adnedarn's Tucson pool renovation

[adnedarn]

By yesterday morning the pool was full, they stopped by and brushed it, ran the filter for a bit (priming it I guess) then in the afternoon the owner of the plastering company came and did the hot start up.... I believe he used 4 gallons of acid. Then he brushed it and it was odd... it got all foggy, then cleared up as the acid ate the stuff away. He then suspended a sump pump in the middle of the pool for circulation and said he would be by this AM to check on it, and probably put the PH to where it needed to be (after checking on stuff) so the pool people could come finish the chemical start up, turn the pump on, and start the lotsa brushing process. Sweeeeeet.
Andrew

 

[adnedarn]

Well, I guess this is pretty much complete! Jeff came by and handed the pool over to me yesterday, so I tossed the cleaner in and it's looking really nice today.
Thanks Brookshierpools! Specifically Jeff (owner) and Abe (I guess his main man) http://www.brookshierpools.com
Andrew

 

[Buford]

Really nice! and once again, thanks for the feeds (informative and time waster ). Glad it worked well.

 

[Melt In The Sun]

Looking very nice indeed, congratulations!

 

[duraleigh]

Your pool is stunning already and will be even more so with the water in it. VERY nice work!

 

[adnedarn]

Thanks for the kind replies.

Duraleigh, Thanks! but, I assume you missed page 2?

 

[PSW]

Looks GREAT!

 

[duraleigh]

Duraleigh, Thanks! but, I assume you missed page 2?

Yikes!! That's twice this afternoon that I have missed something obvious. In my defense, I am on a sizable dose of pain medication (nothing serious) and I believe it has clouded my awareness.

 

[linen]

Duraleigh, Thanks! but, I assume you missed page 2?

I think he meant your super clear and clean water makes your pool look like it is not full

...your pool looks great to me invisible water or not

 

[adnedarn]

No worries Dave, just poking at you. *grin* hope you get better!
Linen, nice save attempt! I probably would believe it, except it would be tricky getting the shark to sit there like that. heh

The water is 72f, I jumped in the other night... Wasn't horribly, but it was still really warm (about 80f with no wind) at 8pm when I did it. Hope it warms up a bit though... Maybe I'll toss the cover on it. *shrug*

 

[Melt In The Sun]

You know, I thought Duraleigh did that on purpose

72 is pretty brisk, but if you toss that cover on I bet you'll be close to 90 by the weekend. I jumped in yesterday at 74, put the cover on right afterward (I'd put it off long enough...) and it was 83 when I got home from work today.

 

[adnedarn]

No kiddin? ....out to put the cover on. Thanks for the kick in the pants to pull it out.

 

[carlscan26]

What did they do to fix that separation you posted a picture of?

It turned out beautiful!

 

[adnedarn]

This one?

This picture is after they packed it full of... uhm... expansion concrete? I think that's what he said.

 

[TK13LG]

Very nice. Love the crab.

 

[carlscan26]

Interesting. Is your deck cracked all around the pool like it is in the shallow side pictures?

 

[DBfan187]

looks like they poured the deck right on top of the bond beam w/o any bond breaker which is a nono

 

[adnedarn]

No the crack you see is about all of it. BTW the crack that was filled in the pool is the far right corner in the deep. Not even any cracks on top over there.
Who knows what they did the pool was originally installed in the early 70s by a builder that had basically just started....
Thanks tk

 

[DBfan187]

your renovation looks very nice, I like the plaster color

 

[Melt In The Sun]

Not to pick on adnedarn, but that crack is exactly the reason why we recommend that the coping always be separated from the deck by an expansion joint. The pool shell shifts relative to the deck, and you end up with a perfect crack about 1' back from the edge.