cbink said:
FWIW, we installed a cheap ($300) 42" Chinese TV. It has much less protection than yours.
A year later and it is still going strong.
New build, Houston (Cypress), Tx
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FWIW, we installed a cheap ($300) 42" Chinese TV. It has much less protection than yours.
A year later and it is still going strong.
I wouldn't even be hesitating about it except my neighbor just lost theirs from the same position/protection mine will have only last month from rain coming across. I guess you can just get unlucky sometimes as they were.bigdav160 said:
Stonework was completed today. Now just waiting on the slide, then plaster then stamped overlay.
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I kept thinking you were going to have multiple fire pits, but then I went back and looked at the original plan and figured out that they are planters. Duh! Sometimes I lack common sense.
I would have really liked multiple sheer descents with fire bowls above them but unfortunately I had a budget limit and I was already a lot higher than I was expecting to be. I really like how the planters have turned out though.KenGood said:
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In my book, the word budget is a four letter word. We meet with the PB every Friday and he presents us with the receipts for the week and we present him with a check in that amount. I finally had to tell the PB that every week we wanted to also know whether the expenses for the week were less than expected, as expected or higher than expected. We also told him that we wanted a weekly report if we were on track, under budget or over budget. Supposedly we are currently $5,000.00 under budget. But we just passed half way on what we expect to spend.
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Hi CBink! Everything is looking really nice - any updated schedule on water? It looks like you must be getting pretty close. We haven't really had much progress on ours since they put the water in last weekend. We are swimming so that's the important thing as we've had the hottest two weeks this year this month. We are down to a final few items - finishing stonework, planter bed, cleanup and waterfall completion. I'm looking forward to having those done but swimming is giving me a lot of patience on those. I hope you get water soon!
Hi sd_dave! We are scheduled for plaster on the 17th... Should be swimable on the 19th but then our stamped overlay gets done and we'll have to be off the decking for 3 days!!
The slide is slowing is down. We are waiting on the best in Houston for it and they're super busy so that's slowed everything down. We're going to have a very slow 9 days.
The slide is slowing is down. We are waiting on the best in Houston for it and they're super busy so that's slowed everything down. We're going to have a very slow 9 days.
Not in detail. I will monitor levels but the PB is doing the startup and to ensure full warranty coverage I will for the most part defer to him unless I have serious concerns.KenGood said:
It may be somewhat irrelevant depending on when they start the stamped overlay in any case.bigdav160 said:
Most start up protocols require metal sequestrants and careful chemistry balancing to be done before any swimming.
The no-swim wait time is usually somewhere between 3 weeks and 3 months depending on pool surface and startup procedure.
The no-swim wait time is usually somewhere between 3 weeks and 3 months depending on pool surface and startup procedure.
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I would have died waiting that long, I guess I was lucky the fill water had no metal content to speak of, and with a pebble-tec bottom the builder said it was ok, we were in two days after fill.
My PB said to me; no heater, no salt, no chairs or items in the pool that could gouge it and said similar to the above. He did tell me no walking whilst filling and that if I use multiple hoses they must all be in the deep end so that it fills up without water running over the pebble from the shallow end to prevent staining.bobby1017 said:
There's no metal to speak of in our water either.
So hopefully have a schedule moving forward that's now firm. If the rain holds off the slide should be getting done today 
Of course knowing this, if it doesn't I will be disappointed as it's the thing I'm most excited about and it hasn't been touched since gunite nearly 5 weeks ago. I know my PB is pushing the sub hard on this it's just this is a very busy sub because they are the best in the Houston area at this kind of work (and faux boulders).
Concrete decking is all done, all the stonework is done, the fire pit has fire rock in it and looks great, the only outstanding item on the decking area is the stamped overlay which will be the last thing to be done.
Pool clean up in prep for plaster is scheduled for this Friday. Plaster scheduled for next Monday, acid wash and fill on Tuesday. Trying to get my sprinkler guy to come out a week on Wednesday and sod is due a week on Friday.
Nearly there...!
Of course knowing this, if it doesn't I will be disappointed as it's the thing I'm most excited about and it hasn't been touched since gunite nearly 5 weeks ago. I know my PB is pushing the sub hard on this it's just this is a very busy sub because they are the best in the Houston area at this kind of work (and faux boulders).Concrete decking is all done, all the stonework is done, the fire pit has fire rock in it and looks great, the only outstanding item on the decking area is the stamped overlay which will be the last thing to be done.
Pool clean up in prep for plaster is scheduled for this Friday. Plaster scheduled for next Monday, acid wash and fill on Tuesday. Trying to get my sprinkler guy to come out a week on Wednesday and sod is due a week on Friday.
Nearly there...!
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Our PB told me that he would prefer that there not be any swimming for two weeks, but admitted that he rarely gets his new owners to abide by that. My biggest concern would be curing of the plaster. I would not want to do anything that would take away time or prevent proper curing that might impact the life of the plaster. According to other threads, the plaster is curing for the first several months. I would just decide on a plan; run it by the PB; and if approves- run with that. The biggest comment that I have heard is that you do not want to do anything that might affect your warranty, but at the same time, the warranty is probably only a year. The plaster is still curing or settling for most if not all of that period anyway.
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My PB said to me; no heater, no salt, no chairs or items in the pool that could gouge it and said similar to the above. He did tell me no walking whilst filling and that if I use multiple hoses they must all be in the deep end so that it fills up without water running over the pebble from the shallow end to prevent staining.
There's no metal to speak of in our water either.[/quote]
I did hear the no salt part, we don't have a heater. I don't really understand the no walking since the guys who acid washed the 2nd day were all over the pool in shoes. I guess some are more cautious than others.
My PB said to me; no heater, no salt, no chairs or items in the pool that could gouge it and said similar to the above. He did tell me no walking whilst filling and that if I use multiple hoses they must all be in the deep end so that it fills up without water running over the pebble from the shallow end to prevent staining.
There's no metal to speak of in our water either.[/quote]
I did hear the no salt part, we don't have a heater. I don't really understand the no walking since the guys who acid washed the 2nd day were all over the pool in shoes. I guess some are more cautious than others.