So far: kid has picked a tile for the water line that has a detail that matches the gingerbread on the front of the house and everyone loves. We are trying to match the edge to our Angeles paver border and will probably need to find "ledger" stone for the elevated section that is the spa with 18" rise and a spill over into the pool. We went with a big integrated jet to make it like an endless pool.
First challenge was discovering a block on permits because of a city mix up with whether our gate had been permitted. Husband says he called the city like 17 times to get that straightened out and moved forward. He thinks they vindictively then questioned whether the AC unit in the plan that we put in in 2013 was permitted. We have the contract with the HVAC that said they would pull permits if necessary, but no actual documentation of the permit itself. We'll see what the city wants in order to move forward...
I learned that the plaster needs to cure completely done with water in it for about a month which would make it swimable in February if the timeline stays on track.
1/24/23: pool has cleared its final inspection. Peppa advent calendar has turned into a countdown to swimming calendar.
Trying to work out the resource inputs of this and ongoing maintenance and if we can end up semi-neutral by cutting back in other areas (i.e. less ongoing a/c or whole house heating).
15'x20' with 3' shallow end and a 6' deep implies 10,800 gallons.
-how much did it cost to fill?
-how much will it cost to keep filled (evaporation, water changes)
-how much does it cost to heat with natural gas? with pool water used for solar panel cooling?
-how much electricity does it use? how much does the swim jet use?
3/11 completed! swam for 30 mins at the 1050 setting. Now to find a garmin metric that is meaningful without using the wall turns to calculate distance...
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