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joanniern said:
[emoji4] I like it too, that side of the house definitely gets some shade! Watching the way it moves across the yard has made me think a darker decking material might work out for us maybe trex or the same wood stamped concrete we have in the front yard...[emoji51] eek! Sooooo many choices to choose from too. Now it's time to get serious about coping, tile and water color.


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We have sun today!!! [emoji23][emoji23] Well not in my back yard lol that is Kim's specialty - helping you choose those things lol I am hoping I am living here when my landlord has to the change the liner because I have some bookmarked [emoji23][emoji23]


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clambert1273 said:
We have sun today!!! [emoji23][emoji23] Well not in my back yard lol that is Kim's specialty - helping you choose those things lol I am hoping I am living here when my landlord has to the change the liner because I have some bookmarked [emoji23][emoji23]


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Don't act like you don't know how to shop Kim and I have seen your amazon box collection. Maybe that's why your landlord does whatever you say she thinks you have enough boxes to move any time you want [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]


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[emoji23][emoji23] true but I think she likes keeping me around [emoji23][emoji23] There will be some updates to that thread today... nothing much but now that weather is nice today, can do a few things outside (like chemical clean the DE filter [emoji15])...


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kimkats said:
Oh yeah! Picking time! Post up what you are looking at and we will go from there! I will be happy to help you spend your money! :slidehalo:

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We have a remnant from our kitchen quartz countertops in our garage. We were thinking of having it cut into 4, 14" rounds for the tops of the swim up bar stools. I know people use granite but since quartz is manmade I'm wondering if there are any cons to it in pools - can it handle the chemicals? I know quartz is a type of pool plaster too but I'm not sure if they're even made the same as the countertops. What do you think? The countertop is 1" thick and so pretty.


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Quartz is silicon dioxide (a crystalline form of SiO2). Window glass is also mostly silicon dioxide (with additives to change its mechanical and thermal properties). So, like most glasses, it will be chemically inert to almost all acids and bases...unless you plan on dissolving corpses in your pool with hydrofluoric acid, in which case, you really need to use Teflon...

So chemically speaking, its fine. Mechanically speaking, you need to make sure to properly support it as it can fracture fairly easily with any kind of tensile stress or bending moment.

From a safety perspective, you need to be careful because a polished quartz surface will be incredibly slippery when wet. So long as no one decides to stand on it, you should be ok. If kids are involved....well, all bets are off...


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JoyfulNoise said:
Quartz is silicon dioxide (a crystalline form of SiO2). Window glass is also mostly silicon dioxide (with additives to change its mechanical and thermal properties). So, like most glasses, it will be chemically inert to almost all acids and bases...unless you plan on dissolving corpses in your pool with hydrofluoric acid, in which case, you really need to use Teflon...

So chemically speaking, its fine. Mechanically speaking, you need to make sure to properly support it as it can fracture fairly easily with any kind of tensile stress or bending moment.

From a safety perspective, you need to be careful because a polished quartz surface will be incredibly slippery when wet. So long as no one decides to stand on it, you should be ok. If kids are involved....well, all bets are off...


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[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] love it


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We had our concrete guy come out to give us a bid. He did our front yard and driveway over the last couple of years. And although I think he's a bit of a swindler and rough around the edges he's very funny, straightforward and does great work and Mike really likes to use him. So, we had him come out (he loved the layout of the pool) and he said that although he could do poured in place concrete coping he thinks we should check out precast concrete and diy it. I agree that Mike could install the precast stuff but I'm perplexed at his response. Should we get a bid from another concrete guy just in case ours doesn't feel comfortable doing pool coping or do you think he's right in recommending the diy route since he says we'll save money and won't skimp on the decking later. He said he's tired of seeing great pools where people run out of money when it comes time to deck and all they can afford is a broom finish. [emoji23] anyone btdt?


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I would get 3 or 4!! But that is me.... girl you better prep today and move stuff inside for the flood coming tomorrow and the winds (like seriously! *** lol) I am going to have to with my table umbrella in even though it is closed [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]


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clambert1273 said:
I would get 3 or 4!! But that is me.... girl you better prep today and move stuff inside for the flood coming tomorrow and the winds (like seriously! *** lol) I am going to have to my table umbrella in even though it is closed [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]


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Our winds are crazy... I'm worried about the kids trampoline. We moved it for the pool and it's not as sheltered. It might end up in our neighbors yard [emoji23] or the roof [emoji54]


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We bought this for the waterline and spillover yesterday- it's an 8 mm glass brick with iridescent. What do you think?


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We are talking cantilevered deck correct? Or just powered on place coping over the bond beam? Unless you do a lot of pool coping or a cantilevered decks getting your crew to do it right is time consuming so it's hard to get right and make money. I suspect that's the reason. Pouring behind installed coping is just basically pouring a deck.

Construction crews do what they did yesterday and all last month. Getting them to do something new requires them to slow way down and contractors loose money.

Are u asking which is better mechanically? Or looks wise?
 
gwegan said:
We are talking cantilevered deck correct? Or just powered on place coping over the bond beam? Unless you do a lot of pool coping or a cantilevered decks getting your crew to do it right is time consuming so it's hard to get right and make money. I suspect that's the reason. Pouring behind installed coping is just basically pouring a deck.

Are u asking which is better mechanically? Or looks wise?
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So we were only talking coping 14-18" on top of bond beam. I think it's the labor/cost factor. He said the same thing as you that it's hard to get it to look as clean as precast. I've been flexible about any final finishes but haven't gotten many opinions. I'm concerned that the precast might look busy with all the joints but I like the idea of saving a couple of bucks if it ends up looking great. What do you think looks wise?


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I'm not a big fan of the look of cantilever coping - completely personal. I do feel cantilever coping gives the pool a smaller appearance because with coping, you have an additional foot plus on each side that looks like it belongs to the pool instead of the deck. Just a visual trick. I can't imagine laying the coping on our pool as a diy with the perfect leveling required. There was 2" of mortar below it (partially due to the autocover tracks) which varied all around to get it to level. It's not rocket science but so important.
 
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I'm not a big fan of the look of cantilever coping - completely personal. I do feel cantilever coping gives the pool a smaller appearance because with coping, you have an additional foot plus on each side that looks like it belongs to the pool instead of the deck. Just a visual trick. I can't imagine laying the coping on our pool as a diy with the perfect leveling required. There was 2" of mortar below it (partially due to the autocover tracks) which varied all around to get it to level. It's not rocket science but so important.
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We say diy tongue in cheek. We aren't your typical diy'ers we have spent our entire lives in construction. So getting it right is not an issue we use lasers to check level on everything


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