Great news!!!!
I am free of the pool builder!!! I can't say anything other than that, but I am now going to hire a separate company to do the plaster. And it looks like it might all be over next week!!!! Woohoo!!!
Ok, so a bunch of more questions for you folks:
1. Is the water temperature sensor supposed to be connected/placed so that it measures the water temperature BEFORE the water enters the DE Filter or AFTER it exits the DE Filter? It seems to me it should be placed to measure the water temp BEFORE it enters the filter and I read that somewhere (probably a manual) but wanted to verify with you because the electrician was going to install it AFTER the DE, but I told him that was wrong and to leave it unconnected for now (no hole drilled).
2. Do I need to have pressure relief valves permanently installed? Or are those only used when the pool sits empty for long periods? I see that there is a spot where those can be put in each of the two "main-drain cans".... I see items like the "Hayward SP1056 Hydrostatic Relief Valve", those are the ones I should install, one per drain? I assume I can install them myself right now because the pool is not plastered yet and the "main-drain cans" are fully accessible right now. Or?
3. What should I look for when it comes to plaster? I want a color like the one in the current photo showing in the main page of TFP (
https://tinyurl.com/yclypgtr
), so I am thinking of doing StoneScapes Aqua Blue. I will have the plaster company take me to visit a pool they've plastered recently with that same material and color.
4. I am concerned that Aqua Blue plaster is too light and it will be prone to stains from tree leafs and other stuff. There's a couple of pear trees in my neighbors yards that just dump a bunch of stuff around this time of the year. Not to mention my live oaks dumping their leafs all at once in one week... But, I really want blue water and want to avoid green/teal tones in the water. So, not much of a choice?
5. Should the plaster company acid wash the plaster after it is applied? I thought I read somewhere that it was not recommended but I don't know the reasons why. I am also have no clue what the purpose of acid washing the plaster would be nor what the preferred or alternative methods to it are.
6. The pool will be salt water, so after the plaster is fully completed. The pool will be filled with water. I assume it will take a day or 2 to fill it. Then what? Poor a bunch of salt into the system? Or do they start with chlorine? Someone told me some type of acid has to be poored into the water once filled. Anyone have a list of things that have to happen? Is that all part of what I keep hearing being called the "Pool startup" ?
7. What is the "Pool startup" exactly? Is it something that must be done by a pool professional or can I do it? Anyone have a step-by-step guide of what to do? How long does it take? 2 weeks? 3 weeks?
8. Bought the dolphin robot (Triton PS Plus). Can that handle big leafs? How well does it deal with the mandatory raised drain covers in your experience?
Thanks!!!