Hi All,
I am new to the board. We are in the middle of our build here in MD (we are between Baltimore and DC). Started in Sept and they are supposed to come back out tomorrow (not holding my breath) to begin spring work. Here are my specs:
1000 sq. ft, free form gunite construction
50 sq. ft hot tub 7'D raised 18" with stone wall (real stone,, not veneer), 2 spillways 12 jets (or hot pool as my 3 y/o calls it)
3'-9' water depth
rectangular flagstone
1300 sq. ft exposed aggregate patio w/expansion foam
All Building permits
3 cyclac vari-flow skimmers
Gravel bottom, Structural steel reinforcing with #3 93/8"0 Steel skeleton tied on 12" centers both ways with continuous 4 bar beam using #4 (1/2" steel)
Gunite to be a minimum of 6" in floor and vertical walls, 8" cover and 14" bond beam
Notched beam construction
Polaris 3900 sport
tanning ledge w/2 bubblers
Pentair Intellitouch I9
3 benches (2 on each side of deep end and 1 under spa spillover)
Choice of Pentair Triton II Sand, Quad D.E., or Clean and Clear Plus Cartridge (we chose cartridge)
6" tile line and accent tile (LUV tile-BIC-NERO)
Trucked in pool water
BioGuard Chemicals
Hose bib
White plaster standard (Pebble Fina and diamondbrite $9K, Tec 11K)
Loop Loc custom cover
8' SR Smith Diving board Supreme stand w/ frontier III board
SR Smith Basketball hoop installed in concrete
2 intelliBrite color changing lights in pool, 2 on bench under spas shining up into spillover and 1 in spa (5 lights total)
Pentair 60 Salt system IntelliChlor
Pentair 400,000 BTU Propane heater
32' Dolphin water slide in medium gray
Pennsylvania steppers (stones) for steps to get to top of slide
Elegant Aluminum 5' Fence-aprox 240 lin. ft
3 Blue Crab Mosaics PM-CRAB 9" x 6" (one for each bench), PORC-BT10 10"x 10" Turtles x 3 for tanning ledge
5'D, 3'D opening 18" raised propane fire pit (stone will match that of spa)
I am looking forward to learning as much as I can about caring for my pool. I heard about this site from a member who also visits GardenWeb and who has been a huge help to so many people over there.
Thanks.....Megan
I am new to the board. We are in the middle of our build here in MD (we are between Baltimore and DC). Started in Sept and they are supposed to come back out tomorrow (not holding my breath) to begin spring work. Here are my specs:
1000 sq. ft, free form gunite construction
50 sq. ft hot tub 7'D raised 18" with stone wall (real stone,, not veneer), 2 spillways 12 jets (or hot pool as my 3 y/o calls it)
3'-9' water depth
rectangular flagstone
1300 sq. ft exposed aggregate patio w/expansion foam
All Building permits
3 cyclac vari-flow skimmers
Gravel bottom, Structural steel reinforcing with #3 93/8"0 Steel skeleton tied on 12" centers both ways with continuous 4 bar beam using #4 (1/2" steel)
Gunite to be a minimum of 6" in floor and vertical walls, 8" cover and 14" bond beam
Notched beam construction
Polaris 3900 sport
tanning ledge w/2 bubblers
Pentair Intellitouch I9
3 benches (2 on each side of deep end and 1 under spa spillover)
Choice of Pentair Triton II Sand, Quad D.E., or Clean and Clear Plus Cartridge (we chose cartridge)
6" tile line and accent tile (LUV tile-BIC-NERO)
Trucked in pool water
BioGuard Chemicals
Hose bib
White plaster standard (Pebble Fina and diamondbrite $9K, Tec 11K)
Loop Loc custom cover
8' SR Smith Diving board Supreme stand w/ frontier III board
SR Smith Basketball hoop installed in concrete
2 intelliBrite color changing lights in pool, 2 on bench under spas shining up into spillover and 1 in spa (5 lights total)
Pentair 60 Salt system IntelliChlor
Pentair 400,000 BTU Propane heater
32' Dolphin water slide in medium gray
Pennsylvania steppers (stones) for steps to get to top of slide
Elegant Aluminum 5' Fence-aprox 240 lin. ft
3 Blue Crab Mosaics PM-CRAB 9" x 6" (one for each bench), PORC-BT10 10"x 10" Turtles x 3 for tanning ledge
5'D, 3'D opening 18" raised propane fire pit (stone will match that of spa)
I am looking forward to learning as much as I can about caring for my pool. I heard about this site from a member who also visits GardenWeb and who has been a huge help to so many people over there.
Thanks.....Megan