Pool Build -- Annapolis, MD

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Wow, Helen, I love, love, love your color/material choices!! The coping looks great - awesome how the cuts were made. Do I see hints of blue in some of the stones? Whatever I'm seeing looks fabulous with the waterline tile.

And as others have said, the glass tile trims are to die for - my cup of tea! The colors are perfectly gorgeous. I love all the trim work we had done - for looks and function. I still look for edges by using the trim tiles. Very helpful to my old lady eyes! I think you're going to love it more and more. No worries about how it looks now against the raw gunite. My looked the same. You'll be thrilled with how it looks after plaster.

We have the Jandy RS-8 controller. Here's my newbie review of it.... Since I've never seen another remote for pool equipment, I don't know how it compares to other systems. I will say, it has taken a while for me to get used to it. It's easy to use, but I thought it would work like a TV remote or cell phone as far as speed and buttons. I'm not very technologically savvy, so I was surprised it seemed a little behind the times. I thought everything now days was fast and speedy! When you turn it on, you have to wait for it to connect. It's really not too long, but I'm spoiled to the speeds of computers, cells, etc. It seems slow. It really bugged me at first, but I'm getting used to it. The touch on the buttons is stiff and mushy compared to other electronic remotes or cell phones. Complaints aside, I'm so glad to have it. As mentioned, there's no way I'd want to be going out to the control panel and equipment pad to be turning on/off everything or changing the settings. When I test the water and work with the pool math, I have the remote with me at the computer so I can change pump run times and salt cell percentages.

I can't wait now for your plaster!!!! Soon, soon, soon! I hope!

Take care,
Suz.
 
bmore and joyfulnoise are bigger spending-enablers than Kim!!! :lol: I guess we might as well stick with Jandy, maybe I can find a deal on eBay -- a good winter project!

Suz and Marla, thanks, but we're not getting plastered until early Spring, which unfortunately leaves us with waaay too much time to second-guess color decisions.
 
Hey there, so, we are just about done, minus the plaster. Will be interesting this spring to see what survived construction!!

Here's the new stepping stones around the back of the pool and leading to equipment:


And rebuilt retaining walls and steps to the pool, before and after. New pond the kids threw together before the landscapers came, it needs a little work, lol. Steps awaiting filler slabs, with small gap in back to plant small sedums. The orange flags l be low voltage lights.




 
Indeed, very beautiful!!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk,16k gal SWG pool (All Pentair), QuadDE100 Filter, Taylor K-2006
 

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Marlahoutex said:
Do I see hostas? Those were my dad's favorites! Your landscaping looks beautiful!
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You may have but it looks like the 'before' pic disappeared. Looks great Helen! You must be so sad to have all that mud gone. It's been a good fall to let your sod and plantings get a few roots going before any really cold weather arrived.

Spring will be here before you know it. My builder said that the plaster crews arrive back north in May. Not sure if that is true of all of them. What is your finish again? Maybe add it to your signature.
 
Helen203 said:
Yes, so sad that there is no more mud... haha

We are scheduled for early April for a DiamondBrite finish.
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Nice! Perfect timing to get the water all set before swimming weather arrives. Hopefully the plaster crew can behave around your pretty space - but regardless all will be fixed.
 
Your build is next on my to read list. I'll pick up in a few hours after I get to work. I will say this after reading the fist page.... so glad you got the second light and I love your hostas.... hope you saved them, I'll read up in a bit to see! :mrgreen:
 
Helen203 said:
No bait and switch, its the same tile I've posted before, except that we had to find a different but very similar waterline tile in 2x2's because of the pool's curves. The raised bond beam with double sheer waterfalls will be stacked ledgestone, bluestone, and the coping will be tumbled bluestone. In the process of pulling the trigger, we got distracted again by all of the pretty tiles in the store, but then we ended up right where we started. I'm like the bride that tries on 50 dresses and then buys the first one she tried on :)

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Love the color selection. It really plays off each other very well!
 
Helen203 said:
Ah, I love the smell of napalm in the morning... oh, wait, I think that is the smell of concrete curing!! :)

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Helen, if you have it, would you mind giving me the dimensions of your shelf? I see that you have a small (8"?) step down to the shelf and the shelf looks perfect for 2 chairs. I'm considering getting rid of my bubblers and having a deeper shelf. If I keep the bubblers, we are about 8", if we step down to the shelf we are probably more like 16"- so ankle water vs calf/knee water.
Thank you!
 
Poor hostas.... did you save the one who managed to survive?
 
Nursenini said:
Helen, if you have it, would you mind giving me the dimensions of your shelf? I see that you have a small (8"?) step down to the shelf and the shelf looks perfect for 2 chairs. I'm considering getting rid of my bubblers and having a deeper shelf. If I keep the bubblers, we are about 8", if we step down to the shelf we are probably more like 16"- so ankle water vs calf/knee water.
Thank you!
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The shelf interior dimension is a 6' radius, flared at the ends to start the steps. So 6' x 14'. I can't comment on whether its going to be big enough yet, but I sure hope so!

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Casey said:
Poor hostas.... did you save the one who managed to survive?
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We moved all of the plants (including that one survivor!) where the pond was/is, but the places we moved them to ended up getting covered with tons of heavy clay soil during construction -- the back yard was a complete mess for a few months. I sure hope things survive, we will see in spring. Fortunately, Greg as been steadily dividing plants to create a shade garden along the side of the house (60'), so we should have plenty of stock material to work with if the other plants don't make it. I will post a picture of that when the sun rises, because the landscapers had extra stepping stones and made a nice walkway there.
 

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