Wardsntx Pool build

[wardsntx]

I a here....not much happening until today. They finished the paint on the waterfall. I will post soe pics in a bit.

I am not sure what I am going to do either Dave once I am done....I like getting stressed out about delays, mistakes and trash all over my yard!

Guess I'll just have to swim instead!

Post some pic later.

 

[Casey]

You're almost there!

Hope he has it done for the 25th!

 

[wardsntx]

MaMa G. Doubt that will happen...Hurricane Dean is looming out there in the Gulf....probably major delays. Oh well. We will eventually get it done!

Ok, here are soe pics of the final paint.....Waterfall and slide are DONE!

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Next, Clean up, Landscape and Plaster.

 

[ktdave]

Soo Cool! Can't wait to see it with water!

 

[wardsntx]

Thanks Dave...we can't wait either. With all this rain and the hurricane churning out ther, we may not have to wait much longer for this thing to be full!!!!

 

[Buggsw]

OH, now, that lighting is very cool.

 

[ktdave]

Jay,
You seem to be worried about "roughness" of the pebble textures. We have regular pebbletec, rough as it gets. My 2 yr old daughter runs back-and-forth in the beach entry constantly for hours and has never even had the slightest blister. None of us have. I actually love the texture. I actually like this texture better than regular plaster. Hope this helps ease your mind, although I don't know what you have picked.

 

[The Mermaid Queen]

very nice look to the slide area... if I didn't know it was faux...
The lighting is really neat, too!!

 

[wardsntx]

Thanks everyone for your comments..

Dave, thanks for the response on the Pebble. I think we have decided to go with Aqua Blue Pebble Sheen with added abalone shells for the sparkle since that grade of Sheen doesn't have them.

It does help hearing how others feel about their choices. Thanks again...

 

[crazycanuck]

I fully expect yoda or the hobbits to emerge from your rock wall.

Verry nice!!

 

[tmm]

Boy!!! some day down the road I really want a waterfall/slide like yours!! I love the lighting, would never have thought to put lighting there. Thats why I am scouring the sites, for great ideas like yours. Looks beautiful.....Tina

 

[wardsntx]

Thanks tmm...I am a big lighting person...lighting can dramatically change the ambience of a space...inside and out.

Here is another idea I thought of too late after the fact. Around the raised spa, I should have put small path accent lights shining down....similar to these http://www.intermatic.com/Default.asp?a ... id=1&sid=3
Anyway....plan to do more lighting once the landscape is done.

crazycanuck....that's funny. Maybe I should get a little Yoda statue to put up inside the cave to welcome it's visitors!

Vegasmom...I just saw your post asking about the decking. Yes, it is exposed aggregate. We debated over this choice, but we are very happy with our choice...it works well with all the other rock, and it really doesn't get that hot on the feet. Hopefully this hurricane will go away and we can get this thing finished.

 

[Vegasmom]

I wanted to do those lights on our steps leading down to the firepit, but codes won't allow it. Too close to the water. Anyway, your lighting looks amazing so far. I love the way your rock feature turned out!

I would really like to do exposed aggregate on our outer deck areas. We are worried about it being rough to walk on. Same reason we opted not to do a pebble finish. I see you are getting Primera Stone. My PB offers this and we're contracted for the Altima but we still have time to change our minds. Can't wait to see yours done!

Karin

 

[wardsntx]

Actually, we have decided to go with PebbleSheen. And the aggregate isn't bad on the feet at all. It's bumpy, but not sharp.

 

[ktdave]

I think you'll love your pebble choice, especially adding the shells.

BTW, have you done your Lowe's/HD pre-hurricane round-up? I got my ply-lox yesterday along with some other essentials. I guess it's getting that time of year. Last year spoiled us.

 

[Ed Phillips]

Looking great, I hope the Hurricane doesn't cause to much in the way of delays.

Can you post a picture of top of the slide sometime for me? I am interested in how they did the water supply piping and outlet at the top.

Thanks
Ed

 

[crazycanuck]

I have those lights on my deck (20 of them) all around and on the steps where the elevation changes... it looks really awesome. They are low voltage 12V (7 watts each) so I don't know if you can still use them around the pool.

 

[wardsntx]

Hey Dave...went and looked at a pool today w/ Aqua Blue Sheen...sold!

No Ply-Lox...we never board up this far north of town...now that I say that, we'll probably get hit this year.

Ed, no prob. I'll take some pics and post tomorrow and explain what they did.

Fire Pit built today. Getting closer.

 

[crabboy]

crazycanuck....that's funny. Maybe I should get a little Yoda statue to put up inside the cave to welcome it's visitors!

That was a good one. Since you've spared to expense yet, I say you go with an animatronic yoda.

The rocks look great, better than some of the ones I had to haul from the rock yard, IMHO. The lights look fantastic also, I didn't give much thought to lights when budgeting for the pool, so they will all be from the out-of-budget stash.

 

[javera]

Jay,

We decided on the Aqua Blue Pebblesheen as well. Cant wait to see your progress pics! When are they supposed to apply the pebblesheen?