When the pool builder returned from the weekend, first thing Monday morning he was at my door with the concrete contractor asking me what I wanted to do about the cracked coping. After discussing the options, the concrete contractor suggested he remove the cracked coping sections and replace them. Monday morning they were replaced. The pool builder was worried they would be off in color and the coping would look mismatched and hodgepodged. The concrete contractor was more confident he could match the color. There was one section of coping the concrete contractor was worried would get worse- next to the spa spillway and he thought that should be removed. Since he was removing one section, I decided to have all sections removed.
Coping cut out:
A total of 5 sections were removed.
New coping drying- two sections in the spa area were removed.
Coping almost dry- pretty good match.
Two sections of coping at the end of the pool were removed as well. Again, color matches pretty well.
Preparing for equipment wall.
Picking tile. These are all National Pool Tile tiles. I am waiting on samples from Classic Pool Tile, it seems there are no distributors closer than the Georgia homebase.
One of the best of the Classic Pool Tile tiles. When next to the coping, however, the tile makes the coping look yellow.
Pool equipment wall. It will be stuccoed once it is finished to match the house.
Retaining wall going in. The whole back retaining wall will get a color coat to freshen it up.
Equipment wall. Dead cherry tree. I had it moved but it didn't make it. Moved it at the wrong time of year, I suppose. Too hot.
I am now trying to decide on decking. I believe I am going to go with Belgard Pavers, the new Catalina Slate. They aren't too expensive (almost half other types of Belgard pavers) and they are nice looking. I initially thought I was going to go with Montecito color; however, after getting some samples next to the coping, Montecito is way too bland for my pool. I think a darker color like Toscana or Bella would draw more attention the Mt. Moriah stone on the raised bond beam and spa. Shown below are Bergerac pavers, the only sample board I caught on photo. Toscana is upper left hand corner, Bella is middle right hand side.
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