Okay, some of you know that I just bought a new house. Well, this house was perfect for me and my family (large backyard, good neighborhood, 4 bedrooms + office, etc.). But the one albatross was a big ole pool that was in the backyard. It's a great looking pool, don't get me wrong, but my kids are ages 3,2, and 1, so we don't want them around any pool right now. Building a fence and/or getting a pool cover wasn't really an option either, as the pool is a really weird shape, and the fence would run very close to an existing deck that the kids could easily use to climb over. Not worth the risk.
So, we didn't want to fill in the pool, so I decided to build a custom deck inside the pool flush with the surface. My original plan was to make it modular, so that we could remove it for a season and then replace it in the winter, but that was way too difficult of a project. Instead, it's going to be semi-permanent. There's a place in AZ that does this, but they seem to be the only place in the country that builds these types of decks. They didn't want to come out to LA. Their website is
www.deckover.com, and here's a photo of what they do:
So, that was my goal for our pool. Here are some photos of what I am dealing with:
