We have Oklahoma flagstone as our coping and haven't experienced any flaking or such using liquid chlorine. Granted it's only been 13 months since install.I assume it is because many use cheap flagstone around the pool. That flagstone degrades regardless of what chlorination method is used.
I'm hopeful the excavator will be gone when I get home tonight. They had made some decent progress framing everything out when I stopped by at lunch. Thank you for the tip!That is some rocky dirt right there. I bet it is hard to dig with a shovel or post hole digger!!!
When do they think they will be done? When they call it done run out there with the plans and a tape measure in hand. Add about 8" for the shell, steel, plaster. Is is wide, deep, long, etc. enough?
Don't forget to check the elevation as well. If you will be tying into any decks you want to make sure the elevation is correct. The top of the form board should be the top of the beam. So you just need to figure in for whatever coping you'll use that will sit on top of the beam.I'm hopeful the excavator will be gone when I get home tonight. They had made some decent progress framing everything out when I stopped by at lunch. Thank you for the tip!
The PB got it wrong. I had asked for two skimmers (one on each end) based on advice from a PB friend a little further north to us. We just opted to go with one instead of the two right near each other after they installed them. I'm hoping I don't regret giving up on this.Hope your prevailing wind blows toward those skimmers. I'm not sure how effective having two skimmers, basically, next to each other is going to be.
As you can see in this pic, we have a skimmer near the sun ledge
as well as one at the other end of the pool (ignore the doberman, he abhors water).
Just a cleaner look, I guess? My husband isn't fond of having EMT run all the way around the pool, which is how the PB planned to install. The panel is on the opposite side of the house as the pool equipment. I do procurement for a construction company that has an electrical division, so I can get material for a reasonable price and my husband is also in construction and is using one of his subs to do the labor.Why have the run go that way instead of the other?