Beach Entry Pool.....Cool Feature or Gimmick? (Mart: trailer, double)

[ottc777]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

One more piece of advise, have them put lots of the umbrella sleeves around the pool on the west and south sides. Toward the later half of a Houston summer day, it's nice having a few umbrellas place big shadows on the water. They cost next to nothing and it's easier to just leave the cover over the hole than to have someone come out and drill and sleeve new holes.

agree. we got some on the deck but wished we put some in the water on a step but they had already poured the gunite.

[katydogs1]

One thing our builder was telling us about is; you always under estimate the amount of decking you will want. Basically the only grass we will have is the easement. Makes for a very quick mow.

[mikeyyc]

Originally Posted by toyyot

i can't quite picture this, can you provide?? Sounds interesting...

I like the beach entry idea, if i put in a pool and had the space i'd definitely look at this.

Here you go;

[katydogs1]

Originally Posted by mikeyyc

Here you go;

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Good looking pool

[ToyYot]

Originally Posted by mikeyyc

Here you go;

Attachment 147723

Nice!

[mikeyyc]

Thanks.

The two little white things along the back wall are the fan sprays. They put out a fan of water about 10' across and 5' high (variable with a valve) that keep the pool comfortable in the summer months. They were only about $100 to add too. They'll drop the water temperature by close to 10 degrees.

[mikeyyc]

Originally Posted by katydogs1

One thing our builder was telling us about is; you always under estimate the amount of decking you will want. Basically the only grass we will have is the easement. Makes for a very quick mow.

Totally agree. It's expensive, but get as much as you can.

[PedroMartinez]

Originally Posted by katydogs1

One thing our builder was telling us about is; you always under estimate the amount of decking you will want. Basically the only grass we will have is the easement. Makes for a very quick mow.

Definitely, and a great point.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by PedroMartinez

One more piece of advise, have them put lots of the umbrella sleeves around the pool on the west and south sides. Toward the later half of a Houston summer day, it's nice having a few umbrellas place big shadows on the water. They cost next to nothing and it's easier to just leave the cover over the hole than to have someone come out and drill and sleeve new holes.

When we had our pool remodeled we added 3 sleeves, two on the deck and on on the step entry. I really wish we would have added more in the pool. Each corner of the pool has a bench and it would be nice to have more options with the umbrellas while watching tv all day outside.

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After

[froglipz]

Unless you have a very long pool, the beach entry eats up a lot of the pool area and you end up not having very much swim area.