Pool is complete, poolcam in action

Hello everybody,

Our pool project is pretty much done. This is what we got:

- 30'x28' 475 sq ft 89' perimeter freeform gunite pool 3.5'-6' depth
- beach entry 0-12" depth
- deep end swimout
- 12'x2'x2' cascading waterfall from moss stones
- foam jet in beach entry
- 2 crown jets in the deck at the deep end
- 500W light
- Jandy Stealth 1.5hp and 1.0hp pumps (separate pump for waterfall)
- Jandy 60 sq ft DE filter
- Nature 2 in-line chlorinator and filter
- Levolor autofill system
- 4 returns + 1 floor return jet in beach entry
- Jandy AquaPure SWG with Jandy PDA controller
- 670 sq ft of decking with Sundek coating and 200 sq ft of covered patio with Sundek coating
- Tropical Breeze Pebbletec in pool
- Sky Blue Pebletec on beach entry
- Flagstone coping
- 7 umbrella shelves (4 around the deck, 3 in the beach entry)
- 45 ft of 18" rock retaining wall with flowerbeds
- 1000psi misting/fog system on patio and around the deck with 36 0.008" nozzles (remote controlled from Jandy PDA)
- 300W 15 piece low light kit (remote controlled from Jandy PDA)
- Polaris black 380 cleaner with booster pump
- Solar heat pre-plumbing
- drains in decking and flowerbed
- Volleyball and basketball sleeves, volleyball and net, basketball with board.
- 2 sago palms, 1 yucca palm and 1 mexican palm
- Two dozen other plants (day lillies, indian hawthorn, lantanas, wax myrtles ornamental grass etc.)
- 154 ft of 4' steel fence around pool with Magna-Latch system.
- 6' rolled bamboo fence around equipment.
- Panasonic wireless pan/tilt camera with data logging and internet broadcast.
- Patio furniture set, deck furniture set and sunbeds.

Total damage: $50k+

The parts that I did myself oustide my pool builder:
- Ordered the umbrella sleeves and had gunite and decking crew install them
- Ordered the deck jets and foam jet and have plumbers install them
- Ordered Jandy valves and had plumber install them to controll the foam jet and deck jets and do solar stub-out.
- Had plumber install SWG cell.
- Contracted fence guy to install fence around pool and posts around equipment
- Installed complete Jandy Aquapure system instead of cheap dual timer
- Installed JVA to control foam jet and deck jets
- Installed mist/fog system
- Installed low light system around deck
- Ordered plants and had them delivered
- Hired guys to plant the plants
- Fixed busted return line planters cracked open with pick while planting palms
- Repaired all sprinkler lines, added and removed heads as needed
- Installed wireless camera
- Provided ice and water to every crew that I was present at (dig, steel, gunite, deck, electric, fence, plaster, startup)

Todo:
- Order 2.5"-4" Colorado riverrock and mulch for areas around plants
- Order 3 big moss boulders around palms
- Put down black landscaper's tarp around plants
- Install drip irrigation system around plants
- Hire landscaper to spread riverrock, mulch and set up boulders
- Build pool playhouse (6'x8'x4') and cover with rolled bamboo for son to play in
- Order sod for damaged area where crews made access
- Put down sod
- Have patio and deck furniture delivered

That is pretty much it. We signed our contract on 4/29/06 and we had our first swim on 7/14/06.

Overall I am extremely pleased with the results I think my PB did a great job and all their subs were true professionals (well except for the electrician who didn't want to work with me so he ended up working more for less money and made my life more miserable in the process).

My builder was Pulliam Pools. I give them two thumbs up! I thank them for accomodating my anal nature and the fact that they worked with me on every stupid request I had. They were truly great! Granted there were some minor hickups but they had them all resolved to my satisfaction.

Ok, enough of the talk, here is a link to my live webcam so you can have a peek what it all looks like now: http://gtakacs.selfip.com:8000/ I will keep the camera publicly accessible for a while so enjoy the view :-).

I also have a ton of Pebbletec pictures posted at http://www.takacs.net/photos/Takacs/Pool. I will post some more pictures of the construction process and the final product later.

