Paul had a narrow window to fly into San Jose for a quick site visit.  He did.

Catching Up with Paul

Since Jo-Anne, Nik, Kate and Lucky (the puppy) were in Kelowna, Bryan was extremely flexible and could host Paul’s visit and meet whatever timing was required.  Due to a number of issues, Paul caught a flight from Toronto to SFO, arriving on Saturday evening.

After a well-coordinated pick up at SFO, Paul and Bryan caught up over dinner in Los Gatos.

The plan for today was to do some measurements with Bryan’s new laser level.  With the concrete floor, two bridges, stairs, etc., establishing the elevation for the finished floor is critical.  Based on the advice from the general contractor that installed a GlassWalk bridge in Atherton, we invested in a top-of-the-line laser level.  Now, it was time to learn how to use it.

On Site

Paul and Bryan spent several hours on Sunday using the laser level and measuring elevations.  However, they were somewhat stumped on how to rotate the laser to show a straight line on the concrete.  And, technical support was not available on Sunday. 

After a light meal, Bryan drove Paul back to SFO so he could catch the red-eye to Toronto.

As always, a great visit with Paul.

Paul reviews progress on Sunday morning.

Ah, some wasps are making a home just outside our site office. This is not good.

Paul reviews the bearing wall in the lower level.

After gloating over the Edmonton Oiler’s win over the San Jose Sharks last night, Paul and Bryan were on the project site fairly early on Sunday morning.

We had to get some supplies from Ace Hardware (go figure) and then started in earnest.

Laying out the first panel.

Our plan was to make the ‘box’ first, and then fill in the joists and put the 1×4 strings on the bottom of the joists.

Paul drills the end joist to complete the first

It was a struggle but we managed to fit the 3/4 inch tongue and groove plywood deck and complete the first panel.

The first 8 foot panel is now complete.

Putting another sheet of plywood in place on the second panel.

Moving another sheet into place.

Deck in place now.

West view of the completed pool cover