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Big Will said:
Your nearing the finish line and I'm so excited for you. I do have a question and it may seem dumb but I'm a rookie so go easy on me . Why do you waterproof the wall in the back if the pool doesn't go up to it?
the reason this caught my attention is because my neighbor has a pool and when he waters his plants the water comes right through to my side. Should I ask him to waterproof his wall and will that water that comes through effect my decking in the future
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I don't think this is a dumb question at all! We waterproofed the straight wall that is right next to the block wall because it's required by the building code. It keeps moisture shedding down into a French drain that will run the length of the retaining wall and into our yard drains. The other side of that wall is our dry bar area the wet side is the pool side. We don't want any water to come in our dry side. We don't have to waterproof the pool side where there will be plaster but we do need to waterproof where there will be tile on both sides of the bond beam. When waterproofing walls there is a positive side and a negative side. The positive side is the side that has the most water pressure. Now the product we used on the wall was a latex based masonry waterproof paint. It's meant to be applied to the positive side of the wall. In your case - unless you can convince your neighbor to waterproof his side you should probably use something meant for negative side waterproofing like super blockade.



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I will look that up, thanks for the info. I don't want water constantly on my new travertine that I'm going to be putting down, nor do I want constant water spots I have to keep watering down


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OHHHHHHHHHHHHH look at those! How exciting! It looks like someone took good care of them too! I do not see any chipped corners! NICE!

Will, that is a very good question! I wondered the same thing!

When the waterproofing dries does it still show as darker?

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kimkats said:
OHHHHHHHHHHHHH look at those! How exciting! It looks like someone took good care of them too! I do not see any chipped corners! NICE!

Will, that is a very good question! I wondered the same thing!

When the waterproofing dries does it still show as darker?

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I don't see anything chipped either. I'm so excited we can move on to the next step - I felt like we were in limbo until the coping arrived!

The waterproof for the wall is opaque and looks like paint with sand in it. The super blockade comes in gray and white and looks more like thinset but thinner it's marketed as liquid cement. They both go on with a roller or brush


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That was my next question Kim, I will have to take a picture so you can help me Joann. I have red brick wall, will it look funny on my wall and be a eye sore if it's on my side of he wall


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Hummmmmmm I wonder something..................Would either of you two be willing to paint your fence wall like a giant mural????? See I keep seeing a large area like those back walls with a rain forest mural on it! So far I have not been able to talk anyone into doing it!

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First of all you should ask your neighbor to cut back on the watering. If it is coming through the wall he is overwatering, probably without knowing it. If he does not cooperate, take photos and attach them to a letter to your HOA. Eventually that will cause problems with the wall, and since it is on the property line repairs will be a SHARED financial liability. If the water is coming through weep holes constructed in the wall, for the purpose of relieving hydrostatic pressure, then you'll need to keep your travertine installation a foot off the wall and install a french drain along the wall. This could be as simple as digging a one foot deep trench and filling it with landscape stone (3/4" minus) with no fines. That will allow the water to percolate down into the soil and not pond on your travertine. To keep your side of the wall "clean" you could roll on a coat of waterproofer. Xypex is an excellent product that penetrates and forms a micro-crystaline barrier within the concrete matrix of the block. Xypex | Concrete Waterproofing using Crystalline Technology


If you have further questions or concerns, PM me.


Big Will said:
Your nearing the finish line and I'm so excited for you. I do have a question and it may seem dumb but I'm a rookie so go easy on me . Why do you waterproof the wall in the back if the pool doesn't go up to it?
the reason this caught my attention is because my neighbor has a pool and when he waters his plants the water comes right through to my side. Should I ask him to waterproof his wall and will that water that comes through effect my decking in the future
hope this makes sense
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Today we coated the bondbeam with super blockade. One more coat and then it's on to thinset then coping!
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Mike pressure washed the bond beam before we "painted" on the super blockade.
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So did you settle on those Mother-of-Pearl tiles...$32/sq. ft. if I remember correctly ?

(Hehehehe)

Nice job on the Merlex. Looks really professional, nice clean line. Someone's got OCD....


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JoyfulNoise said:
So did you settle on those Mother-of-Pearl tiles...$32/sq. ft. if I remember correctly ?

(Hehehehe)

Nice job on the Merlex. Looks really professional, nice clean line. Someone's got OCD....


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The $32/sf were the ones that you picked out mine were only 7 or 8 and I did get them for the countertop. We got NPT for the waterline.

Thanks! I am the resident painter and slightly OCD [emoji12]


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Mike is connecting the trench from the front yard to the backyard today to pull the electrical and gas lines. We have conduit in the front yard for both that we put in when we poured the front yard concrete. He has to tunnel under the 2' footing from the block wall. He's almost done - his hole is about 1" diameter right now [emoji23]
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I put on the second coat of super blockade on Saturday and took a break to build a playhouse for the littles while Mike was at work.
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You forgot to dig and build a miniature pool for the play house....no fair mommy & daddy get their big pool but there's no little pool for the kids!!

Meanie mommy!!


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So Mike and I have been super busy between work and the kids and haven't done much on the pool in the last week and a half but we did dry fit the coping. And pulled the gas line. Maybe this weekend we will start setting it.
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kimkats said:
I like that color! That alone is a lot of work! Your poor hands and back!

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Awe thanks Kim! Since we are moving slower than most, I feel like my thread isn't all that interesting. I'm really glad you keep coming back and checking in. I'd stop posting updates but I'm not a quitter! Hopefully it'll help someone out one day with their build.

I like the color too and think it'll look great with all the other choices we've made but I was a little nervous when I saw slight color variations between pieces. I'm hopeful that they will fade with time and a good sealer. I'm not sure if it's from water content in the pieces themselves or different batches. I hope someone else reading this can chime in on a good sealer


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