Recent content by OrnamentalTurtle

Your rain dance must have worked because the weather map made it look like it was starting in 30 min all day but never did. I'm typing this while sitting out next to our freshly filled pool while the heater tries desperately to take the chill out. I'll post some pics later or tomorrow. The...

Thanks Kim :) I'm still being lazy so no pics but I'll definitely have some this weekend. The fauxping is going to be stained a darker gray/brown once the cement cures a bit and from other pics we've seen it looks pretty good. The builders came yesterday and put all the plumbing and...

About time for my bi-weekly update. Not much happened until the end of last week. The pergola and fence posts went in and that was an ordeal. Apparently when they built these houses they just buried all the cement and trees that were around. The contractors ran into many obstacles and I...

Sadly, not much to report again. The electrician was the only one who made it out last week and he trenched for electrical lines, grounded the perimeter of the pool to the light and installed the post where the switch for the light will go. No equipment pad yet so he didn't do anything for...

Thanks! We both like clean and simple designs so it has helped with many decisions through this process. On top of that it's cheaper than having a bunch of detail that needs more time from the contractors. All straight cuts. We also have 200 ft of these lights waiting for the pergola...

A lot happened but not much pool work was completed this week. Inspectors showed up and they backfilled the dirt. The dirt mountains are all gone and we will need a load or 2 of new dirt brought in. Apparently they were supposed to pour the slab for the equipment when they poured the...

As far as the dirt goes, we're getting a decent amount of cement and they're grading most of the yard up to accommodate it. The builder actually lowered the yard level 6 inches from the previous plan and still thinks we might need to bring some in. Definitely doesn't look like we'll use whats...

You're welcome! Here's the link to my construction thread with GASP! PICTURES! http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/103025-New-pool-in-SE-Michigan?p=893716 Hope everyone enjoys

Hey all, I enjoyed going through all some of the other build threads so I thought I'd share ours. We started building Wednesday (7/29) and I'm amazed at how much got done in about 2 days worth of work. Now apparently its just waiting game with township inspectors. Any feedback or ideas are...

Hey all Our pool construction started on Wednesday and I thought we needed to say HI because we're going to be here a lot (since it's actually happening and not just being argued over). I've been reading up on the site about all of the intricacies of pool ownership and all the new terminology...