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Oklahoma flagstone if I remember correctly. We went with it instead of Texas flagstone because it is supposed to be more durable.

It ended up right at 78K for additional stamped concrete and rocks for grotto. . The 134K was the original bid. I don't think he will build another one that cheap according to him.

During the summer when the kids are out of school my electric bill is alot higher than normal which makes it hard to really see the increase due to the pool. The main pump is a variable speed pump and it is cut back to around 75% speed and runs all day everyday. My normal electric bill during...

Sorry it had been awhile. The projector and receiver is setup each time we use it. I have a bracket mounted to the palapa/tiki hut and the projector mounts to it with one bolt/wing nut setup. I'm afraid to leave them out due to the humidity. As far as the screen it is 9' x 16' and we also take...

Forgot to answer your question. Yes the lazy river has 3 pumps to supply circulation. Two 2 h.p. pumps and one 1.5 h.p. pump. It's more than enough flow and does a good job to keep you in the lazy river loop without having to paddle at all when on a tube.

Dog goes crazy over the laminar jets don't know why but she is crazy trying to bite the water stream when they are on. If I had to do anything different I would have extended the lazy river to at least 50'. We love the lazy river. When we kick on all pumps it's almost too much flow to be a lazy...

Here are some of the latest pics. I'm still waiting for the low voltage to be hooled up for the laminars and 110v outlet for fog machine.

If you are planning on intalling a laminar jet now of in the future they recommend to use a cartridge filter. They have small screens inside them that will get plugged off from DE material or sand. I added 2 laminars to my pool build and had to switch from DE to cartridge.

So far we are very impressed with the look of the pool but honestly I could not recommend my pool builder. I feel like I built this pool myself with all the attention of detail I had to do myself when my PB was nowhere to be found although I probably have a case of OCD when it comes to details...

I paid for diamond brite plaster verde color. The PB used quartz scapes verde color instead I was initially dissapointed until I talked to the plaster guy and he said it had a 10yr warranty and was the same as diamond brite and he could deal directly with the manufacturer in Houston instead on...

Filling for over 19hrs now. The marathon is almost complete just in time for winter :)

Decking complete. Maybe plaster tomorrow.

Updated pics. Started to rain when the deck crew was scheduled to start on the stamped concrete forms. So I guess it will be delayed until next week. [

Grotto is complete. Finished up plumbing today. Electrical was supposed to show up today as well but they were a no show. Decking should start later this week or early next week. Plumbers cut thru my internet cable digging trenches for the pvc piping so I cannot get online at the house until I...

I had planned on a beach entry as well but was talked out of it by the pool builder because it takes up alot of the pool space/slope to have the beach entry and also birds like to bathe themselves off at the entry. We went with the tanning ledge (8" deep I think) with bubblers. Don't know how I...

Turned out great.

Grotto pics. Still have to put the larger rocks on top. This has taken much longer than I ever expected. Rock guys do good work but they are slooow. They are going on 3 weeks since they started my tile/rock work.

Pygmy Dwarf Palm. Max height is 10-12'. This is my 1st attempt at growing palms. We are going to buy more when the pool is complete. Supposed to be good down to 20'F.

Tile guys have been working for the past 4 days on the pool. They will be back Monday to finish all the tile. Tuesday they deliver the 1st load of rocks for the grotto and will deliver the big flat rock (9' x 6.5') for the roof of the grotto. The palapa poles are also supposed to be set Tuesday...

Started coping and tile today. The guys doing the work said they should be finished by Sat afternoon. PB still working with 2 people to get the rocks for the grotto. PB still having a problem finding 1 rock (jumping/waterfall rock) to cover the span of the grotto but he is still checking on it...

Well we finally decided on tile, coping and diamond brite colors. I hope it turns out nice. We went to the tile store and checked them out in person. We decided to do something different and go with the "VERDE" color (green) Diamond Brite with Noble "Traquair Green" tile and Tumbled Noche...

Should be starting back up first part of next week. PB was on vacation.

What size pump would you recommend for the pool I'm building? I would like to have this setup in the beginning. The PB said my pool is 49-50K gallons but I think it will be more like ~40-45K. I asked him about the liquid injection and he did not know anything about them he has me currently setup...

I did see that pool and it looks really nice. It is what gave me the idea to go with a big tube slide instead of the pirate ship here is the link below to the pirate ship I wanted to do but I don't have the room for the stern on the island. We wanted to put the bow with rope swing on the...

I live in Beach City it has a Baytown address. I ran into Shawn Hantz that had that show on A&E "Flipped Off" and started talking with him about my pool. He wanted to get the construction of the pool on his show but they are still in negotiations for the next season and I did not want to wait...

The island was supposed to hold the stern of a pirates ship that had a tube slide coming out of it but after seeing the size of the island I don't think it will fit so we are looking for other options. Hindsight I wish I would have shaped the island as a sunken pirates ship with the mast...

I have a few print outs of what I was thinking that I will show him. The PB did say that a single rock will not be able to cover the whole width of the grotto. I was disappointed to hear that. He said he will place two 1 ton rocks on each side to support the jumping rock/waterfall. He said he...

13 hours later the gunite is complete. Gunite foreman said it took 9.5 trucks of material. Ended up 138 perimeter feet. Totally impressed with how it came out. The lazy river ended up 7 feet at it's widest point and narrows down at the exit to 6.5 feet. The spa will hold 10 people and turned out...

Anyone have any pictures of a pool with moss rock coping that they could post up. Still undecided what to go with. I've searched and I'm having a hard time deciding what to go with. The grotto will be natural rock and we are going with the dark blue Diamond Brite in the pool. The decking will be...

PB said it was a drain.