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Wow, looks nice,, and spendy. ;)

If you are looking for floor material, as the title reads, vermiculite floor is my preference - 2 to 1 (verm to cement) Buying, Mixing and Applying Vermiculite to the Pool Floor

Jandy pool valves are top notch

If I were to do that, I would probably take a concrete saw and cut about 6" off the perimeter of the coping - all the way around the pool. That will keep all the crumbling concrete and vibrations to a minimum on the actual pool. Then jackhammer away, the jackhammer shouldn't penetrate into...

Very nice, pool is going to be excellent, but that little pool equipment house is AWESOME

Glad I not only managed my pool build, I did everything except the finish concrete decking. That is one way to not be dependent on a bunch of subs.

I've drained mine, second season I didn't use any cover and it was slimy, leaves, etc - in hindsight I could of probably shocked and cleaned. but I drained it, got down in and it and pulled all the crud up using 5 gal pails. Super slipper and I fell more than once, straight back. That reason...

I have two skimmers & two drains and think it circulates the water well, plus it allows me to drain water with ease.

So you dry stacked the block walls or did you do traditional mortar blocked wall? Just curious, I did a block pool.. Poured footers, put up the block wall with mortar, then poured the inners of the block wall for additional strength. I then did a vermiculite floor. Ran treated 2x6s around...

I think I did 2 to 1 mix (2 bags verm to 1 bag portland. I bought a used mortar mixer for about $1600 then sold it after i did my pool for the same amount. It made the job so much easier. I built a shoot, from the mixer to the pool floor. Below the vermiculite, I put about 6 inches of stone...

Photos below (out of sequence) footers with the first row or two of block,, muddy bottom -- blockwork in progress. Photo of walls complete, stone in bottom & pool equip pad. I ran treated 2x6 along edge, which is where I screwed aluminum pool coping to. Truck with vermiculite floor supplies...

I built my pool myself, and used cinder block. I had a guy dig it with an excavator, because we went down about 8 foot. I formed the footers using 3/4 plywood cut in thirds, so 16" inch x 84" pieces, I had concrete deliveried, but if yours is small you could probably do it by hand. I then put...

Have you considered dropping a vinyl liner in it? I think you could get a good concrete coating, painted on,, then tile over that and use a polymer 'water proof' grout. You'd have to either do some research on the best combination of 'coating/paint', tile,, mortar for the tile and grout for...

Lovely, I am so jealous! Hope you and your family really enjoy that one!

WHen I installed my pool ladder anchors, I used the bronze one's off Amazon. I found a piece of 1/8 flat steel that I meastured it out and spaced them 20" (center to center). I drove some allthread threw them, and drove that in to the dirt/stone, so the concrete guys didn't mess em up. Any...

No, its basically portland cement and vermiculite - it never gets as hard as concrete, but water can sit on it and it won't damage it. I mixed my own (2 bags verm to 1 bag portland cement if I remember correctly), but I ran out of verm so I picked up 10 bags of pool krete (which is the pre-mix...

I live south of you and I put an in ground concrete block / vinyl liner pool. I backfilled the bottom foot or so with crushed limestone, then dirt. I really wish I had put in some of that 4" black flexible drain pipe (with the cloth jacket), basically making a footing perimeter drain. At...

I would of started the tile from each side, meeting in the middle, so only one tile would be smaller that the rest - within each run. I love the color and it looks like its nice and even, but each run has a small piece at the end and that doesn't look good to me. But take that with a grain of...

1000 pound liner,, that sounds like a big job. Not laughing at you, but your statement about it being ridiculous and the 100 degree heat gave me a good laugh. I did something similar with the rebar in the concrete block, they were individual pieces. I then poured in the concrete core filler...

That is a bummer, I got took about $6k on my build. Not something I am proud of, but certainly a lesson learned. I had a hard time getting a concrete guy, they didn't want to bother with pools,, they had enough work with sidewalks, driveways, and government work. So I see where you are at...

So you are saying you don't have any footers? The floor is 4" and that's it? Could they have dug out the perimeter footer, and poured the sections (floor and footer) together? If you don't have any footer other than the 4" floor I think you'll have to have it torn up. .... Sorry, I reread...

My biggest struggle with 'owner build' was getting quality contractors,, and quality contractors to show up on time. I think the biggest benefit of having a professional pool builder do it for you, is his contractors will be working for him for years - so they do a good job,, show up on time...

Looks like a great backyard oasis - Love all the pictures... Thanks for sharing !

I did a vermiculite floor, but I do have a 16x50 foot concrete deck that does not have any rebar in it, its only 12 mths old, but no cracks at all. They did grade it & put down stone & compacted. How long before you expect to have the walls up and liner put in? I ask this because if your not...

I ran treated 2x6 around the top of my block, fastened that to the block with some all thread rod I had embedded every 6 feet in the block cores - similar to the sill plate of a house. I then screwed the coping into the 2x6. I figure the treated 2x6 should last 20 years, it isn't sitting in...

Just my two cents, I am not a structural engineer, but if you do cinder block w/ rebar and fill the cores with a concrete/mortar, I think you would be safe,,assuming your not going 5+ feet (tall) outside of the ground. Obviously the taller the wall, the more pressure and weaker the wall would...

Sure, you could still case it in concrete for protection and either backfill around it or build a wooden deck or whatever around it.

Well the top 'lid' of the skimmer is even with my pool deck. They make an extension neck for that skimmer, I bought so I had a little more room when they poured the concrete deck. In hind site I really didn't need too. The top 'of the throat' of the skimmer (that rectangular opening to the...

That picture looks familiar. I used a Hayward SP10712SFVA. I installed two, in the top layer of block. I then added treated 2x6 on top of the top block layer around the entire pool, which I screwed my aluminum coping into. The depth of the skimmer mouth was perfect to fit on the 2nd layer...

Looks great, love the pictures