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We'll plant some sort of plant(s) in there or a small palm. Will likely also be used dig and set a 6x6 post for the paviliion that we eventually build.

Not the best picture but likely the last update until spring when I can do some landscaping. Concrete guy (me) got a little carried away with sloping away from pool but it will do.

still need to grout, add post capstone, add soil and plants.

Almost ready to pour concrete. Waterfall testing in background. Waiting for the thin brick to arrive that will cover the waterfall.

Getting ready to pour my bond beam at the top of the pool wall. My question is about the steps. I filled underneath the steps with pea gravel as per the instructions and I did so all the way to the top. Im thinking I should have left a 4" cavity under the steps to be filled in with the...

You can definitely dig your own pool. I'm not very good on an excavator so we just tried to get close and did a lot of digging by hand. I didn't feel comfortable getting the angles and depth right with a lagoon or kidney shaped pool which is what I would have preferred so we went with...

Testing the deck jets

Tara silver falls

Its hard to tell from the pictures but the vermiculite is supposed to go 2" up the wall. So essentially 2" of the bottom of the polymer wall should be covered with vermiculite.

FC 5 CC .5 TC 5.5 PH 8 TA 160 CYA 80 Off to the store for muriatic acid