More Coping!

Adding the retaining wall meant that we also needed to add more coping to the plan, so Rick, the tile guy, had to come back and do a couple more hours of work, but it looks great, of course.

The plan is to finish the front side of the retaining wall with stucco, so that from the canal it will look just like the pool beam wall - coping top edge with matching stucco wall. The picture below also shows the completed equipment pad next to the house and the area where I plan to plant something that will block the noise of the equipment from the pool and backyard. Need to check if a gardenia can grow in the summer sun there (only late afternoon sun in the winter). Otherwise it'll probably be a sea grape, which can be shaped as a large bush, hedge or a tree.