Recent content by elizardbethday

I guess you don't want to hear this, but I wouldn't build a pool for kids that wasn't deep enough for horseplay. We have an 18x36 pool. The shallow end is plenty big for anyone who wants to just stand (with or without a drink in hand) and the deep end is 8 feet -- which allows my 3 kids (ages 4...

I was in your shoes 2 years ago, looking for pics of backyard pools installed on a slope. You're right, there aren't many photos out there! We went with a vinyl pool with 2 retaining walls and it ended up awesome-- though nothing at all like the pic you have shared! Our yard slopes from the...

Mmmmm..... we are in a suburb of Atlanta, so would figure our costs would be lower, but we installed an 18x36 vinyl pool with quite a few add-ons (no spa but swimouts/benches on both long sides, and a mesh trampoline cover instead of autocover) .... with extra decking & retaining wall and other...

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Hi! We built an 18x36 vinyl pool last summer. (Plus a big, and small, retaining walls.... by the time it was all said and done.) Now we are so excited for the weather to warm up so we can get back to swimming in it!! My tip-- i see you have spec-ed grey coping. Be sure to ask for grey...

Can you build an entrance "ramp" where you want people to make the transition. Like, poured concrete that makes the transition smoothly, trip hazard free. (Or maybe pavers or flagstone steppers, again installed on an incline.) Then along the rest of the transition, install a strip of egg rocks...

I'm in Cobb county too. We just built a vinyl pool and I think our builder does liner replacements as well. I will pm you.

Our builder was similar to what you're describing. Owner is the salesman, his quote is very general, he says he has does everything in house. We are mid-build now and things are going ok but we have learned some lessons. A biggie -- "I do all the work myself" doesn't mean what I thought it...

Did the HOA approve your pool & fence before you installed it? If so, I really doubt they could come back now and say that you need a different type of fence than what you already have (and that they've already approved). If you don't have HOA approval, that's a different ballgame. Assuming...

Thank you guys for your feedback! I left it as-is.

We are building a vinyl pool in the Atlanta area. It's going so slowly.... two months in now..... But finally the end seems to be in sight. Family of 5, with 3 young kids. We expect to have other families joining us frequently. The concrete guy came out today and we marked off the decking...

Ohh, more pics please! Is that a grey granite vinyl? I'm liner shopping right now....