New Pool Under Construction - Riverside CA

[Nightmare]

I uploaded a new video of the plaster work. For some reason I missed the end of the day.

http://youtu.be/93cyOsvftEk

Yes, they drained the spa.

 

[Nightmare]

Hi again. I haven't posted any updates for a while. I hope to have several more items completed by this weekend. I'll take some more photos of the whole project then.

Here are two photos of the BBQ Island. I'll post a full construction thread in the Outdoor kitchen once it's done.

Quick couple questions. The Tiki Torches arrived today and I'm still working on how I want to secure them to the pool. The torches are something like 90" tall and the tube is about 2.5" diameter. I was going to strap them to the back side of the pool (the raised bond beam) with some kind of metal strap and concrete anchor. I think I might try to get the pole off the side of the wall using something like a pressure treated 4x4 (strap around the pole and the 4x4 and pull them tight against the wall). Has anyone done anything like that?

 

[carlscan26]

Would you be drilling into the pool wall?

 

[Nightmare]

I want to strap the pole for the Tiki Torch to the back side of the pool.

I plan to dill into the gunite/concrete and install some masonry anchors.

My current idea looks kinda like this:

 

[carlscan26]

Hmmm is that a risk to the pool drilling into the gunite?

 

[Nightmare]

PB said I could drill 2-3" into the wall. The wall is about 12" thick at the beam.

I have some 5 1/2" red heads. They should go through the 4x4 and about 2" into the wall.

 

[Jimk]

Very impressive !

 

[carlscan26]

Yeah those things are cool. Where's the gas supply hooking up? I mean do they feed from the bottom or is their a port further up?

 

[Nightmare]

There are two options for the gas connection: Bottom or about 14-16" up the side. I think we will use the side connection on most of mine.

 

[CraigMW]

How close to the water will the Tiki Torches be? I think that, according to the NEC, if they are within reach of someone in the pool (3-5'?), they must also be connected to the bonding grid. The point is that nobody gets shocked if the pole somehow develops an electrical potential. This might be a bit tricky. Did the PB include a bonding grid under the deck? If so, it might be reasonably easy to drill through the deck and find the bonding grid to wire it up. If it is outside the range of the ability of someone to touch it while in the water, you don't need to fuss with the bonding grid. Just something to consider with respect to placement.

Great looking back yard, BTW! What an incredible view and landscaping job you all have to enjoy!

 

[spillmar]

Craig is right. As a solution, if you already bonded the gas pipe (should have for inspection) then just get a couple more bonding clamps and attach with threaded bold to the post of each Tiki torch around the pool.

 

[Nightmare]

I can do that fairly easy. There is a wire "trace" line at each gas stub. There is also s copper wire along the back side of the pool

 

[tsunami]

Quick couple questions. The Tiki Torches arrived today and I'm still working on how I want to secure them to the pool. The torches are something like 90" tall and the tube is about 2.5" diameter. I was going to strap them to the back side of the pool (the raised bond beam) with some kind of metal strap and concrete anchor. I think I might try to get the pole off the side of the wall using something like a pressure treated 4x4 (strap around the pole and the 4x4 and pull them tight against the wall). Has anyone done anything like that?

Those torches look similar to mine. If they are, the base piece comes already plumbed with 1/4" pipe. For a clean install, I cut the 1/4" pipe out and slid the base over the gas supply riser, using the side gas supply access hole for a shut off valve lever. Then pipe wrapped and concreted the 18" Tiki base in the ground like a fence post. In your case, I'm not sure if you're able to concrete it in the ground.

 

[Nightmare]

The Tiki's just arrived last week. With the current setup I can only put 1 or 2 of them into concrete. The wall at the back side of the pool is a 4' drop and I want the Tikis about 5' above the coping on the back side of the pool.

This is one of those projects where I have already made 3 trips to the hardware store and I'll need at least 1 more.

 

[Nightmare]

It is nearly impossible to tell what color your pool water will look until you fill it up. My pool changes based on the amount of sunlight hitting it at any specific time. I'm sure that the coping and water line tile affects the final look too.

I looked at all the PebbleTec sample pools on their web site and tried to write down the ones I liked. My wife wanted the pool water to appear blue and not a tint of any green. Lots of the sample pools appeared green, which looks cool in a natural style/ Lagoon pool.

I asked my crew to mix up a batch of plaster with less black than normal. Then we added black 1 unit (not sure if it was oz, lb or what) at a time. My final color was 4 black (instead of 5).

Plaster Samples.

I think Photo 1 is the 'Zero' Black next to the sample tile.
I think Photo 2 is showing 1,2,3 and 4 black

 

[Nightmare]

Granite installed on the BBQ. We should have the stucco done next week.

 

[Nightmare]

I'm still working on the firepit. I think I need one more piece to get everything to fit.

Here is the cap I created for $40 in material (Arizona Sandstone)

 

[carlscan26]

What color granite is that?

 

[Nightmare]

Bainbrook brown, it was one of the least expensive ones they had at Arizona Tile. There were only about 4 colors in stock that were less money. We didn't want anything expensive and we didn't want anything that was too dark. That color just happens to be both, and it is a fairly good match to the coping.

 

[tpjimmie]

Wow what a beautiful set up!