North Florida Pool and Outdoor Kitchen Build

[CRNA_RX House]

I have been checking out all these pools builds and thought it would be cool to see our project on TFP. A little late to the party as far as posting. We started in November building the following

18x38 free form with sun shelf, raised bond beam with 3 waterfalls, and spa

All pool equipment is Pentair
VS Pump
Cartridge Filter,
SWG
Ultratemp heat pump
Master temp gas heater
Easy touch 8 with screen logic
3 intellibrite led(one spa and two pool)
3 magic streams
Silver travertine decking and coping
Screen enclosure

11x12 L-shaped outdoor kitchen

ECO gril
Kamado Joe
Fridge
Sink with disposal

I am trying to educate myself and become a pool nerd, I have learned so much from site. Any thoughts/feedback are welcome, but since we are nearly finished, unfortunately I cannot change much.

Erin

 

[pwrstrk]

Ahhh pictures ?? Sounds great !

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Pictures are forthcoming as soon as I figure it out��

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Let the fun begin....excavation, form work and steel.

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Gunite Begins

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Best thing so far for this little guy is the unlimited time with the water hose

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Backfill of raised wall--yard has considerable slope

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It's hard to get a good shot of the pool without using the panoramic function, it distorts the shape slight

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[CRNA_RX House]

Now to the difficult decisions....pool tile. Why is it so difficult?

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Stone work up next

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[cowboysurfer]

This neighborhood looks like it is near 210 in St. Johns. I am missing Florida. Nice build!

Pauline

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Good eye Pauline! It's in Durbin Crossing.

 

[cowboysurfer]

Oh I have some friends there! D. and C. Bunn. How do you like the outdoor kitchen? Share some pics.

 

[CRNA_RX House]

The outdoor kitchen looks great(I'll get pics up) but we have not used it. I can't bring myself to cook anything until the mess from the pool build is gone

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Coping installation

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Travertine Decking taking shape

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Decking is complete, pool on pause for kitchen construction...
Future home of the kitchen

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framing started

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stone work continues

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The fun stuff delivered and installed....

Evo, my kitchen splurge

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and yes that outlet now has an appropriate outdoor rated cover

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Kitchen mostly completed. It is truly an "l-shaped" kitchen, blame the photographer on the distortion.....I have planned on the blank wall above the counter to use two old 1800s barn beams as floating shelves. Hoping the contractor can mount that safely to stucco

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Back to the pool...equipment is/was in place and plumbing is hooked up....excuse my old pic, I thought I had a better one. I'll get better one with the plumbing showing and the electrical visible

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[Brentr]

Hi Neighbor, looking good

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Thanks! Plaster is set for Thursday. I'm a little nervous about our cold temps and the plaster process

 

[txnole]

Looking sharp. I really like your choices for the stone work.

 

[kimkats]

Great looking build! I like your colors! It looks like things are moving right along!

The watering job is best done by an "expert" like you had!

Have you ordered a good test kit yet? If not you can click on the link in my siggy to see which one would fit your needs. Most find the TF-100 to be the best buy as you get more bang for the buck.

Kim

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Thanks Kim! We received the TF-100 in the mail on Friday. So from a materials stand point we are good to go, now I just have to get my confidence that we can handle the pool.

 

[kimkats]

OH you CAN do it! It will be fun. Let your kid do it with you.

Go ahead and run a test on your fill water. Just leave out the CYA test as that has to be added to show any.

There are videos to show you how to do each test. Here is a link to one. There are several.

http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/18551-Cool-new-videos-on-water-testing-by-Taylor

After a while it will get so that you can tell by the look, smell, taste of the water what it needs.

Ask any questions or do a search. We will walk you though it!

Kim

 

[CRNA_RX House]

Funny you say that, I was testing the fill water as you were typing. I'm an over analyzer, so now I'm concerned about our hard water and the calcium level of 375 ppm for the fill. That coupled with the builder saying he'll handle the chemistry for first 30 days. I have a good build experience so far but from what I read on here, the integrity of the finish is very dependent on those first 30 days. So, I'm going to let him handle the pool but follow behind with my own testing.

 

[doobs41378]

Great progress so far...Thanks for sharing

 

[bobby1017]

What is this? "Evo, my kitchen splurge"