Reset

After we returned from the market we were keen to get back to work, so we headed up to the pool for day two of our renovation project. We started by pulling the gravel away from the edge, so that we could work on it much easier.

I then started to chip away at the loose render, collecting it carefully as I went. We didn’t want to end up with little bits of sharp render in the stones around the pool.

Brian then removed all the odd shaped pavers that were cut in along the edge of the pool. We felt these looked clumsy, and wanted to try and smooth the edge to make it more aesthetically pleasing to the eye, as well as a bit safer.

First though we had to reset some of the pavers, which were either already loose, or became so during the digging out. It was a bit scary removing them at first, as we weren’t sure if they’d stay in one piece or how difficult it would be to clean them up sufficiently to be able to reset them.

We didn’t let it worry us though, and plugged away removing the cement on the pool edge and pavers. We were soon confident in what we were doing and making some good progress.

We finished the day just cleaning up, and making everything ready for an early start tomorrow.