Pool, spa and outdoor living, Rockledge

A screened pool and raised spa on a travertine paver deck, with copper fire bowls spilling water into the pool, a stacked stone pergola bar and a full outdoor kitchen. The enclosure looks out over a golf course.

Freeform pool and raised spa under a screen enclosure with travertine paver deck and fire bowls, Rockledge

Scope: Outdoor living
Location: Rockledge
Interior: PMM Freestone, Azure
Completed: 2023

Before and after

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Back lawn behind the house before the pool was built, Rockledge

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The job

What we found

A backyard on a golf course with nothing in it. The owner did not want just a pool. He wanted the whole yard to be somewhere to spend time.

How we sequenced it

The pool and spa came first. Layout, excavation, steel, shotcrete, waterproofing on the shell, then plumbing, equipment and tile.

Then the rest of the yard was built around them: the paver deck, the outdoor kitchen, the lanai and the fire pit. Alfred Innovations, a separately licensed company, built the screen enclosure on the same schedule as the pool. One crew, one schedule. With the enclosure up, the interior went in — bond coat, PMM Freestone pebble in Azure, then an Orenda startup. Landscaping finished the site.

Where it landed

A full backyard rather than a pool with a deck around it. Somewhere to cook, sit by a fire, swim, and soak, with the golf course in view from the water. The owner is extremely happy — a resort in his backyard.

Mini excavator removing a tree ahead of the pool excavation, Rockledge

Mini excavator stripping turf where the pool will go, Rockledge

Excavator digging the pool with the layout boards still in place, Rockledge

Fresh shotcrete shell of the round raised spa, Rockledge

Pool shell in shotcrete with steps, bench and raised spa curing, Rockledge

Raised spa tiled in blue with travertine coping, pool shell behind, Rockledge

Travertine coping set on the pool shell before the deck goes down, Rockledge

Travertine paver deck being laid out from the spa toward the house, Rockledge

New interior finish and blue waterline tile, pool ready to fill, Rockledge

Footing and stub-ups set out for the outdoor kitchen beside the pool, Rockledge

Block walls of the outdoor kitchen rising behind the pool, Rockledge

Counter forms on the block kitchen and bar before the pergola goes up, Rockledge

First cedar post and beam of the pergola raised over the block bar, Rockledge

Cedar pergola rafters complete over the bar, golf course beyond, Rockledge

Pool and spa filled, fire bowl pedestals set and the pergola framing behind, Rockledge

Stacked stone veneer going onto the outdoor kitchen face, Rockledge

Equipment pad with filter, pump and valve manifold along the side of the house, Rockledge

Screen enclosure frame going up over the finished pool and pergola, Rockledge

Granite counters on the stacked stone outdoor kitchen, Rockledge

Lit fire bowls spilling water into the freeform pool at a Rockledge home

Lit fire bowl spilling water into the pool over blue tile, Rockledge

Freeform pool, raised spa and pergola bar under a screen enclosure overlooking the golf course, Rockledge

Two lit fire bowls spilling water into the freeform pool, Rockledge

Elevated view of the freeform pool, raised spa and pergola bar with the golf course beyond, Rockledge

Freeform pool with raised spa, pergola bar and fire bowls under a screen enclosure overlooking a golf course, Rockledge

Freeform pool and raised spa with jets running, seen across the travertine deck, Rockledge

Round raised spa spilling into a freeform pool with travertine paver deck, Rockledge

Round raised spa with travertine coping and blue tile beside the freeform pool, Rockledge

Raised spa beside a stacked stone pergola bar under the screen enclosure, Rockledge

Poolside dining table and travertine deck with the golf course beyond the screen enclosure, Rockledge

Paver fire pit and lounge seating on the travertine deck beside the pool and spa, Rockledge

Raised spa spilling into the pool over blue tile with travertine coping, Rockledge

Raised spa with jets running beside a spilling fire bowl, Rockledge

Spa jets running with a fire bowl spilling into the pool behind, Rockledge

Spa dam wall spilling into the pool with a fire bowl beyond, Rockledge

Water sheeting over the spa dam wall between travertine coping returns, Rockledge

Outdoor kitchen with stainless grills, granite counters and stacked stone beside the pool, Rockledge

Paired copper fire bowls spilling water into the pool from blue-tiled pedestals, Rockledge

Copper fire bowl spilling water into the pool from a blue-tiled pedestal, Rockledge

Lit paver fire pit ringed by chairs on the travertine deck overlooking the golf course, Rockledge

Fire bowl on a blue-tiled pedestal at the pool edge with loungers and golf course beyond, Rockledge

Paver fire pit burning on the travertine deck under the screen enclosure, Rockledge

Gas fire pit lit on the paver deck inside the enclosure, Rockledge

What went in

InteriorPMM Freestone, Azure · new pool construction

Questions we get on this kind of job

How long does a pool renovation take?

It depends on scope, permitting, weather, and material lead times. A builder who quotes a day count before seeing your shell is guessing. What you should expect is a dated schedule before work starts, and that is what we give you.

Why does coping go on before waterline tile?

Setting coping first means the tile band is only cut once, and it lets the waterproofing run continuously behind both. Tiling first forces a second cut and leaves a break in the waterproofing at the joint most exposed to sun and pool chemistry.

When do I pay?

Milestone billing. Each stage of the schedule triggers its own invoice, and a stage is only billed once it's complete. Nothing is billed ahead of the work.

Thinking about a pool like this one?

Luke walks it himself and prices it line-item by trade. You'll have a dated schedule before anything comes apart.

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