orthofish's pool build,finally

[orthofish]

View from the future "Redneck Lanai". Minus the piles of dirt and 2 water tanks


My poor yard has really taken a beating. Not looking forward to getting it straightened out.
I have a neighbor down the road that does sod for a living. Might be giving him a visit

 

[orthofish]

Not too much to update. I do have some water in the pool now. Only up to the bottom of the light. Reason being the electrical inspector has to view the inside of the light, I'm told :?: The electrician will do his thing tomorrow. The kicker will be getting the inspector out here. I've heard horror stories about how long they can take
I'm finding it very hard to get a picture to show the color of the water :? What is in there now is a green color. It might change when I get the pool completely filled. Maybe a little blue will come into it.
A small amount of Vastec coping was roughed in.
That's about it for now.

A few pics

 

[cobra46]

I hope the inspector gets out there soon so you can start circulating the water or you could end up with very green water.

Keep the pics coming.

 

[Beez]

Outstanding, Orthofish!!! Absolutely beautiful! Sure beats the little urban oasis I'm tring to create...you have oasis every way you turn! :-D

Congrats!
Dave

 

[orthofish]

I hope the inspector gets out there soon so you can start circulating the water or you could end up with very green water.

You read my mind Inspector here sometime tomorrow. Hopefully pool is full Wed. and equipment running. Then I'll be in the balancing your water forum :lol:

Thanks Dave. My landscaping is already there. :-D
Hopefully will post more pics Wednesday.

 

[waste]

Hi Lynn, found the pics


Where's the water???

The refraction off of the greyish walls and floor ought give you ~ the color water you're looking for 8)

Nice pool & great view you've got!

 

[orthofish]

Thanks Ted.
Yea, right now the water has more of a green(not algae) color to it. I'm hoping more blue comes into it when it is completely full.

 

[orthofish]

Time for an update. Plumbing roughed in and pool is full. Water is very green since there has been no circulation :x
Pad and border was finally poured today. I had to choose what colors I wanted in the border. The glass looks like jelly beans. The only pics of other borders were very neutral colors, and as usual I didn't want to do the norm So this was really a quess at what the end result would be. Since the water,I think, will be a green/blue I choose greens, browns, and some blue. The blue was a cobalt, though, which kinda stands out more than I care for. I'm not sure if I'm gonna love the end result, but it's done and I will have to live with it They will come back when the crete has cured and put a sealant on it.
Here's how it went down. Poured border, scattered glass, troweled glass into concrete to the point that it disappeared, waited about 30-60 mins, and lightly sprayed off the concrete to expose the glass.
Hindsite tells me maybe I should have thrown a little more browns in the mix

 

[orthofish]

After being troweled in and then washed off.

 

[orthofish]

And last but not least, the pad. It is 6x8. I didn't want the plumbing in the concrete, but also didn't want it stubbed up in the front of my "future" building.
Every thing has it's own run and valve so as you can see I went with 1.5" returns and 2" suction.
Hopefully equipment wiil be on the pad tomorrow.
Electrician can't come back till Wednesday, unless he surprises me
After that, the journey to get this water turned to whatever color it is eventually going to be. :-D
I will post more pics here, but you will probably see me in the algae section quite a bit too 8)

Thanks for looking.

 

[orthofish]

Just another little update. Looks real nice, huh?? It's a shame that it's WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
Some of you may have seen the little "Lynn Fit" being thrown in the plumbing section recently.
Hopefully my issues will be resolved very soon.
Electrician suppose to be here in the morning(I believe I've said that before) and I can finally get some water circulating.
See ya in the algae section :lol:

Thanks for looking.

 

[PaulR]

You make me wish I didn't have a pool, so you could come build mine! The coping is just gorgeous.
--paulr

 

[orthofish]

You make me wish I didn't have a pool, so you could come build mine! The coping is just gorgeous.
--paulr

Thanks PaulR, I'm hoping it doesn't look too "gawdy."
Building this pool has really stressed me out cause, thanks to this forum, I really did my homework and kinda new what was going on and how I wanted things done.
TFP is the best

 

[MikeInTN]

Looking great! It's making me start to think.."Hmmmm....inground......"..

 

[orthofish]

Mike, you need to do this. You could probably do most of the work yourself. I can come help you :lol: I've watched pretty much every move they've made, much to their dismay

Thanks for the compliment.

 

[Henry Porter]

Very nice work Lynn
I think you made the right decision to pour a concrete slab where you put your equipment. Will you build a roof over?
I will search for your post in the plumbing section to see what problems you've got with your plumbing. I'm sooo curious to see what will happen with your filter when you start the pump. I hope we don't have to clean them to often and that we made the right choice when we installed carts over sand

//Mats

 

[Casey]

Looking great! It's making me start to think.."Hmmmm....inground......"..

I'm so there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[orthofish]

Very nice work Lynn
. Will you build a roof over?
I will search for your post in the plumbing section to see what problems you've got with your plumbing. I'm sooo curious to see what will happen with your filter when you start the pump. I hope we don't have to clean them to often and that we made the right choice when we installed carts over sand

//Mats

Thank you Mats. Hey, where are you're updates??????
Yes I hope to put a building around it. I'm thinking of rough cut lumber and a metal roof. Roof to maybe match my little tractor barn in the background. Pump started today. Got home and it was running. Have had no briefing on even how to turn it off or on. Will leave it running till they get here in the a.m. to redo my plumbing I think the filter started with 10PSI and is now at 14-15.Believe me, there is a lot of stuff in my pool. Concrete,rocks,little Jelly Bean glass,dirt, etc. Not to worry, I think we've done the right thing. No offense to owners of sand filters

 

[Henry Porter]

Hi Lynn!
The sad thruth is that not much has been done with our project here lately, due to a lot of work with my job.
But....I'm about to get out in the yard after this reply and put up roof over the pool so I can start with the preparation for the tileing job next weekend.

To build in the equipment must be the right choice, have never understand why you let electrical equipment be exposed to various weather conditions when you pretty easily can protect it with a roof or a small building.

see ya 8)

 

[Sallie]

When my first pool was being built, I would go out on the deck at night with a lamp and sit and sit and look at the empty hole. I know you are so excited!