New build in South Texas

[SuzfromTexas]

This pool is the most amazing pool I've ever seen.... I would love to see some pictures of parties and people enjoying the area (sorry if you posted them and I didn't see them, its a big thread)... Thank you for sharing and making me dream

^^^^^^^^^^ I agree - again - with everything Scaboney said. That would be so fun to see your area alive with people!! I'd hate to think of your amazing place as just a museum piece - although it's certainly a masterpiece.

And thanks, Scaboney, for bringing this thread up to the top again. I swoon every time I see the MartinKennedy pictures! Always a great part of my day!
Suz.

 

[AmyJo]

Absolutely STUNNING .... EVERYTHING! You must be in heaven having such a wonderful property. Congratulations! Hope you are enjoying your new pool and its surroundings this summer.


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[WASP]

Hoe Lee Sheeeeeeeeeit!!!!!!!!!!!

My sentiments exactly.

I just read this build thread.

 

[Nursenini]

Hi Martin!
Question for you....

We also are doing Radiant Fusion (either Topaz or Royal Blue like yours) and our PB said there is no need to brush it after install. Did yours get brushed or need to be brushed? He said it is because it doesn't have the plaster dust issue...

 

[martinkennedy]

Nursenini,

There was very little plaster dust and the pool builder did minimum brushing. They also did a hot acid start and did not do a acid brushing before fill. Hope that helps.

Hi Martin!
Question for you....

We also are doing Radiant Fusion (either Topaz or Royal Blue like yours) and our PB said there is no need to brush it after install. Did yours get brushed or need to be brushed? He said it is because it doesn't have the plaster dust issue...

 

[bdavis466]

The brushing isn't so much for plaster dust as the acid wash takes care of that. What it does do is knock off the loose pebbles and make the surface a little smoother. If there is any plaster cream left over from the acid wash, it will help expose more of the glass and aggregate.

While it is not nearly as essential to brush a pebble finish pool as a standard plaster pool, it is definitely beneficial and should be done...A few times during the initial start up is plenty, but more certainly won't hurt.

 

[martinkennedy]

Hello all.

I just added an all weather outdoor pool table.

 

[pooldv]

Wow, that is cool! Gonna have to google that!

 

[martinkennedy]

pooldv

They are located in Florida.

Custom Outdoor Pool Tables - All Weather Billiards and Games

 

[Rokihunter]

Beautiful pool! I have a question about your crane water feature. How are they mounted to the sun deck and what type of plumbing? Are they plumbed like a deck jet or bubbler would be? Thanks.

 

[martinkennedy]

The crane water feature was plumbed when the pool was built just like a bubbler. They were mounted on a small pad (1'X1") that was about 2"high. I will say that they lasted about 2 years and they started to get pin hole leaks in the legs. I had the PB come back, remove the cranes, chip out the small raised section as well as the complete sun shelf section and re-plaster the sun shelf

 

[Rokihunter]

Awe, they were beautiful. Maybe I can incorporate something similar in the landscaping of my build, just not as a water feature, but more of a sculpture. Thanks.

 

[martinkennedy]

After mine were removed, we incorporated ours into the landscaping.

 

[gdfein]

MK, amazing project! So many elements that I love and want to capture in our build this fall. I’m curious what brand was the outdoor speakers (rocks/eves/sub) that you selected, and do you have any pics of the subwoofer being installed that shows what it looks like before burial? I saw the eve and rock speaker pics in the thread but if the sub was shown, I must have missed it.

Thanks,
GDF