After our much needed rain delays we have begun our pool build today! I can’t believe how quickly this process can go since we do not have to wait on permitting. (Country Living) They began the dig this morning and we will have the steel crew out here this afternoon with hopes of gunite tomorrow!

As the process moves on I will definitely post pictures and such in hopes that it might help someone else out there just as other posts have helped us along the way.

Scott

As soon as I can figure out how to post pictures I intend to do so, I seem to link them and only one shows up? (photobucket) Any advice regarding what I am doing wrong?

As far as the build goes we started yesterday morning and got the digging and the rebar done.

Day 2 - Plumber has been here and gone, didn't get any pictures due to me not being home during that process and now we are off to gunite....

Day 1

Thanks for the kuddos on starting. Now comes the waiting for the plumbing to be finished the curing of the gunite and such...so exciting to see it all finally come together!

I will post some pictures of the tile and coping once completed. They began that today and as of now I am completely terrified that the selections we made were not the correct ones. Oh how hard it is to decide on all of this without a complete visual! Keep your fingers crossed for me that it all turns out looking good.

The tile and coping are completed. After it was put together I have decided our decisions were not so off track after all. We are just waiting on the moss rock. I plan on posting more pictures as the stages are completed. With all of the rain we have received recently it has slowed the process of the pool build as well as pictures.

I hope documenting this build will prove to be helpful to others, especially because we will be using the Sedona Red Pebble Tec. Definitely not the choice of many people on this board and finding the information regarding this color was a definite chore :0).

Weeping wall

Planter area

View from the back porch

thanks

See ya,
Kelly

See ya,
Kelly

Just a pb - actually that came at my request. I will look into all of this for sure!

Kelly - no you didn't come off as harsh, just stating the facts! I will do some checking on this though! That is what this board is about helping one and another...if I didn't know I wouldn't check, thank you!

They did come at the request of us for possibly adding some outdoor lights and such to our landscaping. Does it matter that they are GFI? Thanks in advance for your help.

Kelly hit the nail on the head!

Scott

I am waiting on my DH to discuss his decisions.

I am so thankful for the board members on here helping one and another from making mistakes! Just more reasons for us to post pictures! "A picture is worth a thousand words."

whats really concerning is the electrician actually wired it because of your request instead of letting you know he couldn't because he would lose his license.

look into that.

Baykin, any recepticle within 20 ft. of the pool must be GFCI protected [680.22(A)(5)]

HTH

Pool mix and white portland.

See ya,
Kelly

I am so thankful for all of the help from the members of this board! Without all of you I would’ve not thought about it until it was all said and done, then moving them wouldn’t have been as easy as it should be now.

Brentr, our original ideas for these extra outlets were much the same as yours and your wife’s. We do have one on the back porch and many in the garage but wanted more for all of the extras we might decide to use…especially landscaping lights etc…then you read the NEC guidelines and you think twice. I had them add two outlets one behind each moss rock area but I am currently awaiting a call back from the builder to discuss why no one told me ahead of time when I requested these extra outlets to be placed that close to the pool. Then I plan on moving them both 10 feet away from the water’s edge…with as much as they cost and I paid per foot I sure hope this isn’t something that costs a fortune…granted it IS worth it for safety reasons, just hind sight I wish I had been told when I requested them to be placed there.

Ky1974 - glad Kelly was able to answer your question. I knew it had something to do with a sealent type application but that is all I knew.

BTW can anyone explain what is with the copper wire that goes all around the pool?

Brentr - you are too funny! We will have the extra outlets I asked for but they will be where they are required to be per the standards.

Anything metal near the pool needs to be grounded. This includes the rebar, dive stand, ladder and rail sockets, and light niches and fixtures. This helps keep any stray voltage away.

Stray voltage will result in stray current. Stray currents can cause electrolysis. Electrolysis is corrosive. The bond wire sends it to ground where it is rendered harmless.

It also serves as a backup ground wire

for the equipment pad.

Scott

It helps to protect people from getting shocked in wet areas around the pool. You can also find more information about this in the same link above. Section 680.26 covers "Equipotential Bonding" for pools.

The electrical issues we had are being taken care of and now we are once again moving forward.

My DH sent pics to me a little while ago as I am not in town and I thought I would share them.

From the existing porch -

The 3' walkway around the side - to allow the rest of the area next to it for planting

Scott

Scott

Scott - thank you for your advice. The bond wire was done a while back and it is attached in at least 4 different spots around the pool.

Acid Wash tomorrow! YAY!

Scott

How do you get from the same to better?

Rule One- Be Different!

BTW where are you at it Jersey? Just curious...I grew up there, 20 years of my life anyway!

Scott

I am posting pictures of post acid wash and filling - I will then post after it is full before chemicals are added - then I will get pictures posted again in a few weeks after it becomes the color we were so anxiously waiting for.

Pebble Tec after acid wash -

It is started -

Filling ;0)

Scott

Right after fill was complete

3 1/2 days after chemicals were added