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This is a rough drawing I did, but it sort of shows where I'm going with the design.

Some of the main players.

Congratulations! Please keep us updated, especially with pics - we of the "mature" pool club are hungry for info on remodels! :)

Wooo Hooo congratulations

If you don't mind what manufacturer and color are your small glass combo tiles and what color quartz will you be going with.

Looks great

Pia

Thank you MiaOKC, yes I completely understand. Mature checking in here!!!! I finally got my last child graduated from college and my funds have been rightfully returned to the owner...lol.

Here are some updated pics. They are moving really really fast.

Hi piaa and thank you. These are for you!

I initially had these included in the bid, but then I took them out. Somehow when they got started they still included these deco tiles. Now I like them.

This is the foundation for the grotto...well to the right on the picture. Atop the bench, the protruding pvc is just the pool return to the grotto.

These folks are very precise and very detailed. The grotto is being hand built using moss rocks and boulders, not faux rocks.

Here is a close up showing the tile, before they mis-corrected and replaced every 10 tile with the deco tile.

So tomorrow they will finish the grotto, the ceiling rock was not picked up today so they only did the columns and back wall. Also they will pick up the dive rock and place it tomorrow.

Stay tuned!

Thank you sooo much for posting - they are fabulous and I have bookmarked the website :)

Can't wait to see your final pool :)

Piaa

Thanks for posting! How deep is your pool and what made you decide on the dive rock? We have 8 ft with a diving board that I want to take out - partially because it takes up so much of the deck and party because I think it's dangerous. But everyone who comes over loves the diving board and hates that I say I'm going to remove it! Kids, adults, everyone - it gets a workout during our pool parties while I clutch my chest and warn people not to dive head first; cannonballs, can openers and belly flops only. I've never even used it, myself.

So the pool is finished. We still have some issues with the grotto leaking and there is also some water seepage from underneath the deck. While I think they did a good job on the remodel there were/are some issues we need to work out before I would recommend this company.

The major items are the leaks and water seepage, but also follow-up on painting base of dive rock

They did not keep the area clean at all and we lost a lot of lawn to debris.

Overall I'm satisfied with it but there are some remaining issues.

Hi MiaOKC,

It is 11 ft at the deepest end. We decided on the dive rock after the diving board screws broke and after learning that most insurance companies don't like them anymore.

It is a bit bigger than it looks, but we extended the deck behind it so it has lots of room.

Looks great! I love the beach entry, I think that is awesome. Thanks for the additional info on the dive rock. I hope the PB comes back soon to fix the last lingering problems! We are supposed to have someone come give us a quote tonight (some of the 9 PBs we have called have finally started circling back around to the callers they ignored all summer, I guess) so maybe we'll have our own remodeling story to share soon!

MiaOKC thank you. Just be sure you are very hands on in picking your materials and keeping inventory of you materials paid for vs. used.