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Our Pool Build: Guess On This!!

doobs41378 said:
We ran into some rocks in the ground also and we were at $325 AN HOUR extra for the excavator and 2 dump trucks so $500 does not seem to bad. Looking forward to watching this build and hopefully it goes smoothly.
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Per HOUR!?!?! Yikes!

I'd be losing my mind at that price. :rant:

Thanks for watching, I'm not enjoying it so much at the moment.
 
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Well it's looking up already. Seems we are through the solid rock and into the finer softer stuff. :party:

Moving out some Caliche rock....



What I like seeing is the bucket back on. For now anyway. They may have a little more breaking to do, but we will have to see. Somewhat normal digging for the time being.





Pretty soft on this side and hopefully for the rest of the way down. It was pretty easy stabbing this in with just my hand.

 
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Sarge looks like he's taking control. I hope he likes to swim!
 
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Brushpup:

Congrats on getting the pool build started. It sounds like you have really done your homework on designing a pool that will meet your needs without unnecessary bells & whistles. I've seen it time and again (not just limited to pools, BTW) where people succumb to the allure of marketing and check off boxes for all kinds of "extras". What often happens is that a core set of features/functionality get used while many of the extras go unused. But the customer cannot get their $ back solely because they decide not to use a feature that sounded or looked good in a brochure.

As for the spa, here's our personal experience: Our current house came with a pool that has an attached spa. In the three + years we have lived here, we have used the spa once and it was during the off-season (we heated it to about 105°F). Even with all the pool parties we have had, the spa got zero usage. If I were to ever build a pool from scratch, I would probably go with a design similar to yours and forgo the spa.

I have no doubt that you will be happy with the simpler approach you have chosen that focuses on what you want out of a pool, not to mention lower ongoing maintenance costs that will go along with it.
 
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We too debated the spa. Several friends with pools, some with spas and some without, funny those without it wished they had it! A few with a spa said it was wasted on them but the kids loved it. Ultimately we decided to go with it, hoping it would extend the usage. May wind up just being a pretty waterfall, who knows! Hope your dig is smooth sailing the rest of the way!
 
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Thanks All,

Yea, my PB says he runs into it a lot where the hard stuff is usually up to two ft thick and then it gets better. More than I care to admit, Sarge is in charge, but he doesn't like the water at all, so I doubt he will be getting in by choice. :mrgreen:

Appreciate the comments Bo. Everyone is different....For us, summer will be the time in the pool, and we both just didn't imagine ourselves enjoying a hot tub that much during the warm/hot months. My Wife has been the stand alone spa route as well, and she had no interest. Overall, we just didn't think it worth the extra everything. As for automation, I deal with it at work every day, and just wanted to simplify things as much as possible. Sensors go bad, need calibrating, boards fail....et all. I appreciate the technology, but I just wanted to simplify as much as possible. Plus, I actually like
manipulating the chemistry and will enjoy doing it myself.

Came home yesterday and found our first problem with the build. Harder to show in pictures, but the slope was far too steep for my liking, so I am having them pull it back to lower the angle. I knew we would eat up the shallow, but this has to be right. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose of having a deep end for dive configuration. Blast it! I wish I could have been here yesterday.

However, we are making progress, but seeing how this has gone, I am convinced they could build the whole thing in 10 days if they really worked on it all day every day. :lol:



This is the best shot I could get showing the steepness of the slope.

 
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I am convinced they could build the whole thing in 10 days if they really worked on it all day every day.
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You are probably right, but then who would they have to aggravate if they finished so soon? This way, your heartburn can stretched over a longer period.....giving them much pleasure over the holiday season. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Diving ends eat up "play" space in even the largest pools.....it's the nature of the beast. You have to trade one for the other but you know that. Hang in there.
 

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Readyforapool said:
Patrick - welcome to the rain delay group! We should have a special section on the site just for us!
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Yea, where we can all :rant: :rant: :rant:

We knew it would come up for us, most especially since there has been no rain in the past 2-3 winters. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
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Patrick, I somehow missed the start of your official build thread. Congratulations! All looks great, and it seems you are moving at lightning speed compared to some of us! :) Love your canine companion/supervisor. Couldn't you have told him to keep an eye on that slope while you were at work?

I wish I could make watching my build my full-time job. What I've noticed is anytime I am home, the workers are not here, but as soon as I need to be at work, they show up (often when I am in the shower and need to go open our gate, usually!)
 
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MiaOKC said:
Patrick, I somehow missed the start of your official build thread. Congratulations! All looks great, and it seems you are moving at lightning speed compared to some of us! :) Love your canine companion/supervisor. Couldn't you have told him to keep an eye on that slope while you were at work?

I wish I could make watching my build my full-time job. What I've noticed is anytime I am home, the workers are not here, but as soon as I need to be at work, they show up (often when I am in the shower and need to go open our gate, usually!)
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Thank you Mia!

We are moving well, and there is much more rebar in now which I will update soon. Not much thrill there, but it is progress, and another morning's work it will be complete. Talk about timing, they just asked out of the blue Sunday morning if they could come work, so of course I said yes. Then they came for a short time Monday and left. Back at it after New Year's, and then it ought to move fast. I saw yours, and it looks nothing like what you started with, so it will be fabulous when complete I'm betting. Once they got going Sunday, this much was done in about 45 minutes. Probably 4-5 hours if it were me doing it.



Here is something for everyone to ponder. There have been two of these lying around for many days now, but I could not imagine what they were for. Turns out, they are not only an important, but critically important piece in the construction process. I saw them in action Sunday morning, and thought I would see if anyone here knows, or could guess what they were for. If you do, speak up, or guess and I'll post more photos and explanations a bit later.

 
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They are water levelers (that's not the exact name, but describes the purpose) They do an exquisite job of replacing a transit but not as convenient. (Check your PM's)
 
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Bingo.

Guess I am ignorant after all. I've never seen them used, but I did Sunday. Have a story to go with the update from the PB on using them recently. It involves a high end build in town.
 
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very nice pool build.

Just FYI the biggest regret I have is not having two extra light niches put in. I was toying with the idea about putting underwater loud speakers for music while doing laps but after the sticker shock I decided against it. I regret it now because if I had the two extra niches installed I could have put them in down the road.
 
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Thanks JonnyB. I had no idea they had underwater speakers, and I am now contemplating how they would even function. Interesting... :scratch:

We are just going with two lights and thinking it will be plenty since they are standard 400W for pools. I am thinking of ordering spares right now because of coming changes for incandescent lights.
 

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