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Thank you for the pictures! I agree, there is a lot of rock - it seems like with that much rock, in needs to be continued along the edge of the pool for conformity. I think if you do some landscaping behind the grotto, it will soften it up. I'm sure it will be a nice place to sit and have...

The last couple of weeks have shown steady progress on the pool. We had a 1-2 day delay for rain, but otherwise everything has been really smooth. The gunite went in about 10 days ago. The guys did a great job of putting up barriers to protect the porch and fence from splatter. FYI, I...

Re: New build, free form pool in North Texas Once the soil engineer gave the green light, almost every day has been busy. Here is a picture of the bad clay - we think it's the black line in this picture. We don't have a lot, looking at the side profile of the pool. Friday was day #1 of...

Re: New build, free form pool in North Texas Great discussion. I've wondered what happens when it "dries", so the sponge analogy was helpful. There was a flurry of activity over the weekend - very impressive, actually. Plumbing and steel are done, today the lights were connected. After...

Re: New Pool Construction - Lewisville TX (Dallas area) Looks fantastic! The wasps really like this stage, we found out.

We are complete newbies to the pool-building arena. With an investment this big, we wanted to make sure we did everything right,so we plunged in to the research and learned everything we could about pool building. We interviewed 8 builders and obtained pool designs and bids from 6. I must...

Re: New Pool Construction - Lewisville TX (Dallas area) Looking great! Wondering if they came out on Saturday and dug the hole as planned. Hoping the rain doesn't stall anything this week! We are still debating moving our playset; 2 feet toward the fence would be ideal. As it is, we are...

We are getting to the final stages of our pool design. The plan is a natural-form pool, spa with rock waterfall, 12 foot weeping wall and 3'6" grotto/waterfall with small seating area behind waterfall. The pool will be 20K gallons with 6 ft deep end. I have seen some grottos that are...

Definitely want the gunnite. Like that above ground option - pretty sure it's against neighborhood policy!!

True, just wanted to know if any pool builders out there have any experience with unstable soil and if they have better success with one type of engineering or another. Thanks for your replies - we know a soil engineer, and he has no experience with pools and soil - we may need to look for an...

Good information, thank you

do people not use the robot as much because of the weight? Are there a lot more mechanical problems with the robot cleaners?

We are building a pool in North Texas. Our neighborhood is well known for very volitile soil movement. In fact, some pools have failed and many pool builders refuse to build anywhere in our neighborhood. However, the soil report on our house was very favorable compared to the rest of the...

We are putting in a new pool (18K gallon, natural form, gunnite with pebbletech, SWG) and trying to decide if we want the pool company to put in the polaris with a pump or to buy our own electric robotic cleaner. We live in North texas, with 1 tree in the backyard, small leaves and young plants...

We are getting bids on a pool (gunnite, IG, SWG, 18 K gallons) and with the slope in our yard it looks like we will need an exposed beam of about 2.5 feet on the deeper end of the pool. The pool builder sketched in more decking on the far side. This all sounded great until the "mom" in me...

Might do that too ... Toying with more expensive rough- cut quartzite

So what did you choose? We are in the Dallas area making the same decisions and same scenario with pool builder. What stone and what system ?

And as to the "chore" aspect - I'm guessing that is why so many pools erode - people are not keeping up with the process. Agree that it would take some time, but I think what they mean is that you don't necessarily have to spend lots of $$$ to source it out. However, if I'm trying to save time...

Beautiful. Probably less abrasive on little fingers, too. Thank you for posting - that may be the right way to go for us. Just need to make sure it doesn't make a lagoon-style pool look too artificial.

Thanks for all the posts! I talked to another pool builder today - he recommended a swg pool but to prevent the erosion he recommends sealing the stone in the spring and fall - easy to do yourself. If this is done properly than it prevents a majority of the erosion. He also recommended doing a...

This is what I'm talking about! Some say that the salt is not very corrosive and others have horror stories. Are there any objective studies out there that pull together data to see how damaging the salt truly is to the stone? Or perhaps pool builder professionals that can see results of...

We are getting bids for an ig pool, gunnite, 18k gallons, 33x16, 3.5-6ft deep, spa, waterfall with weeping rock wall, oklahoma flagstone, pepple tech interior, etc etc in north Texas. One builder strongly suggests swg while another says they are only doing 10% swg and recommends chlorine with...