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This year was our third summer with our pool. As I'm sure you recall, the summer of 2022 was quite humid due to a pretty wet Monsoon. I recall the pool's water temp hitting 95º quite regularly. With last year and this year's summer intense record breaking heat my pool never went above 90º...

Our pool is 15' x 35' with a depth of 3.5' to 6'. The Baja Shelf is 6' x 15'. If we could have made our pool longer, we would have made it deeper as well. One thing I definitely did not want was a steep drop. As a kid, steep drops in pools scared me. With our pool, everyone can safely and...

From the sounds of it, your pool is not going to take very long. You might even get to jump in before the weather gets too chilly. 🤞 Ours took about a year and even then, there were things on back order that we had to wait on or find elsewhere. It was a stressful but we are sooooo glad we did...

We're happy with it but... From what I've been told, Cool Decking of today is not the same as Cool Decking from back in the day. While it may be cooler than concrete or tile, it still gets hot during our intense summers. You won't be able to stand on them for long even if your feet are wet...

We went with corner steps so as to not lose as much swim space. 🤷‍♂️

I had a spike hole and a divot in my pebble. I noticed it as we were filling the pool. I immediately stopped filling it and called them. They told us it could be fixed with the pool filled so we continued to fill it. A couple days later, they sent someone with a wetsuit (it was spring and...

We love it! I initially didn't think I'd like it but didn't really care about what color we went with. Not even half way done, I already loved it.

Look forward to seeing how the black wall looks with all the landscaping. We went with a sky blue for our wall.

I'm not an expert but with that much time, I don't think it's considered "curing" anymore. It's been 3 1/2 month since the concrete for my pool was laid. I've been told that it's not really a bad thing. 🤷‍♂️

Plain concrete will be extremely hot! From my own testing (at a friend's house) during last summer's extreme heat wave; cool deck will be hot but you can walk on it. Plain concrete will sear your feet. Like someone mentioned above, they do offer cool decking in grey. Ours was barely done in...

While I'm sure you already have a good idea of how they look, I have attached some pictures of skimmer lids I've seen