Curious why you didn't match the roofing to the house? Cost? Ease of installation?

all of the above, we wanted fast and cheap and once everything is done, you will only see a little bit of it from the street,

We got the siding up on both sides and the battens on one side





yesterday we installed the can lights for the front, along with an outlet (for holiday lighting) and then installed the soffits, the little white discs are vents





we hope to get the siding on the front and back today so we can start tile and paint

Great progress Casey! It's going to truly be a backyard Oasis!

when it's completed hope you get some down time and enjoy it before another project.

got more work done today, siding on the front and back + some more wiring on the inside



The gray section is concrete backer board for the tile shower wall



Here are the colors we are painting the exterior

not pool related, but still might be found interesting

The local nursery was having a sale on Mexican Fan Palms (Washingtonia Robusta), they are naturalized here and are found growing everywhere, even without much water

anyway I bought four of them and planted them in the front yard.

I got some of the electrical done this week, I installed some conduit and outlets on the west side of the pool house





Then I installed and wired the can lights on the inside



Today we plan on getting the insulation and drywall onto the ceiling. We have to do it now, so we are ready when the garage door arrives, after that we will finish the siding

We got the insulation installed



and the drywall installed



then we began framing the interior wall

this weekend we got the ceiling ready for paint





We also finished the siding/trim on the front side

Your caulk's a little short.

my wife is the caulk handler

Big update, I should preface this with some info, my buddy, the retired contractor had his #1 guy, come down for the summer (probably rest of the year) to work with us, so progress is going to move much faster, inversely proportionate to my bank account.....

Anyway we got a lot done this weekend.

Thursday we built the forms for the next two concrete pads, one for shade, one for sun





Friday we had concrete delivered







The rebar is for the sonotubes that will form the columns to hold up the shade roof

Saturday we relocated one of the mature palm trees on the property, just moved it about 25 feet, still took us several hours





before and after comparison





Sunday I finished up the wiring in the pool house, then cleaned up the work area and we relocated the hot tub





then I spent the afternoon working on the inside of the pool house, I got the can lights installed, the equipment room insulated and wall sheathing up (just bare OSB) and installed the door. I then installed some LED tube lighting in the equipment room.

Then I started on the outside wall (side that faces the pool) as I need to have it ready for the garage door which will be installed soon. We are using pallet wood along with some store bought wood that is stained or painted.




this week we begin digging and building the forms for the wall footing around the east and north sides of the pool enclosure. Then we will fill the wall with concrete and the columns for the shade structure

Very cool!

That’s coming along nicely!

Fun to watch the progress!

another big update

We got some more work done on another one of the walls. It is difficult finding the right size wood to match up, like playing tetris



Saturday morning, I got up early and pulled wire for walkway lights, 12V LED, use almost no power (3 watts I think). Anyway, I used direct burial wire, but put it in PVC anyway. I put the plastic along the wall because I may plant bamboo here and I don't want it trying to grow into the wall or under the footing/pad



Sunday we started digging the trench for the footing for the wall





the John Deere underground pipe locater did a good job of finding more irrigation pipe.....I guess I am keeping the plumbing industry alive



We also moved everything into the pool house to get the layout of the cabinets figured out



I also purchased my stereo system for the pool house, I was looking for something sub $200 that had bluetooth and MP3 capability, this will do everything you can think of except receive satellite radio (but I can stream that from my phone or laptop)