This would be sort of an "index" --- in addtion to people's separate pool threads. A great way to get comparisons and refresh ourselves on the many different styles and ideas seen here. Might be nice to post pool dimensions, specs, location and any special features with the pics if posters want to. What do people think?

-Melissa

Rob

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Pre landcsape pictures

Specs: 37' x 16' sport pool, 4.5'-6.0'-3.5', 6' x 9' spa, nine jets, Black Pearl Mini Pebblecoat, Cresta waterfall and accent boulders, Gold Platinum Quartzite coping and upper deck surface, Dark Charcoal Quartzite stone on decking steps and stacked spa spillway, custom, self-designed fireplit (fireplace/firepit) using both types of aforementioned Quartzite. Equipment - Jandy One Touch indore remote, spa side 4 button remote, Jandy Aquapure SWG, 2.0 HP main and booster filter pumps, plus 1.5 HP dedicated waterfall pump, Jandy cartridge filter, Hayward Navigator cleaner, volcano in-floor bubbler, Vista Pro series landscape lighting.

View of Pool from shallow end

View from the Spa

Close Up of the Spa w/Chatterfall

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And on a rare overcast day:

Felicity

Waterfalls aren't on but there are three of them 2' 4' 2' along the raised bond beam. Pool is 12x32. Prism Blue Pebble Sheen, boquet canyon flagstone, spa and bond beam are raised 18", spa is 7x7 with 6 waterway plastics jets. 3.5' to 6.5' with a bench by the spa in the deepend.

Replaster using 3m color quartz(Cayman Green and Blue)
All new equiptment: 2 punp system, DE Filter, and 400K BTU Heater, chlorinator
Adding a shamu landing at shallow end with shamu bench on south side
Automated pool control system
Adding waterway jets (6)
Replacing decking (Solomon - Buckwheat) Colored concrete with salt finish)
Adding drains to the decking
Adding a raised bed on the south side of the pool with a waterfall
Stucco on the wall (Owner doing this)

and J Berthi- what are the dimensions of your pool and of your baja shelf??

thanks guys...I'm trying to get ideas on sizes and what it is that I want! this is very helpful to see other pools with size/pictures!!!

i hope you are all out enjoying your pool today..I'm living vicariously thru you! :)

See Ya,
Kelly

momtothree

Joe

47 by 12 1/2 rectangular with automatic pool cover and walk-on lid. Tri-level reaised bond beam (3 feet - 4 feet - 5 feet) with 3 sheer descents, built-in (not raised) spa, mosaics, baja shelf and X-Stream slide. Bella Blue Pebble Fina finish, Cantera stone coping.

Joe

A 40 year old 15 by 30 pool--new plaster, coping and tile. Deck repair in progress.

Thanks for letting us look at all your beautiful pools.

Lois & Stuart

Finally ready to post...Ralph

The waterfall flows into a pond, where the water is sucked back into the pool system. We put river rock and seashells in the pond.

85' perimeter
raised spa
Aqua Blue Pebble Sheen
In-floor cleaning system
Salt chlorinator
acrylic lace deck
flagstone coping/spillway
heated pool (we're swimming tonight!) :-)
Golden Retriever not included....;P

On a sunny day before mulch:
An overcast day after mulch distributed:
'Stingray', our Polaris 280, handles all the leaves from the huge willow tree shown in the background over-hanging into our yard. The leaves are just beginning to come out on the tree.
Other pics of saydiver's pool and landscaping

Maddie

That dog always sneaks in!

(First picture: Wild Turkey drinking out of our spa!)

  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

  

  

  




  

14 x 30
Integral color concrete cantilever deck
ceramic glass tile
pebble fina finish

Here's my pool which we just finished a couple of weeks ago in Northern Ca. (Gilroy). It has been in the 80s this past week so we still have some time to use the pool.

