Brooke here:

We’re a week into the brick removal stage of the pool repair and roughly half of the brick has been torn up and stripped away.  North Carolina had several absolutely gorgeous 70-degree days over the last week – someone must have made a wish – so I spent much of it shoveling rock.  Thus far, the concrete slab looks to be in excellent shape so unless there are some serious structural problems hidden under the remaining brick, we should be looking at the low end of the budget.

The jackhammer comes out for another pass tomorrow, and if all goes well we can begin de-tadpoling the pool next week.