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

[skamp]

Days 18, 19 & 22 - 3/9, 3/10 and 3/13

During this time they formed and poured my decking. They did the pouring last night and it starting raining. These poor guys were out there until 8:00 PM under plastic finishing up. The low parts of the decking around the perimieter and in other places is where the flagstone inlays will go.

Forming the decking - You can also see the patio cover is completed.



Entry into the side of the pool



Spreading the pea gravel



Floating the concrete



Finishing up and getting all the expansion joints in



I did not take any pictures of them exposing the pea gravel after the concrete set up but it was cool to watch the decking come to life. Today they are doing the pool cleanup and tomorrow the pebble tec goes in! Looks like the pool will be getting filled this weekend.

Steve

[huskyrider]

Congrats, everything is looking great and your on a really good turn.

If I were to point out anything I'd object to, as a contractor, it would be your posts.
An ACQ 60 4"x6" post could have been incorporated into your covered porch and then wrapped with Hardee siding or Western red Cedar. It would finish a lot cleaner than the treated pine posts that currently hang out further than your beams.
If you were to wrap the post now they would finish out much wider than the beam. I'm not knocking the way they did it, but I'd encourage you to have them trim the top up to the soffit to make it a little more eye appealing than the way it is now. The 6x6 post butting up to and hanging out wider than the 4" beam just has a rough uncompleted look to it. This will be much more noticeable after painting than it is now.

just my .02

See ya,
Kelly

[skamp]

Congrats, everything is looking great and your on a really good turn.

If I were to point out anything I'd object to, as a contractor, it would be your posts.
An ACQ 60 4"x6" post could have been incorporated into your covered porch and then wrapped with Hardee siding or Western red Cedar. It would finish a lot cleaner than the treated pine posts that currently hang out further than your beams.
If you were to wrap the post now they would finish out much wider than the beam. I'm not knocking the way they did it, but I'd encourage you to have them trim the top up to the soffit to make it a little more eye appealing than the way it is now. The 6x6 post butting up to and hanging out wider than the 4" beam just has a rough uncompleted look to it. This will be much more noticeable after painting than it is now.

just my .02

See ya,
Kelly

Kelly,
The 6x6 beams are going wrapped in a 15" brick column. I left 5 1/2" between the post and the gutter downspout. If I was going to have exposed beams I would have done it very different. I had to wait until the deck was done for them to do the columns. Thanks!

Steve

[skamp]

Days 25 & 26 - 3/16 & 3/17

We had some rain on days 23 and 24 and that delayed the Pebble Tec install.

On Friday 3/16 the rock guys started work on the flagstone inlays, firepit and bench. On Saturday 3/17 the Pebble Tec got installed and the outdoor kitchen was delivered.

Firepit and bench in progress - You can see some of the inlays to the side of the fire pit but they are covered in stone dust.



Another shot of the fire pit and bench



Setting up for the Pebble Tec. This was very cool to watch. They had ropes running the length of the pool to hang their water sprayers and rollers.



Spraying it in



Washing off the mortar to expose the pebbles.



Continued in next post

[skamp]

There she is waiting to get acid washed.



Closeup of the tanning ledge



Here is the outdoor kicthen. It still needs to be assembled and leveled. Once that is done the countertop and stone work needs to get done.



View from the back. It will have a grill, fridge, sink and side burner. It came on 3 pallets and weighed 1290 lbs!



Today they are acid washing the pool and starting the fill. It is getting close now.

Steve

[GraceByDesign]

I think your outdoor kitchen is bigger than my ONLY kitchen!!

Looking great... betcha can't wait for summer!!

[skamp]

I think your outdoor kitchen is bigger than my ONLY kitchen!!

Looking great... betcha can't wait for summer!!

The sad thing is it is bigger then mine as well. The outside of my house is now much nicer then the inside!

Steve