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    New build, north DFW again!

    Have them replace them. If you don't every time you see it it will bother you.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    I was way off. It's called Durango.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    I think it's called Noble. I looked through the paperwork and it just says travertine as we did our color selections last.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Oh yeah pictures!!! It filled up / over flowed this morning. Here are a few between the clouds when the sun was out for a few mins. Pebblesheen Aqua blue
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    I was working from home today and a guy from the pebble tec company came by. I asked him about the spots and he said they will send out people to pressure wash and scrub the deck. He said it will come right up. They do have a lot of spots to get thow. We'll see. The pool company runs the pool...
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Pebbletec guys showed Friday morning and came back Saturday morning to acid wash. We started filling around 10AM. Hopefully by this afternoon we should be full!!!! To bad it's 50 degrees outside :( . In order to stop tracking dirt in the house I had sod put down also. It should make it through...
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    New Pool Build - TX

    I would make the move it to the left side of the equipment pad. They didn't put it over there because it blocks the path they have going in and out since the fence is down. This is obviously the wrong spot. They just don't want to extend the piping to make it right. Cheaper now to fix it.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    These are kichler LED lights. Great so far and I have these about 16' away from the waterfall. There are three total lighting up the entire waterfall. In order to get them to look right you need them all about the same distance away otherwise the light it throws will be uneven. I had all three...
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    New in-ground in swampy Louisiana. Build is ON!!!

    As a homeowner that wants to be involved in their pool build (ie wants to know what's going on) I have seen some of the same things happen to me. I feel as if there is no quality check in the system from the PB side. Since I am looking over everything if I don't complain about it then he assumes...
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Well decking was completed on Wednesday then on Friday we put the sprinkler system back together and did some grading. Ended up getting a great deal on a Kichler lighting system, so I put them in this afternoon. Hopefully mastic Monday or Tuesday and plaster on Wednesday thru Friday if we are...
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    What does everybody do with existing irrigation when installing a pool?

    Sprinkler repair was included in our contract along with new zones for the flower beds around the pool. If you know it's going to get destroyed by the diggers then pull the valves and heads.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Decking got started today. We are going with stamped concrete in one color called honey wheat. Hopefully they will pour Friday or Monday. Three weeks this Thursday since they started.
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    Geometric Houston pool

    With all of the pictures you posted I do not see a bonding wire. Did they add this before the gunite? Looks good so far!
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    The tile and rock guys finished up this week. All that is left is for them to come back and grout the tile. Looking at the tile last night i think i will have them fix a few places where its bumpy. I imagine laying the 1"X1" glass tile was a pain but i'm paying for them to do it to my level...
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    New Member, First Build...What have we gotten into?

    I'm not a framer but have done some construction before. The roof should be framed out like the picture shows. Double rafters and a header. The masons do good work. Did they flash the chimney? I don't see any flashing in the pictures.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Well Karens stone masons showed up in Haslet today or at least this afternoon. They got the waterproofing for the rock areas completed and started cutting the coping. Waterfall should start tomorrow and electrician will be here to wrap up there end of the project. Kim - we have a acre, some...
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Hey Kim. Luckily we already have the entire backyard fenced with a steel fence plus we are outside of city limits for a double bonus. The fence does need to be repainted soon :( . One massive project at a time.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Tile guys were a no show today. They are starting to **** me off. On the good side we got the pergola post set today. That was a larger chore than I thought. Mixing 33 bags of quickrete by hand wasn't that fun. On the upside I realized when you are building your pool it's okay to just pull the...
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Tile got knocked back to today hopefully. The storms screwed up the schedule. Got the holes for the pergola dug and post dropped in. Those are 8" x 8" post.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    So they got gunite shot Monday morning and hopefully tile will start Friday. They started digging last Thursday, moving along pretty fast
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Is it standard for the Polaris suction / input to be tied into the normal pool plumbing after the filter? For some reason I would think it would be tied to the main drain so you would always have water to move the Polaris around even if the main pump was not running.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Yep, they got the steel and plumbing in one day. The steel guys and the plumbers are the same company so they must work together well. I wasn't home unfortunately but the wife said there had to be at least 25 people here working on it at once. Fingers crossed shotcrete Monday morning!
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Grey thin set and grout. Today the did steel and plumbing in one day. I will have pics tomorrow!
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Dig started and completed today. Steel and plumbing Friday and Saturday then shotcrete Monday!
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    Gunite shell texture and integrity question

    I would go through the pb since he is the one that contracted them for the job.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Re: Need Recommendations - New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx And the 1x1 glass tile we have picked.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    Re: Need Recommendations - New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx Some revised pictures. We made the deep end a little bigger and took some of the circles out of the edge of the decking.
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    New Pool Build - TX

    Re: New Pool Build - TX (formerly Red Tape pool dream problem) Agree, I would look for a different decking finish. Exposed aggregate is hard on the feet.
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    New Pool Build - Haslet, Tx

    After a few years I finally caved and my wife and I have decided to get a pool. We are not looking to do anything extravagant but want a pool to relax in, have enough room for company and be visually pleasing. We are outside people and most of the weekend and we are doing things around the...