Can we dig it? Yes, we probably can!

If you’ve walked or driven past the pool at some point during April, you might have spotted a little yellow digger down there… umm… digging.

But don’t get too excited – we haven’t started work just yet. We’ve been carrying out a full survey into the condition of the concrete around the original pool tank, steps and handrails, together with an investigation into what the pool tank was actually filled with (and how it was filled) when it was decommissioned back in the 90s, just to make sure that the research we’ve done into this side of things actually reflects what’s really down there.

A little while ago, we were lucky enough to be able to speak to some of the guys who carried out the demolition and backfilling, which meant we mostly knew what we could expect to fi nd. We’re still waiting for a full and detailed report from the company who carried out the survey, but we now know the actual depth of the concrete layer and we have a much better understanding of the layers of building material and sand underneath.

So, can we dig it all back out? Oh yes – we’re pretty sure we can! The most important bit of information we gained from this exercise is that breaking it all out again should be perfectly achievable – and this is something the entire transformation project hinged on.

But the really cool thing is that we also got a glimpse of the bottom of the pool again – which no-one on the planet has seen for 20 odd years!