Some friends came over to help us pour the slab in the sunken bar. We added some Davis color packs to make the concrete dark gray like the coping.
Owner/builder SoCal
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Some friends came over to help us pour the slab in the sunken bar. We added some Davis color packs to make the concrete dark gray like the coping.
Just found this thread and wow, I love the sunken bar idea! Make and serve drinks to folks in the pool or tub, excellent!
[emoji1303]thanks! There's room for seating on the dry side too and eventually will be covered
That looks awesome! Love the color! Will you put in control cuts?
Kim
Yes, Mike wants to see cut then in
Mike got the first course of the sound wall in on top of the wet mud. He'll go back and work on it some more after we get a littler further on the French drains and deck prep work.
- May 23, 2015
- 24,704
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Dude, what's with that equipment pad? It looks like an 18" deep pad...that's the mother-of-all concrete blocks! I pity the fool that tries to jackhammer or saw cut his way through that...
keeping it wet...
sound wall footing
That sunken bar is gonna be amazing!
I can't believe all the hard work you guys are doing. The payoff is gonna be huge!
It's lame how large of a footing is required for a 6' tall block wall. It's an "L" type footing that is 1' deep by 3' wide with #4 rebar [emoji1304]
- May 23, 2015
- 24,704
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Ooooooooooooohhh, ok, that makes sense. I did not realize it was a footing for a wall. I really was like "WTH!! Those Cali's love them some concrete!!" For a footing, I can understand it. Just think of it this way - when a Mack truck goes wildly out of control and crashes through your backyard, that footing is going to be totes ok!
- May 23, 2015
- 24,704
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
It's has the plastic facing and is still so shiny. Mike picked Delorean gray for grout and I wanted something halfway between that and plantinum. We ended up with delorean. I'm worried it might be too dark...I'll post pics once it's done
Be still my heart! Are you in love with it??? WOW! He got a LOT done!
Kim
I am. I can't believe how beautiful the color changes are with the sun. It's going to be incredible once the plastic facing is off