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Thanks for the comments on pavers. I am in north Mesa and I have not heard of expansive soil being a problem here. Do you tend to recommend poured concrete then instead of any type of paver?

The excavation is scheduled for Wednesday or Thursday. The layout was done on Saturday. Here are some pictures: [attachment=2:2uv553bh]20131207_141034.jpg[/attachment:2uv553bh] [attachment=1:2uv553bh]20131207_141042.jpg[/attachment:2uv553bh]...

To anyone that has personally seen these lights on deeper pools: were the lights installed close to the top of the water or lower down like a full-sized light. I using 3 Globrites in my pool and I am trying to figure out how far down they should be. I know they are meant for shallow water and...

Thank you. I finally got my permit today. It took 5 weeks. Part of that was my fault as I had some minor errors on my plan. But they required 10 working days (they don't work Friday so that is 2.5 weeks). On the tenth day they told me I needed to make corrections, which took 5 minutes on my...

Pre-grade: The excavation company expects a clean dirt area, with no landscaping, to start with. So if your yard has stuff in it already you must do a pre-grade. The excavation company wanted $1 a square foot to remove my grass and the top 4" of soil, plus more to remove the 200 sqft of...

I signed up for Pool Studio and did the design myself. There was a bit of a learning curve, but it was pretty easy. I think I will have the Pool Studio subscription for 2 months and then I will cancel it, so the total cost is under $200.

Jason - thanks for the information, I will make sure they are separate runs. Mark - What color are you going to use? The most common colors seem to be fairly dark brown which seem like they would get really hot. I am definitely interested in your feedback once you have them in. Thanks.

Here is another rendering from Pool Studio and a list of my current questions. [attachment=0:3hgxope2]Harris_Pool_002_small.jpg[/attachment:3hgxope2] Questions: 1. I am planning on plumbing each skimmer and the main drain all the way to the pad and putting a valve on each of them. I want to...

Hi everyone. I am starting this thread to document my pool build and get suggestions and feedback along the way. This is an owner build, in fact, I plan on doing electric and tile myself. I am currently waiting on permits and getting bids from sub-contractors. Here are the pool specs. I am...