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@bbrock Sorry for the delay. You're correct that Pebble Tec only has the three types. Adams Pool in Sacramento is/was an authorized Pebble Tec installer, although they have their own in-house product that they refer to as "Pebble Plus". They market it as the equivalent of "Pebble Sheen", but...

The plans were through diypoolplans.com and engineering was through pooleng.com. Sounds like you have just about everything covered!!

Sorry for the delayed reply. Here is a list of the contractors I used. You should be able to find their information online, if not, send me a message and I'll PM you. Excavation: Mike Wolfe Plumbing/Electrical: Tim's Pool Service Steel: Nicholas Holm Gunite: Triple G Gunite Tile: Erik Johnson...

@vanG: I searched on google for awhile and read as many yelp reviews as I could find. I provided them with a sketch of what I had in mind along with a couple pictures of other pools/ideas that I liked. He emailed me a rough draft and I asked for a few changes. When we were pretty close on the...

The grass blades probably stick above the concrete by an inch or so. With any weight on the grass they're pretty much level. The only place where it isn't a level transition is for about a foot on either side of the raised fire pit area. I don't foresee any stubbed toes.

Thanks everybody. We've spent more time in the backyard in the last week than we probably have in the last year. It's almost there, I've moved on to decorating and organizing things now. @allinspector: You have a good point about the lights. the picture makes it look brighter than it is, but...

Sorry for the delayed update, we've swam in it a few times now. I've sealed the concrete and added artificial turf. I still need to finish my retaining wall and add some potted plants along the back fence. Fire pit should be going in early next week and I'd like to start painting the house...

Slowly but slowly this thing is coming together. I picked up some chemicals, trees and my second 3200lb bag of rock today. Feel like I got quite a bit done and hopefully only have two more full days of manual labor left to finish things up. Thank god!!! Pre-clean was supposed to be today too...

Sorry it's been so long since I posted an update. The pool isn't completed yet. I've been working a lot and the short amount of time I've had off I've spent putting up the fence. I had 21 yards of concrete poured. I need to wait about 30 days before sealing it. Patio cover is scheduled for 6/16...

I went with fencing from wambamfence.com after seeing a neighbor install the same fence a couple weeks ago. It's getting delivered tomorrow. They'll send you a sample of their product for free if you're interested. Material cost ended up being about $22/lf, excluding gates. Sent from my...

The main tile is Golden Harvest and the accent is Saga 134. I'm out of town again this week and through the weekend so progress is slowed. I'm going to be installing vinyl fencing next weekend and the concrete deck is going in next week or the week after. Quartzite | National Pool Tile Group...

The original reason I wanted the separate pour was just because I liked the visual contrast between the decking and the coping, but still wanted it to be all the same material. The coping will not be stamped concrete so it should define the pool a little bit more. All of the contractors I got...

Tile is done. Next up is concrete deck and coping. I can't wait to have the trenches filled and patio poured. Once that's done, I'll have a place to put my new AC. We've been sans AC for close to a month and walking around the backyard when watering the gunite can get pretty messy. It doesn't...

Gunite was competed on 4/13. I was pretty impressed with how well they were able to shape everything and add the details. I would have loved to have been home and watched the whole thing, but my wife sent me pictures of the process throughout the day. The crew left some directions regarding how...

Passed inspection today. Gunite tomorrow, tile 4/18. I've decided to go with a split bench in the spa (half of seating will be 3" lower than rest), and a 20" spillway.