Today we were looking around our fabulous pool that is completely covered by a wendy house. Rob wanted to do a rough measurement so that we could get a quote on a pool cover (for the girls). I am so paranoid about babies and water that I want the cover before the wendy is taken off the pool, but, of course, you have to take the wendy off to measure for the exact cover. It will be a pretty tight schedule getting that Catch 22 right so that I do not worry my head off about a pool that is uncovered for even an hour (even if the girls are safely behind their new baby gates!
Well, Rob thought that he should have a closer look at some of the pool coverings and they were so loose that he could pull some of them completely off! Take a look for yourself:
Don't be fooled by the water colour. The black is just sand and sediment. The water is actually clear because this water does not get access to sunlight so no algae grows in it. It does not smell either.
This is a picture from below where we could not see. The flash on the camera helped a lot. There is a large cocktail step with columns all around it. It would actually be a great paddling area for the girls if we can get the pool in operational order again.
The pool is much longer than I thought it would be! A rough estimate is that it is 7m X 5m. It is not completely rectangular though - so the surface area would be less than 35 square meters.
Rob then lifted the other side of the wooden step leading to the wendy house so that we can see the width of the pool. It is a strange and unusual shape but not terrible. It will make a great pond one day - but we will use it as a pool first (until we can afford building another pool - maybe in 100 years time).
There is a light on this lifted side of the pool. I wonder if we can get it to work again?
Dale and Dominic were investigating the pool and giving me a heart attack as Dale was leaning into the water!
After their investigation, we covered the pool again so that no-one can fall into it. But the wendy house is now off bounds in case someone comes over and does not know where it is safe to walk. We do not want them to go through the step and into that muck - yuck! But no animals or babies can fall in when it is covered. And the girls are not allowed anywhere near it anyway!
Surprisingly enough, the pool does not look damaged. It is not discoloured and is holding its water. Here is hoping that we get that horrid wendy off it and have a functional pool this summer (with a safe pool net on it of course).
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