skylar18
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New Pool in SE Texas-New Pics
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Don't say that, not yet anyway... Maybe in say 4-5 weeks so we can have a couple of weeks swimming first!!pragmatic said:Thank you Skylar! Soon enough we'll be enjoying evening's around the fire
Very good point...My bad! Sorry...cbink said:Don't say that, not yet anyway... Maybe in say 4-5 weeks so we can have a couple of weeks swimming first!!pragmatic said:Thank you Skylar! Soon enough we'll be enjoying evening's around the fire
skylar18
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We have already had 3 fires in our fire pit for parties, each one with it still over 90 degrees. You can do both.....
By the way, do you know hard it is to find black lava rock in Austin in the middle of the summer? I went to one place and asked, the guy at the counter said he didn't know, he had to ask someone else. He went into the back of the store and I overheard him tell someone that there was some idiot (me) out in front looking for some black lava rock. Even I had to laugh when I heard that. It was 106 that day!
By the way, do you know hard it is to find black lava rock in Austin in the middle of the summer? I went to one place and asked, the guy at the counter said he didn't know, he had to ask someone else. He went into the back of the store and I overheard him tell someone that there was some idiot (me) out in front looking for some black lava rock. Even I had to laugh when I heard that. It was 106 that day!
skylar18 said:
I can relate to that!! With my never-ending DIY outdoor kitchen, the HD and Lowes workers would run when they saw me.
Thanks! Front-to-back (at apex) is 5-1/2' side-to-side is about 14ft; designed for 3 lawn-chairs and a coolerYakag97 said:
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FIFYpragmatic said:Thanks! Front-to-back (at apex) is 5-1/2' side-to-side is about 14ft; designed for 3 coolers and a lawn chairYakag97 said:
Dave, your pool is just as beautiful as your kitchen build out. Like your free form design.
I envy your yard space. We have a 3 car garage that sits farther back from the front of the house and takes up backyard space.
DIY landscaping came out great too.
I envy your yard space. We have a 3 car garage that sits farther back from the front of the house and takes up backyard space.
DIY landscaping came out great too.
Thanks CC! I'm really impressed with yours as well. We really got lucky with buying the plot and house and always dreamed of having a pool. Our PB was easy to work with and very reasonable. After the wife and viewed all the fancy programs from the other PB sales folks (8 quotes) we were certainly concerned when our soon to be PB showed up in shorts, flip-flops and sketched ideas on scrap paper. But, we checked references and looked at his work and...wow he saved us at least $25K and I was able to include the outdoor FP, twice the decking and install a awesome sprinkler system (9 zones). He just told me and the wife to lay out a water hose of whatever design we wanted and then he showed up to dig and made it bigger with a huge tanning ledge; said it would look funny to have such a small pool in our yard no extra charge "just respect my subs while they work"-we did take care of them. Come to find out, he is a PhD-Finance guy tired of the rat-race so he started a pool company. Our only regret is not going with travertine decking (he recommended it).
We can't wait to add to the landscaping this weekend!
Love your pool & outdoor space! I most especially love the pics of your cute dog swimming!
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Dave, who was your PB?
Also, did you price out travertine? Our PB quoted me an extra 4k for natural stone decking...which we just can't justify spending right now. So we're sticking w/pea gravel.
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Dave, who was your PB?
Also, did you price out travertine? Our PB quoted me an extra 4k for natural stone decking...which we just can't justify spending right now. So we're sticking w/pea gravel.
Thank you! Dice is our webbed-foot-knuckle-head. Our PB was Ultimate Pools & Spas (near Baytown); I would still recommend them (excellent quality and customer service). My final price with the decking (+/-1800SF), extra rock and outdoor fireplace was $52K. Get this! The original quote was for Travertine Pavers and I could have pushed him to cover it, but we allowed kool-deck, because of a cost over-run on the Fireplace
I know, Hindsight!!!
Thank you! It's a volleyball-pool; little over 6' in center sloping up to 3.5' on the ends.
Cool! Even the landscape is awesome. It's great to see your before and after photos. It inspires owners on how they should build their backyard pool from scratch.
Thank you! I couldn't afford to pay full-price for what we really wanted so we paid with sweat & time!
- Jan 21, 2014
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- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Thank you! You'll be swimming in no time!
...I was wondering, with our heat and long swim-seasons, have you considered a chiller or maybe a DIY spray return? I'm guessing with the dryness of Odessa you could easily cool the water through evaporation much easier than Houston (humidity).