Recent content by Matthias2280

The first of many inspections was completed yesterday and we passed without issues. It was for electrical bonding and grounding I guess. I made the mistake of asking the inspector what the idea behind the grounding hooplah was and he proceeded to chew my ear off for about 10 minutes explaining...

I just found out that I will be supplied with a Raypak P-R406A heater. So I now have three different manufacturers involved in my pool build: Hayward ColorLogic light Raypak P-R406A heater Jandy VS Pump Jandy Salt water system (assumed) Jandy Filter (assumed) I am worried about compatibility...

I pumped out all the water and there is definitely some erosion that will need to be taken care of before gunite can be sprayed. We had two days of torrential downpours and everything is soaked to the bone. The pump I bought from Harbor Freight Tools rocks. It pumps at 1360gpm. It took...

Thanks everyone for the input. I bought a pump from harbor freight and am in the process of pumping all the water out if the pool. I have also looked at the dobies and will make sure the rebar sits in the middle if the gunite when it's shot. The rebar folks left a bunch if small concrete...

Rain rain go away... Do I need to pump that water out? Seems like the slope of my yard dumps a lot of runoff into the hole since final grading has not been completed.

I added a picture to my initial post and now it disappeared. Is there an approval process for editing posts as well?

Thanks guys. Will do. Hopefully rough plumbing will start tomorrow or Monday. Rebar took a little longer than expected and the project needs to be inspected before more work can commence. Cheers!! $Matthias$

My name is Matthias B. and I live outside of Charlotte, NC in Indian Trail. My family and I decided to build a pool late last year after making the decision to stay in Charlotte rather than move out west. We wanted estimates on Pool/Spa combos, both using concrete/Gunite construction as well...