First time pool for our family and the installation has been the biggest headache of me life. The construction quality is good but the attendance of the crew has been terrible. They dug the hole on January 17th-18th and finally put the walls up a month later, and finally poured the footer along the bottom yesterday.
I own a hardscape installation company and have renovated many pools and naturally pools have water in them when I am working around them. This company has been telling me all along that they will put the liner in last so I can install the bullnose on top of the concrete they are going to pour over the over-dig. Yesterday I received a call saying that they couldn't backfill the walls without water in the pool because it will push the walls out. The walls are a only alpha product and are the Fuzion 5010 system. I think that they are wanting to hurry along now that the equipment is on site and they have to pay for the materials soon. I am really disappointed that I am unable to put my coping on from inside the pool because I was hoping it would be easier. What are your opinions on backfilling without water in pool on this type of system. Also I was convinced that 57 stone would be the best option for backfilling but they are insisted that field sand is better because all the voids in 57 stone will retain water against the pool and could mildew. I just want to do the right thing.
On another note I signed a contract for a Pentair ultra temp 140k btu electric heater and noticed a Hayward 140k btu heater had been delivered. All other equipment is Pentair and they have not mentioned the substitution but I think the Hayward is a cheaper unit and they are trying to pull a fast one. Would I be better off with the Pentair because of warranty and reliability of Hayward?
Thanks in advance,
Quentin
I own a hardscape installation company and have renovated many pools and naturally pools have water in them when I am working around them. This company has been telling me all along that they will put the liner in last so I can install the bullnose on top of the concrete they are going to pour over the over-dig. Yesterday I received a call saying that they couldn't backfill the walls without water in the pool because it will push the walls out. The walls are a only alpha product and are the Fuzion 5010 system. I think that they are wanting to hurry along now that the equipment is on site and they have to pay for the materials soon. I am really disappointed that I am unable to put my coping on from inside the pool because I was hoping it would be easier. What are your opinions on backfilling without water in pool on this type of system. Also I was convinced that 57 stone would be the best option for backfilling but they are insisted that field sand is better because all the voids in 57 stone will retain water against the pool and could mildew. I just want to do the right thing.
On another note I signed a contract for a Pentair ultra temp 140k btu electric heater and noticed a Hayward 140k btu heater had been delivered. All other equipment is Pentair and they have not mentioned the substitution but I think the Hayward is a cheaper unit and they are trying to pull a fast one. Would I be better off with the Pentair because of warranty and reliability of Hayward?
Thanks in advance,
Quentin