18x34
100' perimeter, raised 6" wall around 1/2 of pool
Coping is cut Arizona Flagstone (buckskin color)
Patio is Arizona Flagstone too - most of the patio was already there and we matched existing patio around the pool
Sedona Red Pebble Tec pool finish
Rock Waterfall w/ separate pump
40,000 BTU heater
4 kids, 1 wife, & 2 dogs who like to swim, unfortunately for my filter)
Still left to do - landscaping, built in BBQ, and finish coping around the waterfall (PB took too long to put in waterfall and my coping guy was gone by then, but he will be back).

My only regret at this point is that we didn't use all black fixtures in the pool. The drain covers are black, but the stuff our PB put in (as opposed to plaster guys) is white because that is what we specified before we switched from 3M colored plaster to PEbble Tec.

This is my first pool. Beach Entry on one end. Diving Board on the other makes for a long pool.

(24'x55')Beach Entry 3" to Dive End 9', 1600 sq ft sawed concrete deck, 9' dia. FlagStone Beach Entry, Tile Mosaic Spray in Bottom, Diving Board, (5'x20' 12" deep Tanning Ledge), 2 Drive Resting Seats, 12" Raised Beam, 4 Deck Jets, 2 Jandy Colored Lights. Jandy 1400 SWG, Jandy 2.5 hp Pump, Jandy DE Filter, p4 PDA, 57 yards Shotcrete.

This is my Design. I worked on this Drawing for weeks. Made on a Mac

28'x14' free form
10'x5' sun shelf
7' spa
Tropical Breeze Pebble Tec
Faux rock waterfall (it took 4 weeks to construct)
Flagstone cream/beige/charcoal pavers
Flagstone beige coping
Noble Tile Mica Series Grafite waterline tile
All equipment is Sta-Rite
System 3 DE Filter
2hp pump for pool & spa
1hp pump for waterfall
400k BTU propane heater (500 gallon tank buried in back yard behind pool)
Aqua-Rite salt water chlorine generator
Outdoor kitchen: Viking 30" grill, warming drawer, fridge & dual side burners, baltic green granite, southern ledgestone + Golden Blount Texas Sizzler II to sear at 1,600 degrees.

1st power bill + $60.00 with pump and cleaner on 24 hrs. a day. I'll cut back to 6 hrs. a day til Spring.

!!!••• PLAN PLAN PLAN •••!!!

This Is My Design I worked a long time drawing and planning B-4 I got PB involved.
I handed PB 11 pages of Designs and said build this. (Changes I would make if I built a second Pool, None)

50% Blue Plaster for a Tropical Look.

Soft Scape Complete. Looking to start Hard Scapes and Pool House.
I designed a fence that has same pattern in it as floor of the pool (spray tile mosaic)

Don't Build your Pool to Small. With Adults and Kids BIGGER IS BETTER!!!!!

Comptete Nov. 22, 2006 1st swim Christmas Day
Merry Christmas to all. We will take a Christmas Day Plung

See other Albums
http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/TigerOak/Pool Complete 1/
http://s137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/TigerOak/Pool and some Landscaping/

*34' x 24' freeform pool
*7' freeform spa
*gunite w/ dark gray plaster
*art rock grotto w/shelves cut in
*8' x 10' baja shelf w/ umbrella sleeve
*6"-12" raised bond beam
*Eldorado art. stacked stone on rbb
*Three Rivers Flagstone coping
*ColorLogic lights in pool and spa
*firepit - Three Rivers Rock Flagstone
*15' outdoor kitchen w/ palapa
and so on, and so on...

And the rest of the backyard...

~Debbie
Riverside, CA
Pool Designer: Steve Matlin @ Design & Build Pools
(951)676-4180

18X34
3-6.5 ft

2007:

2008:

Liz- Santa Clara

32x22 Free Form Gunite (3'9"'- 5'3") 6'x9' Free From Spa - 12 Jets, Blue Granite Pebblesheen, Color Logic LEDs, AquaLogic PS-8 control, Goldline Salt Chlorine Generator, 1.5hp Tristar 2 speed pool pump, 1.5hp Tristar pump - sheer descents, 1.5hp Tristar spa pump w/1.0hp Blower, Hayward DE6020 Filter, Hayward 400K BTU Heater, Hayward Tigershark RC9990 cleaner.