screen enclosure, the coping that will overhang the pool edge and the built up area behind the waterfall. That means two different crews will both be in and around the pool the next couple of days.

The builder has requested another county inspection on Friday - so they are really working to get these parallel tasks complete

That would put construction about 5 weeks ahead of the "worst case scenario" we were provided when the project began three weeks ago - but now I need to act quickly and get the screen enclosure itself under contract ASAP.

For those of you not used to FL pools - the custom here is to put a large screen enclosure around your pool - thus keeping bugs away and allowing one to leave doors and windows open, and providing a real extension of your living area. (an example of these types of screens is pictured to the right)

Folks here use the pool and the deck area as another family room, even going so far as to mount big screen TVs and stereos on the walls so that they can enjoy the area year round.