Thanks Kim! I did once yesterday and 3 times today, plan on doing 4x a day. I noticed a few of these cracks, and some air bubbles comes out when watering. Really hope it will be okay...
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I have been watering the shotcrete 4-5 times a day. Good news is that there is no crack on the walls but I can see quite a few on the floor. At which point should I worry about them? The cracks are not very wide, can’t stick a coin or anything on it.
When you can stick your pinky in the crack then you start worrying. So long as a nickel does not fit you are good.
I told the shotcrete company about the cracks and also 3 hairline cracks in the umbrella holder that are bothering me. Tall umbrellas in the wind and cracked concrete sounds like a bad idea. Their repair person will come around tomorrow to take a look.
Now that would bother me as well for same reason. Let us know what they say and do please.
Kim
And today was coping and tile installation. I almost had electrical installed wasn’t for me leaving a hose bib leaking all night flooding the equipment trench 
Pulled about 35 gallons of water out, hopefully it will be dry enough tomorrow...
Obligatory tile and coping picture:
Pulled about 35 gallons of water out, hopefully it will be dry enough tomorrow...Obligatory tile and coping picture:
They couldn’t come today, said they will come tomorrow. The electrician also mentioned that one of the light pipes is too shallow, will need to chip concrete around the pipe. Aaaaand, the umbrella holder is too shallow by at least 3 inches, not sure that is fixable... sigh...
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Sorry about the issues but the tile looks great. Looks kind of familiar 
. Are you in Layton Lakes?
. Are you in Layton Lakes?Ok, so pulling the water paid out, it is dry enough and electrical crew is back at work!And today was coping and tile installation. I almost had electrical installed wasn’t for me leaving a hose bib leaking all night flooding the equipment trench
Not sure other owner/builders go through this, but I was worried for nothing. They looked at the cracks, said is only superficial and no structural issue, same on the umbrella. They dug around the light pipe and deepened the umbrella hole while here, all good to go.
It should look familiar indeed! You and @BUT ITS A DRY HEAT were quite an inspiration for my pool! I'm very grateful for the people in this forumSorry about the issues but the tile looks great. Looks kind of familiar
. I'm somewhat close, at Villages@Val Vista.
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What kind of plaster are you going to use? What about grout? I'm curious to see the tile with other finishes.
The grout will be white because I want the subway pattern to stand out. The pool finish will be CDC Mini Pebbles Turquoise without any addition. I didn't want anything green but we did a blind test through pictures at CDC and landed at Turquoise, I saw it outdoors and was convinced.
looking good. i wish i would not have decided on concrete deck and did something i can do myself like the pavers you did...i cant find anyone to return a call or give me a quote for decking. im jealous how fast yours is going...ha
Pavers were not as expensive as I thought, but I had to manage material separately from labor and organize it (find paver supplier, check the material, schedule delivery, etc). It is way above my skillset to actually place them myself, but if you are handy, it is worth it. Is it too late to change to pavers?
I’m happy it is going fast but I will admit that I messed up the schedule and had electrical, deck and rough irrigation going at the same time, it was very very very stressful because some trenches had to be kept open, inevitable delays of subcontractors and it didn’t help that I flooded the equipment trench
I had one week dedicated for electrical and irrigation before the deck but shotcrete got postponed for a week due to plumbing/rebar rework. I highly recommend spacing out the stages by 2 weeks.
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I liked the Turquoise there. It's a very pretty color. Can't wait to see it all together.
Inspection passed today! Finish scheduled for March 24th, really excited this is coming to a close!
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Today it looks like a real pool finally! Edit: Picture uploads fixed!
Edit: Picture uploads fixed!
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That looks awesome! Kind of hav de ja vu . Is acid wash tomorrow?
. Is acid wash tomorrow?