Thread: Pool Plans

Originally Posted by JPPR2

and he said they are flying over to our place to spend their honeymoon.

They will love the first two weeks....






























sorry

Originally Posted by aging one

They will love the first two weeks....






























sorry

They will come after the travel bans have ceased AO. No plans for at least a year I'd venture to guess. I have quite a few friends that had plans dashed after the virus hit, My wife and I included.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

. I have quite a few friends that had plans dashed after the virus hit, My wife and I included.

I read today we wont get the vaccine until May it seems. I dont know when the hell we can get back to the states and see loved ones.

Originally Posted by aging one

I read today we wont get the vaccine until May it seems. I dont know when the hell we can get back to the states and see loved ones.

I know. I haven't seen my youngest daughters new place and been to the hospital she is working at yet. My parents are holed up in Napa and my mom said she hasn't left the property in 7 months. I haven't seen a colleague from the company I work for in almost a year.

The things that's a huge unknown is that if you read about the "vaccine" it is more like a flu shot. I think many will get the shot and then think its all gone and they are immune. WAY to early to feel any confidence of that. I am saying another year before I travel back to the states. Hopefully Next December.

Originally Posted by aging one

I read today we wont get the vaccine until May it seems.

That is an awfully long time off if it is true. The governor of Washington just announced that the state will get it's initial delivery of the vaccine in two weeks. Of course the first people to get it will be medical personnel and nursing homes.

So I decided that I wanted to take a break off for the Thai holiday weekend. We had some family over Friday night and they stayed until today and I just wanted a bit of peace and quiet and some swim time. Was great having the family over.

Anyway, back at it this Am with Uncle



Measured up all the decking support grid we need and went and got the galvanized steel and tubing.


Just as a side note, After we checked on height from pool surface to cement deck area and then the retaining wall area we have some "massaging" to do to get the deck nice and level. Shouldn't be a problem but will have to custom fit the decking as we install in a few areas. Its not bad just many height variables and the pool has some minor high and low spots as well.

Well its been a hole digging, metal fabrication day and half. Of course my time is diminished again as work is back in session. 4 day work week though . I can only take part in the build early am and again later afternoon.



We all took turns cutting that slot nearly in nearly 40 tubes. Blades do not last long. The bottom of the tubes have welded bar across like and "X" that sinks in the cement to stop them from potentially rotating



We have some big ass gophers around these parts. I didn't have to dig any holes this time around



Cross bars drop in the slot and with a sample of the composite decking in place, are welded to have them level with the pool and the cement deck.

Weather is perfect here. 14c in morning, 24c afternoon and exceptionally low humidity.

Few pics from late yesterday on the deck. Was laying out decking for design ideas

Originally Posted by JPPR2

Few pics from late yesterday on the deck. Was laying out decking for design ideas

JPPR2
Couldn't you get the planks long enough to cover the width along the side of the pool in one piece?

I would use the offset design shown above if it were up to me.

Can you post a close up picture of the X pieces you said you put under the cross beams after they are slotted into the support posts?
I am keen to see exactly what you mean and a picture is definitely worth a 1000 words.

Looking good by the way looking forward to the end result.

Originally Posted by ootai

Couldn't you get the planks long enough to cover the width along the side of the pool in one piece?

This is one of the drawbacks of the composite decking is the length availability options. I would venture to guess its due to the extrusion process.

Originally Posted by ootai

I would use the offset design shown above if it were up to me.

Yeah we played with 3 or 4 ideas, the off set design looks nice and is far more structurally sound.

Originally Posted by ootai

Can you post a close up picture of the X pieces you said you put under the cross beams after they are slotted into the support posts?

Will do, we have to make a few more today

Originally Posted by JPPR2

This is one of the drawbacks of the composite decking

It certainly looks a lot more cool than conwood, though.

I'm guessing it's a lot more expensive too.

I was thinking your pool would be raised somewhat...not at ground level.

I hope those tortoise learn to stay away, and it's a good job you don't have a cat.

Originally Posted by JPPR2

JPPR2
In the picture above, have you thought about using a plank of a different colour (sorry for the spelling) for the short bits on the outer edge nearest to the house I think it would make it more interesting, just a thought?

