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Whether or not you have to drain to the street might depend on your yard...my pool overflow just runs into my grass but i have a big yard and it does not flood the yard or bother anyone else. Also, I believe where I live, at least, it is illegal to drain into the street (hopefully the PB would know if this is the case).
 
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TampaKathy said:
Whether or not you have to drain to the street might depend on your yard...my pool overflow just runs into my grass but i have a big yard and it does not flood the yard or bother anyone else. Also, I believe where I live, at least, it is illegal to drain into the street (hopefully the PB would know if this is the case).
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I will be sure to ask about the legality of doing that and even research it to confirm but hopefully he does know since he lives in the area and has serviced it for decades.
 
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@twillux: So I mentioned to the PB that we wanted to get pricing on adding an auto water leveler that both fills and drains and his response was that the pool will have an auto fill line and pool overflow, it’s standard. What he does not know yet is if we will have to run a second drain to the street. Is this what you were recommending or is it in addition to what he mentioned?
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That’s encouraging, and sounds like he is planning to include a leveler. The levelers I’m familiar with are simple buckets that look like the skimmer and have a float valve tied to your house water supply. The entire install may not exactly be cheap, as a plumber has to install a T at an existing hose bib and a back flow preventer to run water to the float, which then opens and equalized the water if the pool level drops too low. The drain line is another piece of pipe level with the maximum desired water line, and it does indeed need to run that excess water out to a sewer or storm drain. There are city guidelines to consider regarding where you are allowed to drain. If he’s already included that setup in your price, so much the better!
 
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That’s encouraging, and sounds like he is planning to include a leveler. The levelers I’m familiar with are simple buckets that look like the skimmer and have a float valve tied to your house water supply. The entire install may not exactly be cheap, as a plumber has to install a T at an existing hose bib and a back flow preventer to run water to the float, which then opens and equalized the water if the pool level drops too low. The drain line is another piece of pipe level with the maximum desired water line, and it does indeed need to run that excess water out to a sewer or storm drain. There are city guidelines to consider regarding where you are allowed to drain. If he’s already included that setup in your price, so much the better!
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Thank you all for the feedback. The PB has been fine with all changes or requests I made in response to everyone’s guidance, many thanks again. We are scheduled to sign our contract tomorrow and I will be sure to keep the forum updated with the build once we get started.
 
I'd recommend getting whatever decrease you can get and remove any vacuum/robot from your contract. Then you can make your choice as a separate decision. But definitely don't have them install a booster pump for a cleaner. Ideally you'd get a robot. The masses have spoken on that. Some do like other cleaners but we a large volume of positive feedback on how robots work. I'm one for sure, and I had a pressure side cleaner first.
 
Soooo things have started moving in our pool build as we have completed the dig, rebar, gunite sprayed, and we are now on day 3 of watering.

Our builder mentioned he was planning to try to finish our pool next week (1 week in on gunite) but I am thinking we need to delay until the following week to allow for 10-days of watering the gunite shell. Am I correct?

I don’t want things moving too quickly at the cost of risking harming our pool build’s quality in any way. Also, I am working on trying to upload progress photos now, fyi but I am getting error messages that my files are too large for the server.
 
So my pool build has stalled a bit (gunite shot a month ago) with all of the rain we have been experiencing and I wanted to try to upload another photo as I am a little worried about the brown stains and white residue that has appeared as the rain water has sat. Where the plumbing comes out of the gunite there are several brown stains and there is white residue on the stairs and in the pool area next to the spa which is full of rain water. My builder claims this is normal. Is this accurate?
 

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The final plaster should conceal any imperfections in the gunite, but to be sure we can ask an expert like @onBalance.
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Thanks for chiming in and for directing me to someone else that may have insight. I appreciate it! I’m just trying to make sure we don’t end up with issues due to lack of knowledge. Thanks again!
 
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My pool build finally continues. Tile and decking are in progress.
Unfortunately my builder has made a few mistakes and has also been absent on site for the most part and there are usually just contractors here so I am relying heavily on TFP to determine what is and isn’t right. I must admit, I am starting to question if I can trust what I am being told by my builder.

So here are a few pictures of the coping and waterline tile installed today. It appears there is a gap between the bottom of the coping and top of the tile at the moment and I can see a bit of a sand product which I assume is what was placed under the coping to make it stick. My question is what should I expect them to fill this gap with? Secondly, is this gap normal or should the tile have been placed higher up, closer to the tile?
 

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So here are a few pictures of the coping and waterline tile installed today. It appears there is a gap between the bottom of the coping and top of the tile at the moment and I can see a bit of a sand product which I assume is what was placed under the coping to make it stick. My question is what should I expect them to fill this gap with? Secondly, is this gap normal or should the tile have been placed higher up, closer to the tile?
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They have not yet grouted the joints between the tiles. The same grout should be put in the joint between the tile and coping as between the tiles.

Show me pics of the coping looking down on it.
 
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They have not yet grouted the joints between the tiles. The same grout should be put in the joint between the tile and coping as between the tiles.

Show me pics of the coping looking down on it.
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Here are a few. Being dark out already they aren’t the best so I can take additional photos in the morning as well if you’d like. Just let me know.
Also, is any pool use approved grout from NPT acceptable or should I look for them to use a specific kind?
 

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All the grouting is still to be done.

Make sure they put a foam expansion joint between the side of the coping and whatever decking you install next to it.

Expansion Joints and Coping - Further Reading

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