Your build is one of the ones I am following in hopes of learning more as we go through our build, it looks like it is going great.
Nice! Sometimes I wonder if my build thread is worth it, as I'm not really getting a whole lot of engagement on it. I'm glad to hear you are finding it helpful
I will check into the auto fill link that you shared, $200 makes it sound much more appealing than $2000 ! Most things that I can do myself to save a few bucks I am all for.
Definitely! I will say it cost me about $200 only because I already had a brand new PRV and cut-off valve from a previous project. Those add another $200 - $300 to the cost. If your home's water pressure is already limited to less than 80 PSI (about 60PSI is ideal for the Paralevel), you may not need the PRV though. My home's water pressure is up around 90 PSI, and we prefer that since I remodeled our master bath a couple of years back and added multiple heads to it. So I didn't want to drop my home's pressure down.
We looked at the lids like those at the pool place when we picked out our material but I am good with just regular lids. We are not 100% sure what we are doing for decking or pavers yet. I am considering doing tile and installing myself to save some money on that.
Makes sense. Keep in mind, you can put whatever decking material you go with into the pour-a-lid. Pavers, concrete, flagstone, tile, etc ... they all work in the pour-a-lids. For $35, we thought they would add a nice touch to the overall design. But you do need them when the concrete is poured for the deck, so the rings can be integrated during the pour. You can't add these after the fact.
I ordered them yesterday from
This Place, and they were delivered today! This company is in Ft. Worth.
Our space where the equipment pad will be going is long and narrow so we will be doing an equipment layout that is all linear and the pad will be 2'x10'. We are doing a similar layout as yours, but all of the piping will enter the pad from the end of the pad instead of the front, this will give me a wider walkway between the equipment and the side yard fence.
Nice ... I actually thought ours would be more linear, but I have so much space around my house, I'm not concerned about it.
We are going to add the tile package like what you are doing, it is a really clean look and doesn't add too much expense.
Completely agree. It's definitely the little things which add up to create a quality looking pool
I am also considering ordering a few frog mosaic tiles for my wife to add maybe to the hot tub and the tanning ledge. There are tons of the on Amazon that are pretty cheap
My wife really wants a dolphin pool tattoo. I thought about the mosaic tiles too, but decided I didn't want anything permanent. This is our "forever" home, and don't ever see us moving .. but who knows? So in researching these, we found removable pool tattoos, which is probably what we will end up with.
Here is an example:
Underwater Pool Mat
And here's the installation process: