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joe dirt

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  1. ours is shotcrete. from my understanding, it’s just a different way to get the same cement mixed and set. we’re 2 weeks past coping, stone and plumbing completion and still waiting on decking. the recent rain hasn’t helped but fuuuuuck. we’re like 5 weeks behind schedule at this point.
  2. they started on coping today and dropped off a bunch stone. it’s nice to see things actually happening now. our builder told us yesterday that his plaster guy no longer installs quartzscape, so we’re getting something called microfusion for the same cost. in my 3 second googlings, i see it’s mini pebble and i’m surprised we’re not being charged additional for it.
  3. it hasn’t gotten worse, so i’m just gonna take that as a win haha. we’re probably a month away from repairing the sprinklers and laying new sod. i kind of want to scalp the existing and see if i can get it to green up before then.
  4. man i hope not. he said he hasn’t had any delays ordering equipment or tile so fingers crossed. i ordered a dolphin a30 robot from here on wednesday and it delivered this morning. $899 shipped, while the polaris 280 and dedicated booster pump i removed would’ve cost $1100*. it’s not much in the grand scheme of the total build cost, but i still feel like i won haha.
  5. finally got our motherfuckin gunite today. i gotta water this bitch down a bunch over the next week while lady dirt decides on tile and stone. builder says eta is still 4-5 weeks to completion, but it’s good to finally see progress!
  6. 3 weeks since rebar and still no gunite. builder told us he expected it to happen “very early this week”. 😒 not sure why they can’t trench and lay the rest of the plumbing and other shit while we’re waiting. after the weekend rain, the hole held some water for a few days. a little frog was in there living it up. fucker got to be the first to swim in our pool.
  7. we started on a pool build in july and my sprinklers have been off ever since. i’ve been using an impulse sprinkler and hand watering a total of 2 hr/wk. i’ve used my usual milorganite and added hydretain for good measure but it looks like i’m losing the battle to keep it alive. could it be from stress where the skid steer tore shit up? overwatering? underwatering? this is my 6th summer here and the first time it hasn’t been deep green in august
  8. so i’ve heard. i’m just hoping i’m one that’s already booked before oct haha. talked to the builder this morning and he seems to think we can get it done by end of wk next wk. 😒
  9. badass! we’re nearing two weeks now since rebar and rough in plumbing. builder said we were on the schedule for gunite this week, but tmrw is friday and not a fuckin peep.
  10. what are you talking about? he blocked travel from jyna thereby saving millions of lives. some say billions.
  11. how’s everything going? they just did rebar and rough ins for ours this week. waiting on inspection and then gunite. no idea on timelines yet.
  12. this bitchass is really taking a victory lap over other countries having covid breakouts?
  13. it’s hard to believe this dipshit is our president. it’s even harder to believe he conned 40% of the country into joining his cult. wtf.
  14. maybe blind rage at the fact that donald fucking trump is our prez has caused me to overlook this for 3.5 years, but this motherfucker right here looks like cotton hill.
  15. excavation started today. lady dirt’s on a real timeline to choose tile and shit now.
  16. scrubbing the waterline is a big reason why i removed the 280 and booster from the build in favor of a robot.
  17. yep, we’re at the 130/45 split east of costco. our builder has 3 other pools going in right now in our hood. 1 ahead of us and 2 behind us. what type of plaster are y’all getting? we’re currently set to get quartzscapes in tahoe blue. we was at my bro’s up in dallas this weekend and they have pebbletec. my kids complained that it’s a bit rough. we’ll see how the quartz feels.
  18. been a month since we signed the contract and we’re still waiting for city of derkaville permits. our hoa won’t even review the plans until the permits are complete, so who knows when we’ll get this mofo started. in the month of waiting, we started back on the decking debate, and it’s looking likely that lady dirt will be getting her travertine. i never win, only try to postpone the inevitable long enough. in this case, permitting taking this long is what’s getting me. fml. we also realized we had no fucking benches in the design, so we’ll have a call in with the builder tmrw to add a few. also going to have him remove the dedicated suction and polaris 280 cleaner. i’ll be going with a dolphin robot or similar.
  19. ended up going with jandy equipment including variable speed pump. 🤘🏽 signing the contract today. too much to hope for a late august swim? our builder brought over samples of the koolcote stamped overlay. it has a weird, shiny topcoat to it that makes it look wet at all times. that plus the $5k premium made it an instant no go. the travertine decking was a $7k premium, so no go on that either. we debated over brushed concrete, salt finish concrete and koolcote knockdown textured. ultimately decided on koolcote for the reasons your pool guy gave you. we’ll be covering the existing patio with it as well.
  20. i don’t know a whole lot about it, but apparently the model gateway i have can’t be put in bridge mode only dmz+ mode or some such. so i followed some gateway specific instructions i found on at&t’s forums to do dmz and also turned off the wifi signals. guess i’ll grab me a new cable tmrw and see what happens. at this point with as much time as i’m wasting, it’s probably diminishing returns. but goddammit i’m paying for it so i want to see it. as an aside, the next tier down is 300mbps at the same price as the gig service.
  21. new gateway is installed and orbi is connected. exactly zero change, so 300-350 from the orbi, 500s from gateway to orbi. i would think i’d be seeing much more from gateway to orbi. bc there’s no change with the replaced gateway, could it be as simple as needing a better cable?
  22. their current offer is $55/mo forever for 1gb unltd data which is tempting, since i wouldn’t have to call every year to extend promos. i called at&t yesterday and had a new (to me anyway) gateway delivered today. i asked for a specific model and was assured that’s what it’d get. instead, they sent me the same model as the one i’m exchanging. we’ll see what happens but after having uverse for like 10 years, i’m close to switching. gives me a chance to finally cut the cord too.
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