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I do plan to have a tv in the ramada area for anyone inside or sitting at the counter or nearby on a float from the pool to be able to watch foorball, or whatever. Likely a 47 to 55" whatever ends up fitting best. The big screen is totally temporary/removable when not in use and is only for...

Just a quick update, the county has approved most of our permit, yay, as flood area stuff i was most concerned with is approved. But we are in a holding pattern with the zoning dept is telling me we can't have a pool in out front yard, whwhaaatt??? I guess they didnt check to see that our...

Keep those pics coming Waldo. Looks great.

Here is what I am thinking for locations if I go with the laminars. What do you guys think?

Thanks Karyn, I am still learning a ton, and likely to change things still as I go. This is not a race for me, but an investment in my family and memories we will be making, and getting us all out of the house more and enjoying each other, dont necessarily need a pool for that, but it helps. I...

I have to admit, our kids are pretty good. They do as they are told, or they lose something. Also, I start them each week with a $10 allowance credit to be paid the following Monday. If they miss a chore, or I have to remind them to do it after it should have been done, they get a $2 deduct...

She loves riding on the quad. I plan to have them help when possible, they will respect the end result that much more I think. The old trampoline was toast. It was very old, but had also been greatly damaged during a storm when it flew off about 200 feet across the property and landed out in...

Small update, no excavation or layout just yet, but I know everyone likes pics, Spent the weekend on the lower yard pool area prep (it had been neglected for quite sometime); clearing weeds, trash and trimming some trees, and raking. My daughter Reagan 10, helped me out on the raking, as did...

I did, and they have been great to work with. Very accommodating for all my questions, changes, etc.

It will not be pointing at the screen, i will be sure of it. However, we do movie night at a friends pool on occasion, and turn the pool lights off for it. I plan to use just the tiki torches and dim the lights in the ramada during movie nights. I do plan on some low voltage lighting placed...

1st off, Thanks to all for the kind comments on my build, and support. I really am a fish out of water at the moment on this whole project as I have never built a pool before, but learning each and every day, and this site has been great for that. My son Jesse 12, Whiskey, and I have been out...

Thanks for the heads-up on Buckeye requirements, but we are in a county island, so I am pretty sure City of Buckeye requirements do not apply but will double check. I do have plenty of area for backwashing, so I will be weighing the pros and cons prior to making the final decision of sand vs...

Thanks for the input, I have always heard DE is a PITA, but wonder how much better, easier to maintain it is now.. Perhaps someone can enlighten me in this regard for a 45K gal pool filtration type. Recommendations??

I think I explained the pavers in an earlier post, but pavers is just what was listed in the original plan. I am leaning towards a stamped coping, and acrylic lace on main pool deck/layout area, then go with stamped on the path back path, firepit, and ramada steps and floor. I was thinking...

I'm now following too, and learning. I really like what you got going on here. I hope to begin digging my owner build soon. Good job. Jason

Cool, I will be watching this one. I just submitted for permits today on my owner build pool. So I am a few weeks behind you, and will hopefully learn from your mistakes.. Kidding, I am sure it will be great. Best of luck. Jason

This is the plan if the original plan is not good enough for them, but I will be checking before building it for sure. I will be building the fences myself unless someone sells fencing cheaper than I can build them.

Chris, Below is how I plan to handle the fence issue.

You guys catch everything, I love it. I have had the grade, elevation and drainage one in mind for a while. I am hoping they do not want us to have to do anything special for drainage, as it works just fine now as it is. Shown below is a couple pics top down, the highlighted yellow area is the...

Chris, we are going to turn the equipment slightly due to utility run on backside of E wall, just learned that yesterday, so we should be good.. Im south of frys, across from inca school, 2 houses down. On NE corner across rd of guy who sells jeeps all the time. Brown adobe house facing watson...

I'm in a county island, no hoa. Too many doors, sliders, gates, on house and rest of property, so we will be adding some fencing and an inswing gate at the base of the main stairs to the E perimeter wall, about 20'. Then along the upper wall about 30' W, with a 90 tied back to the house, with...

I agree that the area is perfect for it, we almost had one built a few years back, but were not in position to do it right with the budget we had at the time. So we worked harder and saved to be able to get it done and not be undersized for the location. Doing it as an owner builder will be sure...

We did think about the lazy river, which my wife really wanted, but cost/use wise, the larger sunken ramada will get more year round use, as we host lost of parties. So we opted for the fire pit with a stream next to it with a little bridge. For the SWG, we are currently leaning towards the...

Ok, Let's see if I can do this correctly. Here are some photos of the main backyard and lower pool area pre build. I figure I may as well get them in now, for reference and for comparison in few months, or so some can wrap their arms around size, location from house, on property, etc if...

Thanks for the warm welcome. I guess I should have posted my topic in the under construction section. Hopefully someone will move it to the correct location. I look forward to all the feedback. I am becoming Pool OCD lately. Jason

Here goes nothing, Hey everyone, my name is Jason. We are just starting this project that we have wanted for many years but other priorities always won over. We will be sending our plan to the county for permitting tomorrow or Monday (was waiting for the special engineering for the Waterfall...