Steve's pool build status - Work started 2/19/2007!

[skamp]

Day 3 - 2/21

Yesterday they did the gunite. It was a very cool process to watch. They guys really are artists. Overall I am thrilled with the way the pool looks. I forgot to bring in my memory card so I will have to post pictures later. I think they are not planning much for the rest of this week. I think they said they are going to do the gunite cleanup today or tomorrow and Tuesday next week the rock features go in. That is a 3 ton water wall, 16' of moss rock accents and a large jump rock. I will post pictures later today.


Here are the pictures of the work done on day 3

Getting the spa ready and spraying the tanning ledge



Working the spa



Working the deep end



We have a shell!




Steve

[ehorn]

Steve,

Wow they are moving fast on your pool. It is looking great. You obviously got a good builder, well from what we can tell so far... we'll see how it works when it's all done.

Eric

[CarlD]

That seems to be what happens. Our back-fence neighbors had a (I guess) gunite pool done. Once the concrete was in, it sat for weeks, but when they did the surface layer, they had the water in it almost immediately--I gather some surfaces cure better if they are kept wet so they don't dry out too fast.

[skamp]

That seems to be what happens. Our back-fence neighbors had a (I guess) gunite pool done. Once the concrete was in, it sat for weeks, but when they did the surface layer, they had the water in it almost immediately--I gather some surfaces cure better if they are kept wet so they don't dry out too fast.

I think they told me they let the gunite cure for 7-10 days. They told me 5-8 weeks for completion so we still have a lot left to go. Thanks!

Steve

[divnkd101]

Steve,

Push your builder hard to get it done. Mine was complete within 29 days after the dig and I had a week between the dig and gunite. Water features will obviously take a little extra time but Spring is fast approaching down here and you know they tend to be wet. It looks great. Keep the pics coming.

[skamp]

Steve,

Push your builder hard to get it done. Mine was complete within 29 days after the dig and I had a week between the dig and gunite. Water features will obviously take a little extra time but Spring is fast approaching down here and you know they tend to be wet. It looks great. Keep the pics coming.

Yea I hear you on that. I had a lot of conversations with them and decided to build this time of year because they are less busy. I am sure they will push hard to get it done quick. Thanks!

Steve

[skamp]

Day 8 - 2/27

They started the plumbing today. It was insane to see how much trench they dug. They still have some more stuff to finish up tomorrow. I will post pictures soon. It is coming along!

Getting all the pipe ready




What a mess!




Steve

[skamp]

Days 11 & 14 - 3/2 & 3/5

On Friday they finished the rock work and started the patio cover (different company). Overall the rock work far exceeded my expectations. It looks awesome. There are two small problems with the rock work. First they installed a few rocks on top of the spa even though we did not want them. They said they will fix it and replace it with flagstone. Second, the chip work on some of the flagstone edge does not look very nice. It looks like teeth instead of the normal random chipped look. They said they will fix that as well. They got a late start on the patio cover due to the support beams not showing up until 12:30. They started at 7:30 and put on the 6x6 posts and basically sat around until the beams showed up.

On Monday they did all the electrical. They ran 100 AMP's to my control panel and I have 2 1" breaker slots and 3 relays left for low voltage lighting. The almost completed the patio cover as well.

I was told they may start working on the decking today. If that is the case we really only have decking and the Pebble Tec left. That is insane! I will post pictures later today.

House before patio cover



Framing the cover



Getting close



Rock work done (right side)



Rock work done (left side)




Steve

[skamp]

Steve,

Wow they are moving fast on your pool. It is looking great. You obviously got a good builder, well from what we can tell so far... we'll see how it works when it's all done.

Eric

I have good confidence in the builder. They have been around since 1981, have no bad marks from the BBB and everything one I spoke with that got a pool from them has had good things to say. They did move fast to start but that is about the PB getting the subs lined up. It will be slower the next few weeks.

Steve