Last Friday For the Pool Project?

And, wouldn't you just know it, it's Friday the 13th. Must be my lucky day.

Any way, I thought I'd show you a detailed description of the pool valves.

Outgoing Valve Arrangement

First off, these three are all outgoing, that is, water flows from the pump house to the fittings, the spa jets - which finally, after all these years, really work well, and the two sets of 'eyeball' jets - the 3-eyeball set at the end, and the 2-eyeball set in the middle of the pool.

More Valves

Next, these are all incoming - water flows from the pool into the pump house.

Here's the newest valve - the main drain ball valve. That was just installed yesterday. Adjusting that valve with the Vacuum valve open allows Huey, the automatic vacuum to really zip around the pool and give it a good cleaning.

When the vacuum is working, the skimmer must be turned off. That's the function of the large three-way valve.

All the water from those fittings flows through the 2-Hp main pump

And Yet, More

The waterfall valves, there's two, the outlet one prevents water going to the waterfall. The other allows water to flow into the ½-Hp pump dedicated solely to the waterfall.

There is one other valve that isn't mentioned here. It's the one on top of the big filter. That valve controls backwashing - sending water and debris out the drain. It also controls rinsing the filter, as well as the normal day-to-day pool filtering.





The last thing of the project for Mario and crew, is for Bani, the electrician and plumber (he did the masterful arrangement of piping and valves in the pump house), to reroute the gate doorbell and transformer, so that we can begin to use some new equipment at the main gate.

Late-breaking news... Real news, not that fake stuff we're inundated with anymore. So, I found out from Mario that Bani is just Emanuel's nickname. That's right. His actual name is Emanuel. Who knew? I sure didn't.

Anyway, Emanuel, or Bani, or vice-versa, was going to show up Friday, to do the doorbell bit. That didn't happen. I know, that's just totally unheard of down here. I thought maybe, Saturday would do it and texted Mario to see if Bani was coming then. No, he doesn't work on Saturdays, and the reason he didn't reach on Friday was because of a family emergency.

So, now, we're rescheduled for Monday morning. Stay tuned for more late-breaking news on that front.

Enjoy your weekend.

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday, 07, (Pearl Harbor Day) and Thursday, 08 December, 2016, . After a pause for remembrance, work continued at Casa Winjama. Today, the welder showed up to work on the ramp railings. Bani, the electrician/plumber, was also there finishing up a bunch of little electrical things, like porch lights, speaker, outlets, switches, and so on.

Carlos the Welder

Carlos the Welder showed up with his two-man crew to cut and welt the basic frame of each section of railing for the east-side ramp.

Once those are welded together, he'll take the frames back to his shop, and add the inside posts. After that, he'll apply Ospho to each surface of the frames, prime them, and finally coat them with Rustoleum Gloss Black.

Assistants Positioning a Shield

Carlos' assistants positioning a sheet of aluminum they use to protect the deck from welding sparks, etc.

Bani Working the Electrics

Bani ready to replace one of the porch lanterns. He took the trouble to clean off all the corrosion on each of them and give them a nice, new coat of gloss black. They look positively new.

Brand New Looking Good

Just an aside here. I think I'm getting the technique down with the bread machine. Here's my latest loaf cooling on the rack. Tastes as good as it looks.

Fencing Frames for the Ramp

Here's some of the sum of the Carlos the welder's labors - frames for the ramp railing. He'll take those back weld in the inside pieces, prime and paint everything, then bring them back and install them.

Porch Lantern Good as New

 One of the lanterns all shiny, shiny, in place and working. Looking good too.

Speakers Once Again!

Most importantly, the stereo speaker is reinstalled and works great too. Nothing like being in the pool with some reggae pumping through the speakers.