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Thanks, everyone! Riley - they're not tired at all! Fortunately for me, the builder has been sending a couple of guys out each day this week to handle brushing and other start-up items. Kim - my fearless two year old is going to be down that slide first. He's a little daredevil and pretty...

Thanks everyone! We're really happy with how the decking turned out. But we're even happier with how plaster turned out! They came out last Friday, a day early, and finished plaster. Then we started filling the pool and it took about 1.5 days to fill. We picked a dark Quartzscapes color (Anvil)...

That looks awesome, LeighHop! I love the leuders. I'm hoping that you are swimming by Memorial Day, too!

Thanks, y'all! I am happy to report that decking was installed today!

So true, LeighHop :) Thanks, Phillbo. We've got a Ring Floodlight just above the kitchen area (corner of the house, it's white and can be seen in some of the pictures) that we think should cover us. We'll see what it is like in action though. Good eye, RedStick! I haven't even had a chance...

Hi everyone, it has been a while. We've had some frustrating delays due to the weather over the last 1.5 months. It seemed like it would rain one or two days during the week, which would set us back an entire week. Then I think there were some communication issues between the builder and the...

Hi Brentr - we are not going to have a roof over the outdoor kitchen. We thought about it but we didn't want to darken our living room, which has a lot of windows right behind that area. We planned on just getting some pull-over covers to put on the grill equipment. Agree it would be nice to be...

After what turned out to be a two and a half week break due to rain, the guys got back to work last Monday (3/5). In that amount of time, we've made some good progress on the slide, kitchen, fire pit and outdoor patio. Pictures below! Outdoor kitchen coming together: Fire pit: Outdoor...

Yes! It filled up a lot! I should have taken a picture. The guys came out on Monday and drained it out. I thought the rain would never end but maybe we are finally done with it for a while (fingers crossed).

Thanks, Kim! They finished shingling the roof last Friday. Yesterday they continued to build the outdoor kitchen, fire pit and slide wall. Also, the 15' slide came in and the box is big! Can't wait until they install that bad boy. Unfortunately, today it started raining...a lot. And the...

Thanks for kind words, everyone! We've made a lot of progress over the last couple of weeks, in particular the last two days. First, the tile guys came in and installed the waterline tile all around the pool. Then, the coping was installed. Next, we had a team come out and start building the...

We had a slight delay but the crew finished shotcrete yesterday! It's finally starting to look like a real pool. Here are some pictures: Tanning ledge Spa (with multi-level bench) Stairs into the pool from tanning ledge Side view of the pool (showing extended bench on opposite wall)...

Hi Kim - thanks for the kind words! Yes, I definitely knew about TFP when we were at our first house. Right after we moved in, the pool turned green and I asked for help on here and ordered a test kit. I maintained the pool myself after that, thanks to all the helpful advice :). After that, I...

Hi Riley - thanks! We do not have an estimated completion date but the builder told us to plan for 12-14 weeks of construction. That would put us around the beginning to middle of April. However, that includes construction on an outdoor patio and grill area so I think the pool itself will be...

Small update today. Over the end of last week and the weekend, the crews did the first step of plumbing and finished rebar. A crew is back out today to finish plumbing and we are scheduled for shotcrete on Wednesday! I'm getting very excited at this stage. It seems like we're making good...