Hi everyone! I have never in my life owned a pool yet Covid-Craziness hit my husband and me and here we are, a few weeks away from breaking ground!
We are still finalizing a few details but in general, we are planning:
if anyone by chance reading this has any opinions on heater type, RicoRock features or lighting, i am all ears!!
Our immediate debate that we HAVE to resolve early next week is pool shape. As noted above, we started with a mountain lake shape. We added the tanning ledge and that, unbeknownst to me upfront, required a completely STRAIGHT edge on that side. The result was, in my opinion, a flat back kidney bean which i explicitly did not want. After some back and forth we settled on an updated design that resulted in a longer, but thinner pool. I hope I'm making the right decision....
Opinions are free so sling 'em at me!!
We are still finalizing a few details but in general, we are planning:
- POOL
- An 18' x 34' mountain lake (aka freeform) pool with one side "straightened" to add a 7' x 10' tanning ledge. Pool depth will run from 3.5' to 6'.
- The other wise has been a point of contention between husband and I and PB hahaha (see pics below)
- Our PB does a Kustom Krete (poured concrete) pool with a vinyl liner. We are leaning towards the Garrett Mesa Tile / Clearwater liner.
- Chlorine pool - I know people that have salt love it, but I don't know, we feel like going "old school" ha
- Electric heater (though we are now considering switching to gas... so confusing ha)
- An 18' x 34' mountain lake (aka freeform) pool with one side "straightened" to add a 7' x 10' tanning ledge. Pool depth will run from 3.5' to 6'.
- ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- We plan to add a Rico Rock waterfall feature -- currently a tossup between the Tennessee Ledger and 4-Piece Ledger.
- Pool currently only has one "regular" light and the current debate in my house is if we should add any AND if we should add $$ to go LED (already over budget soo.....
)
- Planning stamped concrete decking
- TBDs
- Exact pool pump, filter, heater
- Other
- In a separate area of our yard we are also adding a hot tub, so I'll have lots of water chemistry to keep an eye one!
if anyone by chance reading this has any opinions on heater type, RicoRock features or lighting, i am all ears!!
Our immediate debate that we HAVE to resolve early next week is pool shape. As noted above, we started with a mountain lake shape. We added the tanning ledge and that, unbeknownst to me upfront, required a completely STRAIGHT edge on that side. The result was, in my opinion, a flat back kidney bean which i explicitly did not want. After some back and forth we settled on an updated design that resulted in a longer, but thinner pool. I hope I'm making the right decision....
Opinions are free so sling 'em at me!!