Steve's pool project 1-24-07

[26theone]

That looks great! Now you dont have to walk around the spa to get to your main steps/tanning ledge. Good idea putting the umbrella sleeve in your tanning shelf. Are you going to do a 7ft or 8ft spa? I will be working on our design tonight.

[skamp]

That looks great! Now you dont have to walk around the spa to get to your main steps/tanning ledge. Good idea putting the umbrella sleeve in your tanning shelf. Are you going to do a 7ft or 8ft spa? I will be working on our design tonight.

It is spec'ed as a 7' but I am going to have them angle the walls back 4-6" so the spa will increase to about 7' 6". Thanks!

Steve

[divnkd101]

Skamp,

Love the design. Your pool layout looks very similar to what I built last year. We love the tanning ledge and the wrap-around bench around the spa. Feel free to take a look at my build previously posted. It should give you a since of what your shallow end will look like.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=5975

My only advise is to push the spa out of the pool as far as you can. It truly does take a lot of space from your pool. Good luck on your build and keep us posted.

[skamp]

Skamp,

Love the design. Your pool layout looks very similar to what I built last year. We love the tanning ledge and the wrap-around bench around the spa. Feel free to take a look at my build previously posted. It should give you a since of what your shallow end will look like.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=5975

My only advise is to push the spa out of the pool as far as you can. It truly does take a lot of space from your pool. Good luck on your build and keep us posted.

I have looked at your thread in the past and you pool is great! I really like the LED lights. I talked to my PB about them and they said the effect is not so great with PebbleTec. I am planning on tweaking the design and pushing the spa out quite a bit to open up the tanning ledge quite a bit. I hope to get my approval in a week or so and then they can start. I plan on taking lots of pictures and keep posting updates here. Thanks!

Steve

[huskyrider]

quote" I did try to talk with you about giving me a quote. I left a voicemail and email but never got a response. "quote

Thanks for the opportunity, I'm sorry nobody within my organization got back with you. I hear this type of info all to often. It really makes me sick to hear it. When I bring it up in a sales meeting it's always "Oh, it was to far out of pocket from The Woodlands, or it wasn't a direct referral"
All I can express is that I had to make a decision a long time ago as to what was more important. Working the job at hand, or running the sales lead at hand. I've always been a hands on guy and the decision came easily to me, give up on the marketing and let your hands run the leads.
I've busted my chops over many years to build a company that builds a lot of pools every year without direct advertising. We build quite a lot of pools on both the direct referrals and indirect referrals like these pool forums generate.
I won't say that I come to the forums expressly to generate sales leads because it isn't true. But I do generate leads due to my interaction with members like yourself and get very frustrated when I hear about stuff like this. your call should have been given equal importance as any other lead.

I'm glad that you signed with a good contractor, I know you'll be pleased.

See Ya,
Kelly

[skamp]

quote" I did try to talk with you about giving me a quote. I left a voicemail and email but never got a response. "quote

Thanks for the opportunity, I'm sorry nobody within my organization got back with you. I hear this type of info all to often. It really makes me sick to hear it. When I bring it up in a sales meeting it's always "Oh, it was to far out of pocket from The Woodlands, or it wasn't a direct referral"
All I can express is that I had to make a decision a long time ago as to what was more important. Working the job at hand, or running the sales lead at hand. I've always been a hands on guy and the decision came easily to me, give up on the marketing and let your hands run the leads.
I've busted my chops over many years to build a company that builds a lot of pools every year without direct advertising. We build quite a lot of pools on both the direct referrals and indirect referrals like these pool forums generate.
I won't say that I come to the forums expressly to generate sales leads because it isn't true. But I do generate leads due to my interaction with members like yourself and get very frustrated when I hear about stuff like this. your call should have been given equal importance as any other lead.

I'm glad that you signed with a good contractor, I know you'll be pleased.

See Ya,
Kelly

Kelly,
I fully understand and sometimes things fall through the cracks. I really do appreciate all your knowledge and insight and looks forward to seeing your comments in the future! Thanks!

Steve

[skamp]

Here is a picture of my final design. I enlarged the tanning ledge and added bubblers. I also changed to 2 lights and some other stuff. I also signed the contract so hopefully they will start in a few weeks. I will post updates and pictures as they become available. Thanks!

Steve