If anyone has questions you can either ask here or shoot me an e-mail: pool at takacs.net.

Nicely done.
Love the waterfall and the web cam.

I can't get either of the links to work right now, but it sounds like an awesome project!!

Janet

From where did you order the umbrella sleeves (I assume 'umbrella shelves' was a mis-type...)?

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Originally Posted by eljefe281

From where did you order the umbrella sleeves (I assume 'umbrella shelves' was a mis-type...)?

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Yes, I meant to write umbrella sleeves. I got them from www.poolfittings.com . Very nice people, I ordered 7 gray ones first just for placement then replaced them with 4 bone ones in the deck and 3 white ones in the beach entry later. They have removable sleeves so you can replace the cap and the color at any time. They're $12.95 each +shipping I think.

Looks good!

Don't forget to turn the webcam off if u go skinny dipping!

Nice Pool. I used Pulliam as well and was a very smooth process. Big thumbs up for anyone in the Dallas-Fort Worth area looking for a pool builder.

Great pool and love the web cam. What make / model web cam are you using. I have been thinking about hooking one up myself.

Thanks,
Jim

The one by the pool is a Panasonic BB-HCM371A wireless outdoor camera. It is the most feature rich webcam I have found. Both me and my dad has one. I also have a BL-C30 wireless indoor camera in my 20 month old son's room for the grandparents to see from abroad.

You can get more info about the poolcam here. I bought mine at www.provantage.com for $700. The indoor one is a lot cheaper for around $250.

saw your wife swimming this morning nude. jp :)

That is a beautiful pool . Nice pics thanks .

Pool cam not working BTW .

The pool cam should be working, I think some providers can't let you browse to port 8000. Try http://gtakacs.selfip.com/ if should channel from 80 to 8000 but only if my PC is running.

Can't get the pool cam to work..it asks for a username and password.

All that for 50K. Wow. I bet here in Atlanta that would run over a 100k.

Maybe we should move.

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Originally Posted by poolbuoy

Can't get the pool cam to work..it asks for a username and password.

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Yes, I have decided to turn public access off as of last night. I'll post pictures of the completed project later next week.

Nice pool,
Is there any special care needed for the flagstone coping ?
My builder went bk 3 mos. after completing the pool. As far as I know, nothing has been done to the stone (sealer etc.).
Thanks,
Craig

Beautiful pool! Sure makes mine (even though it isn't even started yet) look like a bathtub.

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Yes, I have decided to turn public access off as of last night. I'll post pictures of the completed project later next week.

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Don't do that it defeats the purpose of seeing girls in Bikini's!

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Don't do that it defeats the purpose of seeing girls in Bikini's!

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I now understand why you turned off the pool cam...

not very enterprising, i'd say. hook it back up with a password and sell the feed..you'll quickly pay back the cost of your pool..

hmmm..there's a website idea there!

Camera is working for me. Pretty neat how you can pan to different parts of the pool/patio.

You might want to call animal control. I saw a large feline predator swimming in the pool. ;)

Pool cleaner looks like it wrapped itself around the umbrella pole on the beach entry.

Can you tell me any more about the misting fans? Where did you buy them and how much were they? Do you have any pictures? Do they really help cool things down

thanks!

Wow, your pool is gorgeous! Congrats :)

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Originally Posted by Socal_biker

Camera is working for me. Pretty neat how you can pan to different parts of the pool/patio.

You might want to call animal control. I saw a large feline predator swimming in the pool. ;)

Pool cleaner looks like it wrapped itself around the umbrella pole on the beach entry.

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I turned it back on for now, it's not like I do anything in my backyard I wouldn't do on a beach.

Yah, stupid Polaris tends to crawl out of the pool up on the beach every now and then......

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Originally Posted by minddeal

Can you tell me any more about the misting fans? Where did you buy them and how much were they? Do you have any pictures? Do they really help cool things down

thanks!

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I bought the misting system at Home Depot. They were the cheapest by far when compared to www.mrdrip.com or any other on-line retailer. I am talking about 1000 psi high quality misting systems, not the cheap "hook it to your faucet" systems.

The company who made my equipment is called AeroMist ( http://www.aeromist.com/ )