Concrete on Thursday. Eight inches for the floor and 15 for the footing. The second picture is of the pool walls that are made in Belgium,and the third is a standpipe and fiberglass rebar.

Made in Belgium?

Sounds like a bargain.

I’m really interested in how those Belgian pool walls work

I bet the shipping was extra inexpensive too!

Is this for testing lures?

They use a matrix of square holes in the panels, deeper than other manufacturers. The Belgians are good at this.

Like a waffle?

I’m thinking about coming off the water or the beach and just walking on in. Clothes and all. Maybe grab a beer on the way.

Day 4
Pool base and pump base poured.

This is where everyone needs to shhhhh.

Like when the pitcher is throwing a no hitter.

Nice work so far.

I sure would like to have one of these

Shhhhh. That’s enough. No talkin during a no hitter.

Lnol

This seems like a small pool.

Pool shaming?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Shrinkage

Seems shallow??

My cash pocketbook had a limit, and this exceeded that limit. The things we do for our wives. But yes, 12 X24x 52”h.

It looks that way, but the pool sides will be higher and fill outside the pooll will compensate. 52” depth.

Only in the 3rd. You can mention how well its going.

Not until about 6 and 2/3 you have to stop talking.

Kind of like in bowling if a guy has an 8 bagger you can mention it. But if he strikes in the 9th you STFU.

Smart man.

What do it mean? The animated gif.

lol. Think I got it. Pie in the sky.

In the movie This is Spinal Tap; the band need to revive their tour so management and the band agree to spend more money on production.

The band agree that performing their song “Stonehenge” with replica life size statues of the Stonehenge nearly 20ft monuments would enhance the show and bolster audience enjoyment.

Nigel Tuffnel, the band’s ADD and other impaired guitarist hands specific instructions detailing the grandiosity of the monument replicas on a napkin.

The band’s manager then insists he will follow the instructions precisely.

I spent a couple years running one of those. It's over rated.

My dad had a deed pool. 1/2 the pool was 10' deep. I threw a 10lb striper in there once. He was not happy. He said how do you plan on getting it out? I said with my cast net if chlorine does not kill it first.

A little more progress. The Belgian waffle sides are up. Next, they lock in the base with more concrete.

That's a crazy concept. I've never seen one built like this.

It’s relatively new in the states and def new in Texas. I think there’s somebody in North Texas doing them but I’m the first in South Texas. Might even be in a magazine soon lol. Guess I better mow the yard. Being the guinea did give me $3000 drop.

Gravel poured, plumbing happening, pump and stuff waiting in the wings

That is very cool indeed!

Who is the contractor on this, as I need to look them up and learn about process as we will be doing a pool next year in Central Texas.

Looks like a cool product/process. We are seeing a bunch more of the "assembled" pools being put in these days but they are using steel panels rather than synthetic material. I like the idea...no corrosion or electrical bonding concerns. We currently have three property owners in our jurisdiction ripping their gunite pools out due to ASR...alkali-silica reaction...a.k.a. concrete cancer. All of them covid-era installs. Can be caused by several factors but these instances are apparently due to improper mix ratios...too much silica. Silica absorbs water, swells up and cause cracking/spalling. This particular builder said they could have 20-30 more. I can't believe there are really that many though. And the issue doesn't seem to be isolated. I am seeing chatter about this from other areas of the State as well. At this point it seems like more of an insurance fraud frenzy a-la the mold panic in the late 90s/early 2000s is about to happen.

Good luck with the remainder of your project. Glad you have a quality contractor. Pool builders around here are definitely at the bottom of the barrel...and it isn't close.

What liner color did you go with?

Mark Teinert
https://poolsbydcdesign.com/

Adriatic Blue
https://www.renolit.com/en/industries/home-building/surrounding/swimming-pools/renolit-alkorplan2000

Nice

Pump and stuff in place today. Inspection tomorrow. Moving along.

updates? interested to see how this turns out

Interesting to see this come together.

Quite a bit has happened. Everything has been backfilled. Electrician has come and gone. They poured a perimeter concrete beam today that locks the pool in place and are installing the alkorplan membrane (liner). I'll pop some pictures this afternoon.

What's the water capacity?

If you do math real well... I bet you can figure it out! *I cannot ha ha.

12 X24x 52”h

I come up with 9180.

So here’s a few pics of where we are. Getting closer to water in the pool. Maybe next weekend. The bulges are where the jets are, which have not been cut out yet. He added me an outlet at the pergola since the lines were already run. Thanks Mark.

Are you set on blue?


Any design at the bottom?


This is the time to change it.

Too late. The liner on the sides is in. The bottom will be the same.

