Recent content by erikpiazza

Very interesting, thanks!

I think I will begin investigating making my own that utilize a standard LED controller, which would allow for all the colors plus vastly more control over light shows. Too bad I didn't get to keep the one that my pool builder just had to replace because it died after 11 months. It would've been...

I'm not sure if this is a question or just a vent session, but why on earth do pool lights have to be so absurdly limited in the colors I can choose? My pool is only a year old. I specifically asked the sales guy about the lights during the contract negotiations: "Will we be able to make the...

They told us when we signed the contract in October 2020 that we would be "swimming by Spring." They didn't even do the dig until April. And yeah, just over a year from contract to completion. Literally the worst experience I've ever had while spending the most money I've ever spent.

I asked both the PB and the independent startup guy about that very question and they said that was more for plaster pools that weren't acid washed and that we are good to go after 14 days. I read on PebbleTech's site "at least 14 days" but I have Stonescapes Mini Pebble and don't see any such...

I have the RS-4, which I'm guessing is the most limited of the 3. I get that everyone has their brand preference, but my research showed very little to no different between Pentair and Jandy that I, as a first time pool owner, could tell. I wish my PB would've been more forthcoming about the...

Well, that's comforting! Lol! So there is seriously no other system out there that's any better than this? At least there is an Alexa skill to send commands to it so I can mostly avoid even looking at this app/web page, but the way the lights function (flashing through every color every time...

So my new pool just got started up so I finally have had a chance to see what the iAqualink system is all about. Wow, am I disappointed! I've been in the web design and development business since 1998 and the web interface for iAqualink looks and functions worse than things I worked on all the...

It took some nasty emails and phone calls, but I got them to get someone out to the house to start up the system. That was last Thursday. I've been brushing the pool daily since then and everything seems to be looking good. There was a list of about a dozen items still to be completed. Things...

So our pool filled overnight and was done at 6:30am this morning. Swan Pools made a big deal about telling us that the start-up guy would be there as soon as it was filled to start up the system and give us a brush to care for the brand new plaster. As of 3pm, still nobody showed up. I called...

They let the patches cure for 6 full days and FINALLY we got the mini pebble installed yesterday. Of course, in typical Swan Pools fashion, it's wrong. It's Stonescapes Mini Pebble and we had asked for a custom mix based on their "Aqua Cool" sample. We just wanted all of the brown/beige left out...

We had a meeting with the GM of Swan Pools last Friday to go over all of the things that have gone wrong. We literally shewed him out for a solid 90 minutes. He was responsive and accommodating. We got him to add a secondary pump to run the bubblers so that they will have more than enough power...

I found the bubblers... Jandy TruFit Swan Pools specifically told me "these bubblers are designed to only work under 6" of water and any more than that will cause them not to function." The sell sheet for the bubblers very clearly claims otherwise (no shock) and in fact they can work quite well...

I don't know the model number, but I do know that they are Jandy and are on a separate line from the pad.

And the fun continues! Got home on Thursday to find Swan's construction manager and the pool plumber standing around scratching their heads over the LED bubblers that are in our baja shelf. It seems they installed them incorrectly. They only now are telling me that in order for the bubblers THEY...