Saturday, January 28, 2017

Home Improvement

Let me start off by saying, we love our new window and crown moldings.  You might remember from a few years back, shortly after we moved in, we started putting in window moldings.  At that time, we did the dining room, kitchen nook, and living area.  Well, this time we finished all the windows, except for 2 (parts on order) and we had crown molding installed in our bedroom, living room, and formal dining.

Let's Begin....


Before

After
Jayce room







We will finish adding crown molding to all the other rooms in May when BJ is off for the summer. It's going to be beautiful in our entry area because the ceilings are 25 ft tall.  OOOOoooo... Can't wait! 

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Gunite Is Complete!

Gunite was poured this past Friday.. It looks great!!!  BJ was lucky because he was home to watch them complete the job.  I'm sure it was a unique thing to watch.

 You can see the wall being formed in the picture below.


We have a lot of unique features on our pool. For example, when the coping is added to the top of the wall, it will create a small bench area.
The back waterfall will be elaborate with boulders, stones, big rocks, etc. We will be able to jump off the boulders into the water.
In the deep end, the wall is higher so there we have a couple of benches to help when getting out of the pool on that side.   
The area where the guy is standing in the above picture, will be a huge stone that you can sit or stand on.  There will also be a smaller boulder in place nearby (left side).
 In the above picture, there will be a very large boulder in place near the steps.  We can also stand or jump into the water from it.
The above pic shows where the large sun stone will go as previously mentioned. There will be another smaller boulder on the right side.

 The hole area is a planter that will have a small wall built up around it. 
 The picture above is the lower deck area.   I'm loving it!! ;)
This area is the upper deck.  We had the option of three steps, but we elected to have the wider step to have more space since it's so close to the edge of the pool.





Our pool is unique because of all the angles.  It's not your basic kidney or free form pool. The waterfall is curved and can be viewed from every window located at the back of the house!  We have amazing views with the sunset, now this just makes it more beautiful!  



The picture below is an extension of our patio.  It will have a wall on the back side and right side.  I'm hoping the wall will be high enough to cover the view of the pool equipment.





 Beautiful!


It's coming together amazingly well. Looking forward to tile and coping next.

Update On Steel

Steel is complete. Next up... Gunite!!





Saturday, January 14, 2017

Pool Equipment Features

I thought I would elaborate on the pool equipment features.  We have not been to pool school yet, but i'm hoping by at least knowing each item thoroughly, I will grasp pool school a bit quicker.  Let's be honest, I plan on having a pool guy for awhile!   
To start, we have the iAquaLink system.  It can be controlled via smart phone and tablet.  It will control all aspects of the pool area, such as pool lights, landscape lighting, the water fall, the heater, pool temperature, pool cleaner, filter, pumps, etc.  I could keep going on and on, it's great!
 Next, the Polaris 3900 Sport Edition.  this little guy will clean our pool.  He also has a tailsweep.

We have the DEV60 (Diatomaceous Earth Filter) and the 2.0 HP variable speed pump, which is ultra energy efficient. It has stealth pump technology too.

 Below is a pic of the basket skimmers.
Not pictured is the Jandy Pro Series LED lighting by Zodiac.  We have 9 colors and 5 light shows! Sweet.  Most importantly, we have the Ultimate Ozone by AquaStar.  Ozone kills up to 99.99% of bacteria, viruses and molds, plus environmentally friendly!