Recent content by Wr213

In hindsight, I would say to make sure that all the pool equipment is well secure on the pad, bolted down, etc. I had to bolt mine and put metal cable around the filter casing to keep it from swaying. It is advisable to turn off the power to the pool controller. In my case I didn't get a...

Glad to see that you made it out ok. Luckily I had no damage to the screen enclosure and only took me one 40lb bag of salt and a sock half way full of Cyanuric acid and my levels are already perfect. Btw, I pour the salt with both the svg pump and the salt water generator running and slowly I...

That is how I had my overflow done and it worked well during Irma. I had the valve opened and when the brunt of the storm was hitting, water never came close to the water tile top. In fact, I think you can still get it done in a manual format by tapping the line going to the filter and putting...

As Mothershipp stated, I also felt it was small as it was staked out, then during the shell stage it felt too deep, and now that is finished, it feels perfectly sized. As Brent has stated on previous threads, I wished I had spent the extra 5k for the additional decking/cage area. Pool size is...

I just had the fire bowls fired up and matched to the Hayward's Omnilogic Blue Theme and I must say that I am very pleased. Spend a great night eating by the pool, starring at the colors with the sound of the waterfalls in the background in a total sense of bliss. Very relaxing setting. Here...

Thanks, I am in the Lake Asbury area, Orange Park.

Mothershipp, Without knowing much on the details I can tell you from my own experience, the sales person is what made all the difference for us. She was there to help kick-off things at the site, yelled at the workers when something needed to be done and made the point to check the progress...

Re: New Build in Jacksonville, FL Hi all, Just wanted to give you all an update. The pool is finished. Testing is done and all that is left is pool school on Monday24th October. All in all, not a bad experience. There were some delays thanks to Hurricane Matthew, but other than that, we...

I selected artistic pavers because they were supposedly cooler than normal pavers and less slippery and cheaper than travertine. Time will tell as I am scheduled to have them installed in 2 weeks. Folks who have them told me they love them. I can' speak of cool deck because I never even...

Re: New Build in Jacksonville, FL Good suggestion, I will look into it. We were discussing extending the deck to the right as you face the pool, sort of what you have but contingent and then do the double door. I will price it and see. Thanks. Yes, I am getting one from the builder but...

Re: New Build in Jacksonville, FL Well, I am expecting the pavers and equipment to arrive shortly, the electrician and the plumbers are working as we speak. In the meantime I am to spray water on the fresh concrete to help it cure. Hopefully in 10-14 days we do the acid wash and then...

Re: New Build in Jacksonville, FL Message replied. - - - Updated - - - Thanks, will do. I had set aside a 50 amp line for the pool when I built the house so that should help. There is a water spigot just below the left windows on the sun shelf side, do you mean another line to the outside...

Re: New Build in Jacksonville, FL After much reading and learning and many interviews with pool builders, we finally decided on a PB and a pool design and started our build. We are in Middleburg, FL, a suburb of Jacksonville, FL. The experience with the different pool builders here in Jax was...

Hello everyone. Like most any newbies I have been devouring all the information shared here in trying to educate myself to make an informed decision. We have interviewed 5 pool builders and kinda settled on 3 at this point. All A+ BBB rated with great reputations in my area. Their quotes are...