Hmmm not something I'd thought of. I'll have a talk with my PB when he's here excavating. Thanks for the heads up.
New build - Buffalo NY
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Hmmm not something I'd thought of. I'll have a talk with my PB when he's here excavating. Thanks for the heads up.
Talked to the PB early this evening, trucks will be here tomorrow to dig. Pretty excited, I took a few days off of work for daughters birthday and I'll be home to watch everything.
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
They're here.....and they already broke a fence post
Looks like someone didn't buy the crew breakfast!
Who can afford breakfast when putting in a pool? I guess I could offer them some Ramen :chef:
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
And here we go
first scoop
Kids were quite entertained watching all day
Line over to the equipment pad, this was supposed to go somewhere else, PB didn't like the location so he moved it to by the shed. They started the trench and I ran out to stop them and they convinced me this was the right place to put it.
Deep end swimout, wide enough to fit 3 adults, wanted to make sure this was big enough
My daughter playing in the dirt
And all finished
Tomorrow they're coming back to start plumbing electrical, finish that on Monday, Tuesday inspection and Wednesday Gunite. If that schedule holds I've got an outside shot at labor day swimming.
first scoop
Kids were quite entertained watching all day
Line over to the equipment pad, this was supposed to go somewhere else, PB didn't like the location so he moved it to by the shed. They started the trench and I ran out to stop them and they convinced me this was the right place to put it.
Deep end swimout, wide enough to fit 3 adults, wanted to make sure this was big enough
My daughter playing in the dirt
And all finished
Tomorrow they're coming back to start plumbing electrical, finish that on Monday, Tuesday inspection and Wednesday Gunite. If that schedule holds I've got an outside shot at labor day swimming.
Well look at that! You have a HOLE in your yard! LOVE IT! Looks like a clean dig. Now go out and measure it. Add about 6 or so inches for the gunite and plaster. It is wide, long, deep, etc enough?
With you going so fast you need to find out what test it he is getting you. Let us know so we can fill in any holes for you.
LOL on your little girl playing in the dirt! Bet she had a blast!
With you going so fast you need to find out what test it he is getting you. Let us know so we can fill in any holes for you.
LOL on your little girl playing in the dirt! Bet she had a blast!
Well look at that! You have a HOLE in your yard! LOVE IT! Looks like a clean dig. Now go out and measure it. Add about 6 or so inches for the gunite and plaster. It is wide, long, deep, etc enough?
With you going so fast you need to find out what test it he is getting you. Let us know so we can fill in any holes for you.
LOL on your little girl playing in the dirt! Bet she had a blast!
Outside measurements are good. PB quoted 12" gunite walls and a 10" bottom, easy to measure outside but bottom is a bit more difficult without a laser because of the slope I have in my yard. I watched them dig most of the day yesterday and they had the laser setup and were checking depths so I'm pretty confident that should be good as well.
I'll be ordering the test kit this weekend and starting to read up on pool chemistry. This is what it looked like when I managed my "practice" pool
First regret, deep end swimout and jump wall/waterfall should be switched. Workers here this morning and we were just talking and they pointed out that we won't be able to see the waterfall from anywhere but in the pool. Not sure how I missed it but I did, oh well.
It's not too late, you can change it. Until the gunite is shot.. just about any change is easy. Do it now.
Outside measurements are good. PB quoted 12" gunite walls and a 10" bottom, easy to measure outside but bottom is a bit more difficult without a laser because of the slope I have in my yard. I watched them dig most of the day yesterday and they had the laser setup and were checking depths so I'm pretty confident that should be good as well.
I'll be ordering the test kit this weekend and starting to read up on pool chemistry. This is what it looked like when I managed my "practice" pool
We have some teaching to do for sure
LOL
OH SO TRUE!
What is funny is that SEVERAL people have asked me what happened to the Rio pools LOL. They know that I know pools so of course I know what happened LOL
OK lets talk light locations, I know I want them facing away from the house, thoughts?(yellow is the lights)
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Here's the waterline/waterfall tile and the background is the concrete pattern and color that will go around the pool.
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Here's the waterline/waterfall tile and the background is the concrete pattern and color that will go around the pool.
You have the lights in the correct place.........the reasons why.....
-NOT in swim lane
-should light up steps and and swim out
-One in shallow end will NOT be in eyes of people on bench
You are good with the the lights!
Now that PRETTY tile! Oh yeah!! and the surround is also a YES!
lets talk grout for that pretty tile........see if you can get your hands on the grout sample bars...I like the idea of light gray as the white will be a lot of contrast.
-NOT in swim lane
-should light up steps and and swim out
-One in shallow end will NOT be in eyes of people on bench
You are good with the the lights!
Now that PRETTY tile! Oh yeah!! and the surround is also a YES!
lets talk grout for that pretty tile........see if you can get your hands on the grout sample bars...I like the idea of light gray as the white will be a lot of contrast.
You have the lights in the correct place.........the reasons why.....
-NOT in swim lane
-should light up steps and and swim out
-One in shallow end will NOT be in eyes of people on bench
You are good with the the lights!
Now that PRETTY tile! Oh yeah!! and the surround is also a YES!
lets talk grout for that pretty tile........see if you can get your hands on the grout sample bars...I like the idea of light gray as the white will be a lot of contrast.
We're going with white grout because we're going with white plaster. Think it would look funny having gray grout and white plaster?
Another concern that I'm just now realizing, my back yard is 22" lower at the back end of the pool vs the sun shelf end. I was planning on having concrete pretty close to the fence and then just putting stone to fill the gap between the concrete and fence. I'm now realizing that the deep end of the pool will have concrete thats 22-24" up on the fence and I'm unsure what to do there. Do I fill with stone? Fill with dirt and cover with stone?