Signed the contract this morning, New build Orange County, CA

[Titan7]

Thank you and sure, its thats easier. I will keep this one build only.

Some more pictures, wife and i will take a dip tomorrow, well probable all day.
This moring, 5 minutes ago.

Last night

 

[twinkiesmommy2009]

Just beautiful!


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[allinspector]

looks good!

What wattage of nicheless lights did you go with?

 

[apapaz2]

Great job!!!! Congrats on finally being finished, and still in time to use the pool this summer!!

 

[Titan7]

looks good!

What wattage of nicheless lights did you go with?

Thanks, they are the 20watt LEDs. 4 in the pool one in the spa, plenty bright

 

[Titan7]

Thanks for the tip on the tropics mix, love it! Spend the entire day in the pool with the wife, got a bit too much sun, lol.
Still cant belive its done! Been brushing 2x perday and balancing chemisty. I took a look at the pump basket there is only about 10 little pebbes in there perhaps that additive really works. I am not seeing the dust much anymore but i think the rule of thumb is brushing 2x per day for ten days. Waiting for CYA to come up to help reduce chlorine consumption , these 90 degree days in full sun eat it up, ph has been staying about 7.4- 7.6. Water has been 86-87, perfect, love it.

 

[Frank Rizzo]

Looks great - finally swimming! w00t!

Im getting close so im wondering - Did you just go the your local Leslies and pick up a brush? If there is a chance you did some deep research on pool brushes - I want to get in on your knowledge !

 

[Titan7]

Frank, i got a brush, pole, etc with the build. Looks like the standard nylon with blue plastic the top of the brush is aluminum. Its about 18" wide. There is one people call the whale tail i am going to look at but this one seems to do the job.

 

[david_22_33]

Great post. I'm breaking ground on a remodel just after Labor Day and this was extremely informative! I hope to post pictures of my project just before I start. Thanks again for sharing, I think your final project looks great!

 

[Titan7]

Thank you!! I think the water color is perfect now that i have the chemisty under control, more or less. Love the color of the water!

Couple pics from this weekend.

 

[BigEinAZ]

Spillover is like a sheet of glass! Nice. Just as it should be . . .

 

[Geosage]

Wow, nice! Is that how a spillover should be? We have a spillover from our spa into the pool (about 3.5 ft) and we're worried about it dribbling etc...

How is your plumbing setup? I assume you get some dribble when the jets are on etc. but when the water feature itself is just on, it spills over nicely like thaT?

 

[kimkats]

That color is awesome! LOVE the smile on her face!

That sheer shows attention to detail-level and even to make that "pane of glass" water! SWEET!

 

[Titan7]

Wow, nice! Is that how a spillover should be? We have a spillover from our spa into the pool (about 3.5 ft) and we're worried about it dribbling etc...

How is your plumbing setup? I assume you get some dribble when the jets are on etc. but when the water feature itself is just on, it spills over nicely like thaT?

When it's in spa mode I get no water over the spillway most likely as nobody is going in the spa as we can't heat it for 30 days. That photo is a spillover program I set up to mix the spa and pool chemistry, it runs 2x per day for 30 mins. 7 am and 7 pm, right after I brush and add chemicals. I have the pump speed set at 2000 RPM for the spill over, I am sure I can set it lower and achieve the same sheer decent, I will just need to mess around with the pump speed to see how low I can go and still get a sheer decent. In this mode it's pool suction and spa return.

 

[Julieleek]

I love the color of your water too. I also like the raft your wife is on. Where did you get it? Thanks!

 

[Titan7]

Thx, i picked up a couple of those rafts at Sunplay.com. Bdavis gave me the lead.

 

[david_22_33]

How are you liking the depth of your Baja Bench? Our builder wants to do 18" too, all the lounge chairs the wife is thinking of putting in would make that way too deep. I think 6" - 10" might make more sense for us.

She's looking at something like this.
Ledge Lounger In-Pool Chaise | White | LLC-W | Active Pool Supply

 

[Titan7]

I like the depth, one thing to consider is if you go too shallow you lose the ability to float over it. I have a baja shelf that is almost 1/3 of my pool, I did not want to lose that much floating surface area. There are plastic chairs we looked at with the seat at about 12-14" so they are perfect for us to sit in. We aimed at 16-17" but ended up about 18" when all was said an done. They aren't going to nail it perfectly, well at least my builder does not understand basic measurements. a couple inches either way won't make a difference. I would shoot for 12" or 18" I think 12 is way too shallow for me, but at about 6'3" when I am sitting on the baja shelf the water is just under my chest. We tried different depths several times at our timeshare in Maui, I always came back to the 16-18" depth.

the chairs we got are the Adams Mfg Corp Resin Stackable Patio Adirondack Chair the seat is 14" high in the front and about 11-12" in the back. I don't plan to place a recliner in the water as you would need to go about 9-12" in water depth, that was too shallow for me.
YMMV.

 

[daddymack]

See this.... if you go with this company, the same as you stated above, Ledge Lounger - then they have a couple models.. one for 0-9 inches of water, and another to 10-15 inches of water.
Chaise - Ledge Lounger

They make a chair too.. but for 0-9 inches deep water.

 

[bmoreswim]

Those ledge loungers look like the mackdaddy of reef chairs. I did see they are UV stabilized for 8000 hours of exposure, a little less than 3 years at 8 hours per day. Hopefully they go longer than that without discoloring for that price.