On the heels of last years epic renovations – Pool, Lenai, Driveway, Retaining Walls and Front Lawn and Irrigation system, we’ve embarked upon a less ambitious project to address the area behind the Lenai which comprises the bulk of our back yard. This time we’re working with Brian Plett of Blaydes Landscaping. He is local … Continue reading Building out the Backyard 01
After a few months of going around with Endless Pools and the folks at DesJoyaux, the DesJoyaux folks hit upon a workaround if not a solution for my issue with the handle on my Fastlane turning a black color. As you can see from this “Before” picture the handle (and portions of the stainless steel … Continue reading Fastlane Stained Stainless Steel handle – a small miracle
It took a while to decide what we wanted to do with our lawn after the pool / patio project. The original lawn had heave issues, scarring from a water main replacement and was generally a mish-mash of unhappy fescue, crab crass, creeping Charlie and dead spots. Having a mini mountain of earth piled on … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 33 – Landscaping
Been in the pool 3 times already today. Chore – pool – lunch – pool – chore – pool I can certainly get used to this. Summer is certainly the most satisfying season IMHO
It took us a long time to find something we were going to be satisfied with for the far side of the pool enclosure. We wanted something that would accent the rock wall face without glaring back at the house where we would be sitting most of the time. Some challenges included the fact that … Continue reading Lights installed on far side of Lanai
As a follow on to this, Mat at Pool Tech let me know that Zodiac has since released a fix to correct the concern above so that you are able to trust “Service Mode”. I do not know if they received any other notifications other than mine (via Pool Tech and via my own mailing … Continue reading Zodiac iAqualink items – Response from Zodiac
It’s pretty difficult to find a contact email address for Zodiac USA. All I can find on their site is one of those moderately useful forms. So I’m going to post this message here on my blog and then send them a link. Dear Zodiac, As the new owner of an iAqualink I have … Continue reading Zodiac iAqualink Concern, Issues and Suggestions
We are down to a couple of punch lists. I need to sit down and do a final reckoning and accounting for this project. Hopefully that will be of use to anybody else thinking of embarking on a similar voyage. Our salt system is not yet functioning – this should be rectified on Monday as … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 32 – Usable, final punch lists outstanding
I was out inspecting the pool (hopefully the final fill up is in progress) when the storm weather came in. That hail was pretty vigorous. The Lanai screening seemed to handle it like a champ, but I’m sure there will be houses in the neighborhood that will need their roofs replaced. You can see the … Continue reading Yep, that’s a whole bunch of hail all right..
This post comprises 3 working days on the project. The first and last days were too small for me to want to post separately about them and they are all related. On Friday (April 27) the driveway leveling was completed using the bobcat which was also used to tamp it down. One of this project’s … Continue reading 2012 Home Renovations – Part 30 – Driveway Prepped and Poured