Originally Posted by cyrille

It certainly looks a lot more cool than conwood, though.

I'm guessing it's a lot more expensive too.

I was thinking your pool would be raised somewhat...not at ground level.

I hope those tortoise learn to stay away, and it's a good job you don't have a cat.

We didn't price Conwood as the durability reviews were not that good so I cannot say on price.

The pool sits 30cm above ground but the composite wood deck will sit level to the cement deck on the far side and at the house side. We are going to put decorator planting pots along the house side spaced close enough to keep the Tortoises from accessing the area albeit Tortoises are very keen on sensing edges that could lead them to falling into something. I doubt they would ever fall in.



This is the one we call Monster. He is the dominate Male. He weighs 30+kgs and can be a bulldozer when he wants to be. He has a really funny personality as he walks around the entire property all day and will come right up to anything you are doing and just stop and stare at you. I was going to get him some welding goggles and put him to work. . He flips the other 2 males we have over with ease. We are alerted of the event by our Golden Retriever. She starts barking that Monster has flipped a tortoise on its back.

Originally Posted by ootai

JPPR2
In the picture above, have you thought about using a plank of a different colour (sorry for the spelling) for the short bits on the outer edge nearest to the house I think it would make it more interesting, just a thought?

Thanks for suggestion ootai. We really wanted a "Wood" appearance and with the pebble tech surface (as seen in the picture) it looks nice on the transition. If we added another color it would probably make for a very "Busy" color scheme.

Frankly speaking, we really wanted to do the entire area in the composite wood but after looking at some computer modeling it would simply be too much wood look coupled with we want to add potted plants and pool furniture and I have no real confidence that the composite wood can sustain a lot of weight for extended periods of time. Also the price would have been extremely high.

Deck plank install has commenced. Had a few early on issues. The company sells the clips but not the screws oddly enough. We went and found some but the end bracket that holds the first plank in place the bracket is not counterbored so the screw will sit flush causing the first plank to sit high. We just welded them in place. The rest are no problem





We will finish both sides all the way to the far end of pool and see if we have enough planks and if so, how far to make the supporting grid outward.

Well today was a bit of a party. We had my uncle and Boon over working on the decking and Thanarat and a few helpers to finish up the painting. I was stuck working but they all did their deal and at 5:30 I cracked open a good US bourbon and we laughed and joked. Bottle gone!!! Plan is for a big Songkran party at our place to thank them all for not only being our friends but the quality work they have done. I got out my Mavic and took a few pic




Still have some decking to do but looks GREAT







Decking and paint

Damn that looks good JP.

Looks great and very professional!

Originally Posted by bsnub

Damn that looks good JP.

Originally Posted by CalEden

Looks great and very professional!

Thanks. It has been a fun project and a lot of work but it is all starting to come together now. Still more to do. Have to finish off decking, then move Jacuzzi, move Sala to end of deck and integrate it and finish the pool pump and filter room. Then plant the palms around and then have a party. Hoping to pull it all off by New Years

By the way color and texture is same as my deck!

Looks amazing! Many good days & nights will be had there!

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

Looks amazing! Many good days & nights will be had there!

Thanks KW, Its almost done.

After some careful maneuvering and some good laughs we got the Jacuzzi to its location. I got it all wired in, cleaned and scrubbed and water added.



Houston, we have a jacuzzi up and running. Took some valve "back and forths" to get one pump primed but all OK.



Fits nicely where we planned


While I got the Jacuzzi up and running, Uncle and Boon finished up last section of deck metal framing and we had a good hour session on "Do we have enough decking planks or not". It was a funny dialogue, I measured and counted planks, Boon did same, my wife did too. All came up with different totals on how many we need (albeit only a plank or 2 off ). It appears that my ordering of 10 extra planks might be the difference. I wanted 10 or so extra to keep in case something happened. Shipping a small qty from BKK is cost prohibitive. But I will pick a few up on my next trip down for work.

After deck completion comes the Sala move and integration into the deck.

Looks great. What's the pool temp like at the moment? Tried a swim yesterday but it was ruddy freezing.