New Pool Build in Sugar Land, TX (SW Houston)
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Comments (7)I had the same problem a year ago. I found a couple who might be interested if they could sell you enough stuff you didn't know you wanted, change your equipment etc. Others will either not answer the phone or not get back to you. Most of the focus is on new pool work. Check out Pool Works (aka Houston Pool Renovations) at the website below. If nothing changes tomorrow, we'll be finalizing plans for them to start our pool next week (tile and plaster). They off the beltway near 290 -- closer to you than they are to me up in The Woodlands, so I doubt location will be an issue. I was first referred to them by the guy who services our pool equipment. I'm told they do plaster work for Wise Pools and Texas Pools -- two long-time builders of top notch pools up this way. They use a lot of Wet Edge finishes (we are looking at Luna Quartz) but that have several other lines available. They've been in business since 1991 and they tell me they do 1200 pools year. From my discussions with them, I know they can do the plaster, tile, coping and deck but you would need to check with them on the structural changes to the pool. I'll be surprised if they can't help you. I hope that helps. I remember how frustrated I was last year....See MoreSugar Land Pool Remodel-Please HELP!
Comments (28)Yes, Express Pool Plastering does work in Sugarland. There is some aversion to doing work in Sugarland by some contractors because the city can be a pain in the neck to deal with. This IS the busy season for pool builders, but a PB should still be responsive and return calls promptly. I am guilty of not checking this forum as often as I should, but I am still here and ready to offer advice, help or whatever. If you are in the Houston area, here are a couple of things to keep in mind: PebbleTec can only be applied by two companies here - Modern Method and Adams Pool Plastering. They have been trained and certified in the application. No one else can offer you PebbleTec. Pebble Tec has 3 products: PebbleTec, Pebble Sheen and Pebble Fina. The first 2 have a ten year warranty and are very good products, although the most expensive choice. PebbleTec are larger pebbles. Pebble Sheen is smaller pebbles that are buffed to a smoother finish. Pebble Fina is has a 5 yr warranty and has pebble "dust" rather than pebbles. Some PBs will tell you they are giving you PebbleTec, but it is actually one of the other products out there that sprung up after PebbleTec. WetEdge Technologies is an offspring of PebbleTec and is similar. WetEdge has Primera Stone, Pearl Matrix (large pebbles), Satin Matrix (small pebbles), Altima and Luna Quartz. This product also is applied by only certified technicians. In Houston, those authorized applicators are Express Pool Plastering, UNO plastering and one other that escapes me at the moment. Wet Edge is less expensive than PebbleTec. There is one major PB in Houston and some others that are including a white pebble plaster applied by UNO. UNO is a good company, but this pebble is actually applied like a quartz product and not the same as a true Satin Matrix. It is mixed and applied differently. I don't know how it holds up and have nothing negative to say about it except to warn that it is not the same as the real thing. Anytime your PB offers you a plaster with their company name in it, you can probably be sure it is some special mix to get the price down to the PB. Diamond Brite is good, but expensive. I don't care for Quartzscapes because it is mixed onsite (unlike Diamond brite which comes premixed) and I have found the color to be inconsistent. It is a lot cheaper than Diamond Brite. My opinion only......See MoreCen Cali Pool Build
Comments (44)Polishing starts the following day! The pebble surface is pretty hard after just a day. These wet polishers required noisy high pressure generators to work. Five Mario brothers and four generators, a pump to get the water out of the deep end, and you can't hear a single thing other than the din of motors and water. When they were done polishing (took the whole day), they started the water to fill the pool! There's little water pressure in the house when both hoses are running into the pool. We had to shut off a hose whenever we needed to take a shower or cook in the kitchen. All kinds of leaves were already blown into the half-filled pool from the wind and rain storm. We used our new pool toy to skim the leaves off the surface. Unfortunately, we filled the pool knowing we had to drain it again. The polishing scratched up all the glass step diamonds as well as the medallion. The pool finishing company agreed to replace all of the Lightstream glass tiles and some of the really badly scratched pieces on the medallion at no cost to me (well, except for the electricity to pump the water out, and also the cost of the water itself). But the custom pieces would take a week or more to make and Thanksgiving holidays was smack-dab in the middle of it. :(...See Morehoustonmac
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14 years agoJust some lines on the ground, approved by the inspector this morning. Confused by the two colors? Ran out of blue marking paint due to my being picky! Not shown is the sunshelf near the house adjacent to the spa. We'll frame everything in new decking (680 sq ft) with rainbow pea gravel trimmed in flagstone, with two decorative flagstone inlays. (Better pictures once the action starts - I promise) Rains coming so will probably dig on Friday, steel on Saturday, Gunite by Tuesday.
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14 years agoThe rain is gone. Saturday morning at 8AM everything started. Open up the fence, walk the layout with Kelly and the excavation crew, then the first shovel. I never believed they would get all the way through digging AND steel in ONE DAY!
Supervisors on the job, keeping an eye on everything!
The first shovel:
Looks like a pool?
Steel workers were amazing - don't blink or you'll miss something
Finally, at 5 pm, jsuat after 9 hours, we are done for the day. Almost ready for next inspection - just need drains in place.
Gunite set for Tuesday - picking tiles and stones with Kelly tomorrow!huskyridor
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14 years agoPool Build Pics - Day 3
Kelly and crew came out today in the pouring rain to put in the drains and rough plumbing - at least a couple of inches of rain and more than a foot of water in the "deep end" before they pumped it out. They plumbed the spa, and passed inspection all ahead of gunite for tomorrow. We felt so bad for them in the cold, wind and rain, but they were in great spirits. We grilled some chicken and stuff to give something warm to eat while joking about the weather. Gunite crew expected 6:30 AM tomorrow - amazing!
Kelly and son working on the spa
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14 years agoLots of activity yesterday (Tuesday 10/27) and today. Gunite crew spent the day, and worked under the lights at night to finish. Very impressed. Now it looks like a pool. Equipment installed and plumbing just about complete - ahead of the next big rainstorm due in tomorrow. At least I won't have to water the gunite tomorrow (at 5:30 AM before I go to work). Everything is going like clockwork - I hope I don't jinx us - we may have a pool in just three more weeks (then scrub, the salt 35 days later....) Just want to jump into the spa
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14 years agoWay overdue on pics. Things were slow for awhile as gunite was curing. But then everything started happening so quickly. Had to change tile on the fly as our choice was not in stock - pretty common complaint on the forum, but found a nice colorful Buenas 244 from Master Tile. Then came the rock work with an absolutely amazing grotto. Deck passed inspection and was poured all in one day. Now everything is ready for the Blue Granite PebbleSheen scheduled for Tuesday. Really could not be more pleased. Here are some pics of what really looks like a pool!
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14 years agoSome more pics for those members kind enough to follow our pool build. Almost done! Today was PebbleSheen application - Blue Granite, and it looks great (even before they come back to wash and polish). We ended up putting in another Kelly Simpson "Star" on our splash deck, and it fits with our combination "Texas/Tropical" theme! Hope to have pics full by the weekend - too bad it was 45 degrees in Houston this morning!
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