I would say that about 10% of homes have pools in the ocean neighborhoods. Not a lot of pools because lots get really small the closer you get to the ocean. Most people go to the beaches but parking is an issue in the summer. People who do have pools hardly use them. They are too cold for us wimps in fall and winter
San Diego has large public parks along all of the bays. More than any other City with lots of waterfront. Most people from inland go to the parks along Mission Bay and San Diego harbor, sit under trees and tents and wade into the water. Plenty of parking
No community pools and maybe only a couple of clubs in the coastal area. Lots of yacht clubs but only one has a pool…the grandaddy San Diego Yacht Club
We have a large pool and I use it a lot, but we’ve only lived here a year so it’s still a treat. We were kind of surprised there are so few public pools but it’s really a beach town. We’ve been to the beaches several times; have to go early to get a space but it’s doable. I am very happy we have A/C though! Yesterday we went to the Miramar Air Show - which was great - but had to walk almost 3 miles altogether from parking and back in probably 95 degree heat. Today I stayed in A/C comfort; tomorrow most likely I’ll jump in the pool and stay there.
@Marilyn - no AC at our place near UCSD. We do have a community pool and it is kept heated in the winter so many people do use it. We were at Windansea Sunday and it was packed. Just put my feet in the water as the surf was a bit rough. I picked my D up from the airport yesterday afternoon and the first thing she said to me was we landed the opposite way!
Showmom858… the community pool is inside your community I’m guessing. A central pool for the residents only.
I am not aware of any actual public community pool in the coastal area except the Belmont Park historical pool on Mission Beach which is public but you pay a fee to join monthly or use it once.
That doesn’t mean that when we were younger we didn’t sneak into the hotel pools!
@coralbrook - you are correct that the pool is for residents only. The Hilton on Mission Bay used to have a membership you could get to use their pool. Friends of ours had this when our kids were young and we would hang out at their pool!
We have a regular pool heater but it takes so many hours to warm the pool because of its size. I have a better tolerance for cool water than DH. Haven’t needed it this summer and if it’s cool out, we just use the hot tub.
Roof On!!
My roofers came this evening and finished the roof!! All plywood is nailed in and my carpenter only has to finish some complex corners and geometry in the hip roof area over the staircase.
Next step, big inspection!!
Tasks we need to complete before we can call for inspection:
Install 6 wood windows. We did not want to install these until roof covered the elements above the windows
Run vent ducts from bath vents through roof
Run drain air vents through roof
Build some exterior cripple walls from top plates to sloped trusses. This may end up taking the most time to get done
I stayed late at the project last night with the roofing crew. As we were finishing up at 6:30pm the sky and the sunset were incredible! Also, there was a rainbow over San Diego in the east. I didn’t think to take a picture from the top floor or the deck, but as I was leaving out through the green gate there was a huge crowd of neighbors standing in the cul de sac to watch the sunset. I did take a picture from my truck
Returning to my pool obsession…how hard is it to excavate for a pool in that area? At my house you might have to end up blasting for the last few feet. What’s under those hills?
I’m running into trouble trying to find decorative covers for the heat registers in the wall and ceiling. There are tons of decorative covers for floor registers, but there is an issue with my wall and ceiling registers
Because the heat output registers are located so high in the ceiling it is really important that they have downdraft louvers that direct the heat downwards from the ceiling, especially for the ones at the top of the wall in the living room. I also have one in the kitchen that is really high up a wall and two in the ceilings of the powder room and dining room.
The decorative registers are just flat things that go over the opening of the duct with no louvers or directional control. Obviously the louvers do not have to be adjustable because noone is going to get up on a ladder and try to adjust a little lever. But, for proper heating I really feel that the heat output should be directed downwards (on the wall registers) rather than just straight out. Maybe I’m just over thinking everything.
I did find one manufacturer that sells two different pieces but they are really expensive. I am going to call my HVAC guy and see if it is possible to keep the white metal louvers inset into the ducts with the louvers positioned correctly and then put some kind of flat grill over the top of that one, hopefully with wide flanges to cover everything up. Or I will ask him if it even matters if it has louvers at all
I actually think that remaining as inconspicuous as possible is the best thing for wall and ceiling registers. Decorative floor registers are nicer, to me.
If that’s any consolation to you, if you can’t find what you want.
I may be keeping the inconspicuous white metal louvered ones. It’s turning into such a headache. Upstairs I can put in beautiful floor registers. There are only two rooms in the house that have floor registers. In the master bathroom I have configured two toe kick registers. The heat will come out from under the master vanity cabinets. I have this in my own house and it warms your feet and the floor really nice
The soil at the property is Sandstone. There is no rock underlayment. Excavating for a pool should be easier than other types of soil. We did not have any problem pulling out the dirt to lower the driveway and foundation. But, I have no idea what is way down below at 8 to 10 ft. The issue in our area is having easy access for heavy equipment to dig for pools. A lot of homes have no road access in back of the house and only small 5ft wide access along the side of the house. This house will be easy because equipment can get into the backyard, although the yard is retained about 3ft up from the alley in the back.
I have three types of closet doors going in. The master closet and the back bedroom closet are walk in style. There is a pocket door for the master closet and a swing door in the smaller closet. The hall bedroom in the old wing will have slab doors that match all the other new doors that will slide. The middle bedroom closet will have custom bifold doors that match the new door style. I would have liked to have bifolds in the hall bedroom but the opening was an odd width.
We are plugging along. The guys can tell that I feel defeated and am very frustrated that we cannot get back on schedule. My goal was to call for inspection on Monday. It’s Wednesday now and I know we are probably days away. This would be OK except I have all kinds of teams waiting to get started and I have to keep postponing them.
It took the guys ALL DAY to work on the complex geometry of the little hip roof over the staircase. It is important that the rafter tails and roof look perfect because it is very visible from the front walkway and it is an ‘architectural’ feature. I kept going out to the front and telling them that X was not level. Argument ensues… I have to get up on the roof with the level myself and show them we are 1/4" off or so. “Well, guess we have to fix it because the boss is so picky”
But the bigger issue is that roof pitch is so steep and working up there is too dangerous. I was really worried but they take it in stride
I think I have to step back a bit and take off some pressure because morale is slipping a tad. Usually we have a very happy workplace and I try hard to be as nice as possible. But everyone has been working a lot of days and long hours. We’re not going to make it by Friday (which was my next hopeful date) because we have a ton of blocking required to accommodate drywall installation and room walls because of the sloping ceilings
I have loaded a lot of photos now that we have a roof on
May I strongly suggest that you give your crew a few days off- BOTH this at and Sun- in order for BOTH you and your hard working, and now exhausted crew to have some well earned rest It will restore moral and everyone will come back fresh and ready to work hard on Mon through the home stretch.
The world will not end, you wont go bankrupt and the neighbors will be happy too, since you broke the rules last weekend by working on Sun.
