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Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai

Bob gives us a final tour of the new lanai and spa. The unique banana leaf shape of the patio posed several contruction challenges, but the final product is a big success.
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Celebrating on the Completed Patio and Lanai

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" Let's talk with -- Ed Weller and we've learned this bureau we have just a minute -- Bob have you had fun building this I sure haven't had a lot of important Hitler and then and trying to put together of this caliber design of -- it's different that's for sure it's -- standard take a look at the screen enclosure and really had to do a lot of thinking a lot of planning made this happen well most exterior screen -- brown -- in south Florida are nothing more than -- that's it basically they're nothing like this this is very unique and very -- and I really want to commend you."

" It really enjoyed working with you and I really have integrity and a single family house because that's my first love and architecture interact. Did you notice that we brought the -- towns outside here that we've brought in by Alice and me and we're able to make an extension of the entering living space I remember her."

" Sitting in on the blueprint for how these big grid of tiles comes from the living room and I -- the kitchen area out to here. And the dotted accent tile really unify the whole area well I've enjoyed working with both of you good luck I think the -- had a --"

" Well why this -- looking -- and the landscape out front really complete it but we got together with a homeowner we set and a short period of time we can put something together for your. I would look really tropical way to -- that. And we put them together up front and I think it turned out really well I really like about the whole concept is the that the -- heads in the back here is we're gonna suburban location and you don't really want to be looking at the the neighbor's house -- again -- we we we did what we did with the whole concept of the whole thing was nice tropical palms and the back. Six to eight months from now these queen palms well again get really full wolf flowed down more. You'll won't be able to see the roof tops of your neighbor's houses so great job. Thanks a lot all right. The stock with -- Bryant -- over here from the pool institute now you guys have done a wonderful job it. Designing. Not just the spot but a water feature in the backyard here."

" We do -- what we have -- a telescopic found -- spray gets around the outside. And it night the whole thing is lit up with that Barbara Starr's. Fiber optic lighting system lighting the fountain up from the bottom to with a water feature and -- wanted to be how do you get rid of that thing in the middle if you like committee actually use the spas hot stuff without electronic control -- that spot side remote. That allows you to turn everything off and at the fountain and everything go away and then when you can turn it back right back on. And have the right -- come on have everything go and have found more collapsed on the floor. Lights to come up from the bottom of light everything out and we also have on this. Particulars we have chlorine generation systems -- called the auto pilot which. Takes common table salt and makes chlorine writers are you don't have to go invite sanitize their that a remarkable feature of it just common table saw. Converted in the quarry it like having your own chlorine planet com and you don't have to go to the store and get it marvelous now what about the controls are they on the inside gathered inside the house take a look."

" This is more than just an on off switches and -- yes -- electronic control system. The budget and the act cooling system enables you to control functions of the pool. Make it gets come on preprogrammed. Polite adjust the temperature may have -- come up and do it often inside the house into the read. Temperature fantastic now if people figure out what -- body should have an -- part of the country how can they find out. Through the national spot we'll institute they've got brochures available. Help available for consumers. Like this brochure on how to plan your own stopped a terrific well thank you very loose -- today."

" Hey here's one object we were waiting for the finally has arrived these are chairs that architect tonic -- designed for the project in the they were made by seventeen no -- in Dusseldorf Germany that's the amazing."

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