Hi all, we recently moved into a new house that has a combo pool/spa with a spillover. The pool was replastered 05/22, so about three months before we moved in. I'm not sure who did any initial chemicals and/or 2x daily scrubbing the pool, which I've read are needed for new plaster. We've never been pool owners before so I set myself up with a TF-100, Pool Math, and have been reading the forums. I had a pool tech come by to review our equipment, he thought it was about 13k gallons, though the previous owners were not sure. From working with Pool Math chemical values I'm thinking it's somewhere around 10k-13k but I should have a better number soon now that I have some proper measuring cups for chlorinating. Upon move in the water looked fine; testing with a TF-100 was showing low Chlorine/TA/CYA and high PH. After a few weeks of testing adding chems the levels look ok to me.
The surface of the pool is pretty rough, not a huge problem for adults but our young children have been getting blisters and cut up feet after swimming. They're in there for an hour plus so I'm sure that has something to do with it, but my wife had the kids at a public pool recently (with a 45m in/15m out rule for kids) and she's adamant it was much smoother than ours. Kids are wearing swim shoes (under protest) when swimming.
In the pictures below you can see areas that are more flat/dark grey, those are pretty smooth to the touch. I'm fairly sure the raised whiteish bumps are the problem, I can flake them off with decent fingernail pressure or a pumice stone. I have not yet engaged the company who did the plaster (yelp reviews mention an owner quick to yell and point out things that are not his problem), I'll probably give them a call in the next week or two to see if they can come take a look.
Anyone have thoughts on possible issue(s) or how to solve them?
The surface of the pool is pretty rough, not a huge problem for adults but our young children have been getting blisters and cut up feet after swimming. They're in there for an hour plus so I'm sure that has something to do with it, but my wife had the kids at a public pool recently (with a 45m in/15m out rule for kids) and she's adamant it was much smoother than ours. Kids are wearing swim shoes (under protest) when swimming.
In the pictures below you can see areas that are more flat/dark grey, those are pretty smooth to the touch. I'm fairly sure the raised whiteish bumps are the problem, I can flake them off with decent fingernail pressure or a pumice stone. I have not yet engaged the company who did the plaster (yelp reviews mention an owner quick to yell and point out things that are not his problem), I'll probably give them a call in the next week or two to see if they can come take a look.
Anyone have thoughts on possible issue(s) or how to solve them?
