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Community Pool > Pool Renovation Project

Update Friday, November 14th

THE RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETE!!!

The pool re-opened on Monday, November 3rd following a 6 month renovation project.  The pictures below show the transformation that took place. 

The pool before renovations begin

May 31st

The draining process begins at 12:00 pm, June 4th

160,000 gallons of water is drained in less than 24 hours

 

          

   Thanks to some rain, work moved inside and           Removal of old deck began on

 the half wall was removed on Thursday, June 5th              Monday, June 9th

 

         

The ventilation system is removed on Wednesday and Thursday, June 11th and 12th

 

June 16th - 20th progress

         

Removal of the old ventilation system is complete        A new wall is installed in the old weight room

         

    Concrete was poured on June 20th for                      Backfilling around the new weight room

             the new weight room floor                                              and pool entrance

        

                                            Progress on removing the pool deck

June 23rd - 27th progress

         

  The final section of the old deck is removed         It was discovered that several areas of concrete

                                                                         will have to be replaced before the new tile can

                                                                         be put down.

      Progress on the new weight room

June 30th - July 4th progress

          

      The doors and frames are removed                 The deck material is removed from the windows

         

                                 The new entrance to the weight room and pool             

July 7th - 11th progress

                                                        Removing the bad sections of concrete 

                                                             More concrete being removed                  

         

                                        All of the rusted conduit needs to be replaced

July 14th - 18th progress

        

              All of the concrete with the exception of the south end needed to be removed

                          

                  Just about all of the conduit and wiring is removed

       

         The electricians begin work                             The east wall bench needed to be removed

                 

     The final sections of concrete are removed and they begin filling in the old ventilation duct

July 21st - 25th progress

       

                                   Work begins on the ventilation system

                    

                                  Work is wrapping up on laying the new conduit

                  

                        The anchors are in place and waiting for the concrete to be poured

     

               The deck drains are in place                         The roof to the weight room is put on

July 28th - August 1st

       

              Prep work on the deck begins for pouring the concrete on Thursday

       

                   The pump truck pumps in roughly 8 trucks loads of concrete

      

The concrete is drying and work will begin on       Concrete is being poured on the 2nd floor of the

  on the ventilation duct work on Monday                              new weight room

August 4th - 15th

       

                         The new ventilation duct work is being installed

                  

     Work is wrapping up on the exterior brick to the weight room and entrance to the pool

August 18th - 22nd

       

       The ventilation duct work is wrapping up with work on the lighting beginning next week

August 25th - September 5th

                      

                       Work is wrapping up on the new entrance and weight room

       

 The new duct work is completed and painted              Prep work begins on the deck tile

                            

The new ventilation system is delivered and scheduled to be installed on Monday, September 8th

September 7th - 12th

       

        The new ventilation system is moved into place and work begins on hooking it up

       

                    The first of 32 new overhead lights is installed and tested

       

                            Prep work for the new tile is wrapping up

       

             One more corner to complete and then the new tile will go down next week

              Getting rid of the old sand and getting ready to install the new filters

September 15th - 19th

       

                The new tile is being installed along the east side (bleacher side)

       

  The new underwater lights get installed                The new tile goes in along the shallow end

                                

                           The bleachers get put back on deck and reassembled

September 22nd - 26th

       

        Two new filters get installed                                    The trim work on the tile begins

       

    The last section of tile to be installed is                   Workers begin grouting the office

                 around the hot tub

September 29th - October 3rd

       

                                            The cleaning process begins

       

        The painters began this week                    The electricians continue to install the new lights

                                

                              The first half of the lights and installed and tested

October 6th - 10th

       

 The pool begins to be filled on Tuesday                     The pool is full on Wednesday

                     

                   The test run on the new ventilation system took place on Thursday

                                  and the painters finished up with the doors

November 3rd - 14th

       

         The new scoreboard gets installed         Some minor touch ups and we are open for business

       

     The first time in over 15 years all of the               1st one in the water in 6 months

                  underwater lights work

       

                        The weight room is completed and ready for use

       

Thank you for your patience during this time and we hope you enjoy the new facilities

 

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