New pool underway (with pics)!!
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Pics of new pool in Austin, TX
Comments (6)Oh yeah, nobody ever includes how much they paid. Well I will, because potential pool buyers want to know what their $$$ will look like. The pool builder is Texas Pools & Patios in Austin, TX. Total cost for everything above except that in "coming soon", with some good negotiating, including a gas line from another contractor, was $53K. The one thing I will tell you is I MADE SURE to get "Rock Excavation" included (they pay). Reason being, this is Austin, and most of my ground was pure rock. Seriously. It took 7 long days of excavation, and they probably hauled off about 2000 cubic feet of rock. The contract shows how much I would have been charged if I did not negotiate that up front... $20/cubic foot x 2000 = $40,000 extra. SO CHECK YOUR CONTRACT BEFORE SIGNING IF YOU HAVE ROCK IN YOUR BACKYARD! The palapa is being made by Texas Palapas. It's all hand-made and consists of 6" Juniper Ashe Cedar Posts at 8x10 spacing, and Woven Thatch roofing. They quoted me a little under $3000 installed. This is a deal considering most Palapa kits (would have to install myself) I've seen are screw-together, cost almost as much, and since they are not in or near Austin, are asking $1000+ for shipping due to the weight. NO THANKS! I'll take TexasPalapas.com anyday! Don, the owner, is a great guy and has hundreds of his Palapas installed all over the place. The outdoor kitchen will probably have me headed for the poor house so I might just stick with a Weber Jr. for now.. :) Palm trees and assorted plants, not to mention another 2000 sq ft of sod, will probably run me another $5K.. So overall, this backyard will run me like $65K when it's all said and done. But that's a small price to pay for a HOME IMPROVEMENT which I will get YEARS OF ENJOYMENT from. 3 short vacations in Cancun, Hawaii, & The Bahamas will probably cost my family of 3 the same, so I figure I might as well get this every day of the year right in my own backyard!...See MoreNew L-Shaped Pool in Mississippi (with pics)
Comments (23)Very pretty blue. Looks to me like MasterTile Venetian series in my catalog, which (I think) is the Bellagio series online, in Indigo. It even looks like something I might want. Must be that the sample my designer had was seriously off-color or looks more "stone" in real life than I was wanting. Not sure why that tile's not in my lineup....See MoreNew Pool Pics - Atlanta, GA
Comments (8)Nice looking pool. Question about the TV... Is that something you bring out to watch, then bring back inside when you are done? Or do you have some sort of waterproofing? We got a projector with plans to project onto something while in the pool, but don't yet have something good to project on that works when it is not night time......See Morenew pool build w/ pics
Comments (8)Looks great -- please keep us updated. I'm planning to build a rectangular pool with interesting angles and a baja shelf. On that note, how large and deep is your shelf?...See Morejillyjax
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