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Originally Posted by JavaBrewer
Not your best post Tabs. The view (and the pool) suck.
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I be owner bhuilder, that ain't me, but a relative who now owes me money...
To put that pool in required moving 200 cubic yards of dirt and rock, as it was all slope. It took 4 days with a Bull Dozer. The footings for the 240 feet of Retaining walls was about 65 yards of concrete. The Retainer in back of the pool was 104 feet of 5 foot and about 30 feet of 6 foot Retaining wall which all required engineering. The Garden Wall at the top was 200 feet. The pool took about 55 yards of Gunite with the rebar set 4 inches on center(as it acts as a Retaining Wall) The bottom of the pool against the slope is 18 inches thick..all of which required engineering.
That statue was Bronze and about 5K at the time, there were 6 Copper Lions Heads that poured water. The Ballustrated Railing was 60 feet, and cost about 7K for material alone which also included 3 columns and precast steps up to the pool. I ran 3 Whisper Flow pumps..had Commercial grade Electrical Sub panel. The Custom Coping was 4K, later one of the Lakers decided to use the same Coping. The Tile was about 3500. Those are 1990's prices...
The comment from a friend after she saw the pool was, "You always wanted to be a Caesar didn't you.' It is a very formal pool.