Well, not all of the pics posted, so here are some of the kids enjoyng the pool.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Kids look like they're having a ball. Just think, if you're swimming in Nov. how much are you gonna use that pool next summer?!? Makes it all worth while, huh?

Weeeeeeeeeee! How fun! I assume you have it heated. What area are you in? Don't you have to have a fence?

I just swam in mine for the first time today. Great feeling!

You must be back East, no backyard fences. How will you handle keeping your pool secure from little ones who may wander over? Beautiful pool and neighborhood!

How fun! Nice pool! Congratulations! You absolutely do need to have pool fencing in the East. The big joke with my friends (2 families who put pools in earlier this year) is how long they had to put up with that ugly orange plastic temporary fence until their fencing contractors finally got around to coming. I'm sure Poolbound's got that covered.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
You have some very happy kids there!
Enjoy,
Sally

Okay, I didn't think anyone was allowed a pool without a fence - maybe there are some though. We were not allowed to PebbleTec until the fence was inspected by the county. That's why I was surprised to see your full pool with no fence :)

We are in the midwest and yes, we have to install a fence. It is going in later this week. With a fiberglass pool and the small size of our yard, there is no way that we could put up the fence until the pool was done. Like Jillnj4 said, we have an orange construction fence that goes around the pool. It does make me nervous because it does not seem like it would be very effective in keeping anyone out. Most of the neighbor kids are older and the ones with the little ones are aware of the project and have been keeping a close eye on their kids.

As for heat, you bet! We cranked up the heat to 81 degrees. THe water felt great. Although, the gas meter was whizzing around so fast it almost ignited a fire. Oh well, we only had it on for 2 days and it was well worth it. We probably will not use it again this season as it is turning cold. We won't close the pool until next week when everything else is hooked up and running properly (before we make that last payment).

I will post more pics in the Spring after we get our landscaping in. Thanks for the kind words.

Here in NJ, I don't know why, but it seems the norm to have the permanent fencing be the LAST stage of the project, well after the pools are filled with water. I agree it seems very backward as well as very dangerous.

Seems that a chain link "construction" fence would have been safer and just as temporary (they move them from job site to job site). Unfortunately, it's going to take a child to die before someone realizes that the orange mesh fence isn't going to cut it...

(Sorry to be such a downer)

I think it's wonderful that you got some swimming in before you have to say goodbye to the pool for the season! We expect to finish in January - and you had better believe that I will be using the spa right away!!

PS: Our pool guy said the 400,000 BTU pool heater costs $5 an hour to run. Well worth it for your 2 days of enjoyment I'm sure.

We locked our therm rate in at 1.129 right before it went too high.

Were in the midwest do you live? I laugh at you comment about your lot size. That is a huge lot by California standards!

Mitchcarnie - I was thinking the same thing, sitting here in my little 88x50 lot (with the fence still standing, the house still standing (I think) and plumbing trenches being dug!

Those smiling faces say it all! It looks great! :-)

(Hope to be joining your ranks soon....we're excavated and plumbed!)

We live in a suburb of St. Louis called O'Fallon, MO its about 30 minutes from downtown St Louis. The lot we have is average for most of the subdivisions. We built the house in 2000.

They got the laminars put in today. Here are a couple of pics. It is hard to capture them on film. But they look pretty cool. They will look great after we do landscaping. We are thinking about putting a fake palm tree in the cutout between the two laminars.

Laminars look awesome!
Will look really cool with a palm...but why fake?

Rheddhedd- We live in St. Louis and its gets mighty cold and snowy in the winter. A real palm would never survive and I am the low maintenance type and do not want to have to dig it up each fall. We found some fake ones that look really cool, that is if you can't have the real thing.

I hear you in the low maintenance dept! My mother on the other hand had a green "arm"! We had a few palms by our pool when I was growing up in Memphis. She would wrap 2 of them (that were in ground) in the winter. The other one was in a really big pot and she would move it inside during the winter...really funny cuz it was huge. They were around for years. Me, I can kill cactus! =D