+ 1. That would be fun to show friends. Hey XYZ remember how you guys went with waterfalls instead of a diving board ? *giggles and turns on the water*
Pool Started 6/25/20 on a 20x40 Central PA
- Thread starter BrettRod
- Start date
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Or sit on your diving board, make a joke about incontinence, then have someone turn on the diving board waterfall remotely.
monoptn
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Some progress pics. Pool is running great. Very low maintenance. I love it! Still so much more to go but the work is getting easier. Turf is coming tomorrow for where I have the black layer which is a 7.5’x46’ area. I hope to finish the little paver area this week. Need to rent a saw. I plan on planting grass as soon as we start getting some rain. My wife will put some plants in the planters going up beside the stairs.
Many more details to go. The wall will get natural flagstone cap with undercap lights also whenever I get around to that. Hoping to do a fancy shed next year on the flat ground opposite of the house.
Many more details to go. The wall will get natural flagstone cap with undercap lights also whenever I get around to that. Hoping to do a fancy shed next year on the flat ground opposite of the house.
What is nice is you have that wonderful pool to jump into while doing all of that other work! It is really all coming together!!!
Kim
Kim
- Jul 16, 2019
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- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Turbo Cell (T-CELL-5)
Cephrael
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- Apr 19, 2019
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- Pool Size
- 36700
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Looks great. Working by the pool is very hard, just jump in when it gets too hot, but then getting out and going back to work becomes hard.
I installed Pavers and artificial turf in Sept. Still plenty to do but it is getting there. I will top the walls with flagstone treads and undercap lights in the spring and tidy it all up. Everything is frozen right now 
Pre and post Grass. One last thing to be happy about before winter arrived.
Pre and post Grass. One last thing to be happy about before winter arrived.
HUGE difference!!! Well done! One step at a time until you are done! VERY close now!
Kim
Kim
- Jul 16, 2019
- 686
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Turbo Cell (T-CELL-5)
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
That looks fantastic! Question about the turf. On football fields, you see the black rubber pellets which keep the blade from matting down. Do you use those also? Do they pick up any on wet feet? I’ve always wondered about that. Again, awesome looking project!!
So I researched this a lot. The best thing I found to do is to use a cooling infill because any turf will get very hot on bare feet. I picked a very plush and soft turf that is 1.75” high. I used a little over .5lb of cooling infill per sq/ft. mixed with the same amount of filter sand. The material settles in and really isn’t that noticeable on your feet. The material holds water for 3-4 days. If you don’t get rain within that time, you can hose it down.
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Cephrael
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- Apr 19, 2019
- 331
- Pool Size
- 36700
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I equate it to very small orbeez. They are granules of gel beads that expand with water when they come it contact. Then as they dry they will slowly release the water through evaporation which cools the grass.
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
A year later and finally done…for now
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