new pool Petaluma Ca

[curtis56]

Very nice pool you have done. Very long proccess too!

In building a pool one consideration we have had is we did not want to have a high fence around the pool (would obstruct our view). For yours, does having the automatic pool safety cover take the place of needing a high fence?

Thanks for any info!
Curtis

 

[bobby1017]

Thanks for the compliment, it seemed like a long process when I was sloping in mud everyday, but looking back, does'nt seem so long. Were really enjoying having it. Yesterday the water got to 84 deg.
In Sonoma co. as long as you have a "safety" cover you don't need to have a fence. I might be nice to have a ornamental iron or something thet is see through, but I'm legal with just the cover.

 

[bobby1017]

heres a few mor pics of the pool landscaping.

 

[bobby1017]

Worked on the solar rack this week. This is what happens whena machinist try to be a carpenter. It will workgood (I hope) but I'm sure I made it harder than it needed to be.

 

[bobby1017]

Getting closer, it would be nice to have known how to make a structure "square", not to bad but must be out by an inch or two.

Hope to get the panels installed next week.

 

[Patrick_B]

Very nice pool! Love the color of the finish...nicest closeup I've seen here of the pebbles. Let us know how the solar goes...you'll be needing it pretty soon!

 

[Lershac]

If your joints dont line up exactly on the members, just "sister" up some additional pieces of wood next to the structural pieces and nail/screw into those. You are not the only one this sort of miscalculation happens to! I have many many sisters up in my new attic spaces.

 

[bobby1017]

Very nice pool! Love the color of the finish...nicest closeup I've seen here of the pebbles. Let us know how the solar goes...you'll be needing it pretty soon!

Thank you. We really like the Tahoe blue pebble, that and the crystal clear water! I always have to say Thanks to TFP for the water clarity, without this place I'd either be paying $140 per mo for the service or wondering what I did wrong.
I'm roofing the rack this weekend and the panels get installed on monday.

 

[bobby1017]

If your joints dont line up exactly on the members, just "sister" up some additional pieces of wood next to the structural pieces and nail/screw into those. You are not the only one this sort of miscalculation happens to! I have many many sisters up in my new attic spaces.

Fortunately I had bought 10' plywood, but the pcs only needed to be 108" so I was able to cut to match some of my errors. The spacing was good in the 48" direction so that was ok but the long direction was a parallellagram so I had to do some tapered cuts to make it work. It sure would have been nice to just cut sheets square on the ends and have them line up right. I did learn about the 3-4-5 triangle to get 90 degree angles but that was after it was too late to change.

 

[bobby1017]

ready for the roof.

 

[Bama Rambler]

I love that rack. How many square feet is it. It looks like a little over 300 but it's hard to tell how many panels are on it.

I'm thinking of doing something like that for mine.

 

[bobby1017]

Good guess, its approx 357 sq ft, 27' x 13.25'. My solar panels will only cover 300 sq feet so I'm under what I should have for the size of the pool. I could'nt see making it bigger than this though.

 

[Bama Rambler]

that much should make a pretty good difference. I'm debating on whether to build a rack like that or put the panels on top of my shop.

 

[bobby1017]

Top of the shop sounds good to me if the exposure is good. I did'nt have that option so I was stuck with this. I will have some covered storage that will be nice to keep the pool stuff out of the weather.

 

[Lershac]

Are you going to shingle that or do something else?

 

[bobby1017]

Im going to use the roll roofing, got the tar paper down last night. Will post another pic when the suns up.

 

[bobby1017]

Putting on the rolled roofing. I have it nailed under the overlap but do I need to nail at the front edge also?, or will the caulking be enough to hold the front edge down?

 

[tsunami]

I'm not familiar with the make up of the rolled roofing, but does the trailing edge of the roll have that same black mastic that you find on asphalt shingles? That black mastic is what holds the leading edge down of the over lapping layer. So with the asphalt shingles, you turn the first layer upside down which puts the mastic at the bottom edge of the roof to hold down the edge of the fist layer. HTH.

 

[bobby1017]

I know what your saying but rolled does'nt have that. I think when I caulk the seams I'll drive a few nails through the caulked strip. Between that and the caulk I hope it holds.

 

[Lershac]

There's roofing caulk that's a lot like tar, put a bead of that an inch back from bottom edge. A couple days in the sun and you are good to go.