Search results

This is our first spring having our pool. I am trying to figure out the best balance between letting the kids swim and killing our electricity. We have an electric heat pump, no gas. From what I have read, heat pumps cannot heat the water when the air temp is below about 50 Fahrenheit. My...

Just enough to connect the bare minimum of our equipment. Water feature pump and the heater are not connected, and something about the stuff they did connect is not the way it will be long term, but I did not fully grasp what would change about it when they get more valves. The ones we did get I...

Plaster went in on Saturday as scheduled. Was able to start filling after the acid wash on Sunday morning. Took about 27 hours to fill and came out at 15332 gallons per the flow meters on the hoses. They are supposed to send someone out today to do startup, and we'll be meeting with people this...

Well, had some additional setbacks. Work didn't happen according to schedule, so plaster is now set for Saturday. Due to the valve shortage following last month's heavy freeze, the plumbing is only complete to the extent that water can be circulated. The water features are not plumbed at this...

Been a while since I last posted. We have had some progress (tile, coping, decking), but then things stalled out for a really long time. The factory that built the custom water feature in the middle had a fire at one point, delaying getting the feature itself. When the hard freeze hit Texas back...

Week's been busy so haven't had a chance to post until this morning, but gunite went in on Tuesday. Wasn't expecting it until today, so it was a really pleasant surprise to see them getting started when I got back from taking my kids to school.

Almost the whole lot is cut into the hill. I think the very front where our driveway hits the street might have been about ground level before the developer dug into it. The extra privacy back there with the hill closing is in on two sides is really nice. There are two French drains running just...

Yeah, fingers still crossed that it survives the whole ordeal. After seeing what’s under the ground I don’t know how it’s managing to grow there at all.

Ended up taking 10 days total to get it all out. Seems like almost the entire volume of the pool was one big piece of rock. Steel started showing up today.

Had a variety of availability and weather delays, but finally got to start digging this week. Hit solid rock just a few inches below the surface. We're on our 6th day of excavation and seems like we still have a bit to go.

I’ve seen that mentioned quite a bit. I planned to not let them install the mineral cartridge at start up (this is what I’ve seen recommended to others that have it going in). Is there any issue with doing it that way?

We've ended up switching to a different builder after seeing a second bid. Designs are very similar, but the new builder did put their own spin on the concept. This builder uses Jandy, so I'm listing the updated equipment below. Pre-construction meeting this week and hopefully start digging late...