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The last few days we finished up the electrical panel, started building the forms for the poured in place concrete countertop, and cleaned up the front yard.
I even used the quartz rocks we found during our dig and put them in the front yard to jazz it up a bit [emoji23]
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The last few days we finished up the electrical panel, started building the forms for the poured in place concrete countertop, and cleaned up the front yard.I even used the quartz rocks we found during our dig and put them in the front yard to jazz it up a bit [emoji23]
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Everything is looking so pretty!!
Mike built the forms for the poured in place countertop. Not the prettiest looking forms but he didn't have to buy anything to make them and the end product will be the same. [emoji4]
While he did that I dug a few trenches and laid some pvc for our future plants. And I built this bench that I'll be sanding and staining tomorrow to go by our front door.
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- May 23, 2015
- 25,708
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Bottom of the poured counter top will be what??? Tiled? Plastered? Submerged? Dry?
My water chemistry spidey-senses are tingling...
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My water chemistry spidey-senses are tingling...
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The wood will all get pulled and it'll just be concrete on the bottom of the counter. We'll probably tile part of the underside of the countertop on the wet side - but I don't think it will matter on the dry side. The dry side where the gunite is exposed will get plaster. My dad is a retired stucco guy so I'm going to try and sweet talk him into taking up the trowel again (chances are though he'll just boss me and Mike around and watch us do it). We'll paint it Chelsea gray - the same color as our house.
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The bottom of the countertop will be 3.5" above the waterline
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You guys set the DIY bar so high. Very impressive and keeps me motivated even though my body keeps telling me otherwise. Half a day of shoveling dirt and I am done.
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- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,282
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
The bottom will be a few inches above the water. Do I need to consider something more for water chemistry?
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What a neat looking bench! What color will you be staining it?
Kim
For our outside wood I've been using Thompson's water seal. It goes on pretty easily. We got a the color acorn brown
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- May 23, 2015
- 25,708
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Ok...I have no real experience here and Brian will likely get a smirk out of this but here's my opinion -
Tile the bottom.
More expensive? Yes.
Harder to do? Yes.
Waste of perfectly good tile? Sure.
Completely inert to pool water chemistry (assuming you use a good quality epoxy grout) and easy to clean with very little fear of algae finding a nook or cranny to attach to?
Heck yeah!!!!
I started drinking early today, so take my advice with a grain of salt....because salt goes great with margaritas!!!!!
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Tile the bottom.
More expensive? Yes.
Harder to do? Yes.
Waste of perfectly good tile? Sure.
Completely inert to pool water chemistry (assuming you use a good quality epoxy grout) and easy to clean with very little fear of algae finding a nook or cranny to attach to?
Heck yeah!!!!
I started drinking early today, so take my advice with a grain of salt....because salt goes great with margaritas!!!!!
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- May 23, 2015
- 25,708
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
You guys DID factor a new margarita machine into the pool build, right??
I mean, that bar will not be complete without one.....and, if you were really serious about it, you'd have Mike run a dedicate line from the breaker panel to the bar for a direct connection...heck, that bad-boy might need its own dedicated 220V circuit...just sayin'.....
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Flame spray it when you're doing the rest of the pool....no extra charge!
In all honesty, it will probably be just fine as bare concrete. The water will rarely see it except for right after a cannonball contest.
When Mike was a bachelor he had diy'd a margarita machine out of an old orange igloo water cooler, a garbage disposal, a water valve and an old metal stool. Maybe Mike has a pic he can post. I did make him give away that ghetto thing. Lol
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- May 23, 2015
- 25,708
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Stalactites dude!!! They'll be growing some serious stalactites .... but I do like the AquaBright .... and, as you like to say,
....there's always paint.....
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Thanks for weighing in Brian, Mike was thinking the same as you
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