Just started build in South Texas

[riley00dog]

You are moving along nicely! Shell looks good.

 

[kimkats]

Oh looky!!! You have a pool!!! well almost!

Guess what time it is!!! Time for YOUR set of links! It is a lot of info so take it slow. It will all start to sink in as you use it:

Print these out:
Pool School - Basic Pool Care Schedule

Pool School - Recommended Levels

Bookmark these:
Pool School - Recommended Pool Chemicals

Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry

TFP also has a Pool Math App! Here is the link: Pool Math It is so neat and easy to use!

Make sure to ask any and all questions you might have no matter how small! We have all been where you are at one point.

Now is also a good time to ask your PB what test kit he will be providing. Let us know so we can fill in any holes.

Kim

 

[Amazed]

My tile has arrived! Not sure when they will tile but I hope it is soon.

 

[ctrav]

Welcome to TFP and congrats on the awesome layout...

 

[kimkats]

Oh so pretty!!! I can't wait to see that BLING out in your pool!

Kim

 

[Amazed]

The travertine and tiles are coming along. I really do love the tile.

 

[kimkats]

OH so pretty!! LOVE IT! I bet it looks even better in real life! Good job picking that out!

Kim

 

[LeighHop]

Looking really nice!

 

[Amazed]

The spa was tiled this week, steps were finished with tread lights (thank you to whomever I stole that idea from on here), and they started on the fireplace as well.

 

[kimkats]

LOVE the tile and the decking and the lights and everything about it! LOL

Kim

 

[mikew2069]

Looks great, love the lights on the steps.... Is your coping 12" or 16" wide?

 

[LeighHop]

I just love your tile. Can’t wait to see this one finished.

 

[b_veselka]

Thanks Kim,

we still can’t decide. My husband likes Barbados blue and I want either Montego Bay or the St. Martin Shade. Our sun shelf is pretty prominent so I want something that looks good in 9 inches of water. He says we should go with the Grenadine Gary bc he doesn’t want any green (Montego Bay has a hint of green) and I think Barbados is too blue.

I think I want each tile to po but not sure what will look best. I will have to see about the color sticks. I found this tile on the internet and then went searching for it locally.

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They seem to be making pretty good progress in just over a week.

We just finished our pool midnight blue stonescapes with sand stonescapes tanning ledge. I love that we did the sand!!!!! So pretty and the abalone we added is AMAZING!! It’s true- we have some streaking on the dark color- but you cannot see it when pumps are on- it’s not really bad when water is still. I love our color. Only thing I would’ve done different if I had the chance to rebuild again is maybe go even darker or do the whole pool and sand or keep it exactly the way it is! We are so happy overall. I really loved all the colors that you were mentioning but if you are going to choose to go with a darker color I would go with the stone scapes over the quartz scapes. All of the colors you mentioned I thought only came in quartz scapes. Best wishes!!

 

[ctrav]

lights in the steps will be awesome....put light in now where you can...

 

[kellyfair]

Beautiful!

 

[riley00dog]

I love your paving! I am a bit biased since I have the same on a much smaller scale. Looks even better in a larger area. It goes beautifully with your waterline tile too.

 

[mamaduck1212]

Beautiful love your color choices. Especially the paving as well as the tiles. We are doing very light marble stone as well so I am biased.

 

[Amazed]

Thanks! The coping is 14x24

 

[Amazed]

It’s been a relatively slow week. The sheer wall now has ledger stone and they did the concrete for the bar.

 

[Amazed]

They started on the cabana this week and almost finished tiling the bar. My fireplace guy doesn’t think the ledger stone will look good on the fireplace. He wants to go with a composite material that I don’t really care for.