We have reached the sixth inning of a no hitter.
That is all.

I think they forgot the skimmer.

So where is the plumbing lights etc. They pipe all that later?

Plumbing and electrical are done.

Yeeesh, pay attention….that was two pages back.


Lights are for q’s.

One light. It will be operated here.

Does the pool not have a drain or skimmers ? No lights in the pool.

I know nothing about pools so can someone in plain english explain what makes this pool different/special too other pools?

It's a new type of waterless pool.

TexDawg is the pool expert, so I will defer any judgement on this subject to him.

Curious as to cost savings verses inground pool?

Seems in ground to me.

Looks all in to me.

I wonder if Dawg has a swimming pool in Florida

well, it has a liner, most in ground pools are fiberglass or gunite.

Very Nice will you be building a deck around it?

A friend in the neighborhood has a fire hydrant in front of house. He had access to a hose to fit it. Filled his pool in a few hours.

Do NOT do that yet…they probably have to spray it with some TRU coat first.

We sure do like our pool, looking forward to seeing the finished product...

And yes they do make a great test tank.

They are laying the travertine coping today. After that will be a 3’ concrete walkway around the pool, which will tie into the pergola foundation. So the total pool foot print will be 20 X 32.

Hopefully a cool deck.

Travertine coping is in. Wife chose the color and, of course, I’m good with it. Happy wife, happy life.
Three foot concrete deck is next.

Then to shop for outdoor pool Furniture!!

Coming along real nice!!

Filling with water. Forty inches now.

Looking good!

Looks good... lots of possibilities for a clean slate...

Here’s a side shot. Pool school coming soon.

Looks great!

Once you get the start-up completed and chemicals are good take a look at using a Pool RX.

https://www.poolrx.com/

Thanks for the info. I have a couple of things installed that are supposed to help keep it clean.

Your Polaris is going to need carabiner clips and ropes for those wall climbs.

Might as well cut those live oaks down now.

Don’t do it malibu6501. Chris B is intentionally trying to flout stuff designed to ensure our children – and our children’s children – have clean air to breathe.

Come next March when those trees start crapping in the pool every day he'll be asking for chainsaw recommendations.

I had a pool in East Texas surrounded by oaks that did just that. The closest limbs on the closest tree here is 10 ft away. I'm not averse to cutting it down, but I'll wait and see for now. In fact, I offered to do just that, but the contractor said I was good. I trimmed it way back and thinned it out. Plus the dominant breeze from the bay pushes them away. We'll see.

Dirty 30 and chainsaw

They all end up in the pool eventually.

We use this as well...really stabilizes the pool.

Pool RX is the real deal. My pool repair guy turned me on to it when he repaired my equipment after the big freeze.

Looking good

As Texdawg chuckles inside…

Is this pool like Swedish flooring where you can take it with you when you move?

And we’re ginning. Sod next then semi closing in the pergola with a bar, couple of tables and a flatscreen viewable from the pool. Gotta have a tv you know.

That's a nice setup. Enjoy it. I know I would!

Very nice! Just in time to enjoy it!

I will bring the adult beverages.

That came out really nice! Congrats!

I could pee in that.

kinda, yeah. But I hope the pool is enjoyed by the Malibu family

That’s so awesome. The wife wants a pool like that so much. Congrats!!

So what was the cost difference vs a regular pool?

“Pools are perfect for holding water man”

that was quick

TWSS

About four weeks. We were on a waiting list for about 2 months before that.
Answering an earlier post, it's hard to say what the cost difference for a regular pool would be. I didn't price gunite. An ICF pool would run 10 to 15 more. Fiberglass over that if I remember correctly. Lots of variables to consider. One like this would cost you in the low 70's if done in this area and with this contractor.

That looks awesome!

Very nice. Now, don't let the wife plant stuff close to the pool.

So, I passed the final inspection this morning. AP requires a self closing gate, a six foot fence and alarms on all doors and windows facing the enclosure. I had all that in place. The only problem I saw coming was that my access gate was hard to self close when 30mph winds blew. So I did all kind of scientific things trying to make it work. I built an opposite force panel to pivot the door closed. I put four spring hinges on the gate and also added another spring. I then added a wind block to keep the wind from hammering the open side of the gate. Proved to be unnecessary. Anyway, passed final. Good to go.

Who required all of that?

City Code.

Nice, did they not put any control joints in the decking ? If not I would saw cut some joints if it were my pool.

They did. Those pictures are before they made the cuts.

dd22s will look good in that.

Wow that was $70k?

worth it

What’s your record lap time?

That is always a relative presumption

No floating flamingo?