O/B Woodland Hills, CA

[Frank Rizzo]

Then we changed our mind about the deck. After checking out Apapaz2's travertine decking, we changed our mind about poured concrete and acrylic coatings. He hooked me up with his travertine source and we got a pretty good deal...
so we had to demo out the old concrete decking (should have done this before digging, but oh well)
Before:

After Demo:

All of the pool piping was buried at a level for concrete decking, so I had my plumber come out and lower all the pipes so we could get a good amount of base for the pavers. That was fun....
It's done now.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

All the drains are in, I ran a water line for a shower.

Travertine choice:

The coping is 2" thick eased edge, pavers are 1 1/8"

They started laying some of the coping yesterday:

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[kimkats]

PRETTY! Love the picks and "oh wells" LOL Funny what you learn AFTER you do something!

Kim:cat:

 

[apapaz2]

Frank, your coping is so sweet! I wish I would have gotten the two inch coping. Love it! You won't regret going with travertine. That is the one thing everyone comments on when they visit my house. Good luck the rest of the way.

 

[Nursenini]

Looks great, Frank! Lol on all the "changed our minds"! I think it happens a lot. I know I have done my fair share. Made another change yesterday, as a matter of fact. Oh well! Live and learn. The wall looks great!
Love the travertine! Is it walnut?

 

[Nectarologist]

It looks great. To me the coping makes the look of a pool. This is such a great look. I'm getting soapstone countertops installed in my outdoor grill island tomorrow and went with the eased edges. I'm glad I did after seeing yours. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

The side yard on my house is only 7 feet wide. In order to make room for the Bobcat/excavation I had to remove my A/C condenser. It was only 10 years old, but was the soon-to-be-obsolete R-22 refrigerant...so in the vain of "you might as well" I replaced it with a slim line R-410a condenser....Which meant I had to replace the indoor coil to do it correctly. I used to be a mechanical contractor, so I get the equipment at wholesale and installation is my labor...

Old A/C unit:

Offending A/C pad:

Quick trip to Carrier:

Up and running:

I wanted to point out that (of course) while the A/C was out, there was a heat wave in the 90's....
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- - - Updated - - -

Coping is done!

 

[Bigcarbs]

That's looking really really good. Kind of wish I went travertine now. Maybe on the next house when the kid is a little older.

That new A/C unit looks nice as well, looks half the width of the old one.

 

[Melbourne]

Request more photos of that coping/edge you have there. Please?!

 

[kimkats]

Nice job on the AC R/R! LOL on the temps while doing the work AND not having water in the pool to jump into when oh so hot!

I LOVE your coping!

What is next and when?

Kim:cat:

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Request more photos of that coping/edge you have there. Please?!

Sure. Tell me what you want to see and I'll post them.

Nice job on the AC R/R! LOL on the temps while doing the work AND not having water in the pool to jump into when oh so hot!

I LOVE your coping!

What is next and when?

Kim:cat:

Thanks Kim! Next they start on the pavers .

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[Marlahoutex]

Looks great!

 

[northrn]

Um...Frank. Don't look now but there are trees growing in your pool.


I like it all! Nice, clean lines.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Um...Frank. Don't look now but there are trees growing in your pool.


I like it all! Nice, clean lines.

Yeah....and that is AFTER I cleaned it out!!!
When you are O/B and you don't have a dumpster on site, they throw everything into the pool shell!!!
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[firehunter]

I like your tile and coping choices. The travertine is a warmer color than the silver one we chose.

 

[Titan7]

Pool is looking good!

Love the old Datsun! Looks like we may have the same AC unit? My carrier is a 2 speed puron condenser, and it's also sitting in the garage on a dolly.

 

[allinspector]

It looks great! I love the travertine.

Surprised the engineer wanted to use only 3/8" rebar with such a thick shell.

I'm glad you went with 1/2 in the end.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Made good progress on the Travertine pavers this week. French (Versailles) pattern, looks good.
It ends up at about 1800 square feet.

 

[Flowersga]

Looks great! I love how that's turning out. What is that color called?

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Thank you ^
The field is called "Earth Light" and the coping is "English Walnut" from QDI Stone in Compton.

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