Today is the DAY

I had another issue, take a look at this photo, the ring on the left is centered, the ring on the right is not. I asked the supervisor, and he told me that they measure from the tile line to ensure that each ring is the same height from the tile and that is why it is not centered ...

Any thoughts?

Kim,
Those pipes are my returns ...

Where'd you take it ?

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I took it to the peaceful place of knowledge

They are finished. Total time from arrival to leaving was about 3.5 hours. Here are some photos. The supervisor told me that the browning (Stains) would disappear with acid wash which is tommorrow morning. What are your thoughts?

I believe so, tomorrow is the acid wash and install of all the plastic covers. Here is a photo of the covers ...

Acid Wash Day

sorry, all been busy,
The acid wash went smooth, however I went inside the house for a bit, the finished the acid wash on the raised spa first and didn't tell me after I had a conversation with them about not filling until I took the meter reading and to fill the pool first (UGH, when workers have English as a second language, there is no communication). I could not stop the fill of the spa, so I waited for the spa to get to the middle of the tile and then turned off the water so that there was no spill over into the pool. I took my meter reading for the pool and measured the spa (It is square) to get my gallons in the pool. We started filling the pool at 9:30am with 3 hoses (Had to borrow a hose from the neighbor because the pool company in their instructions stated no black hoses), at 12:30am on Sunday the pool was filled, went back and filled the spa a little more so that it spilled over. Wasn't too sure about brushing the pool since the equipment startup was Tuesday. The pool looked great after the acid wash, I avoided a catastrophe with the spa being filled first and I know my total gallons for the pool. WHEW!

Equipment Start Up Day,
The day was pouring rain in Northern California (We desperately need it) which made it a little more interesting, the tech took a bit to get the pumps going but they worked good. I didn't know that these Jandy VS PlusHP 2.7HP VS Pump were self-priming ... (Might have started them myself earlier) and these pumps are quiet compared to my single speed Hayward above ground pump (The Hayward pump was a cheap pump to replace my Intex pump and I loved it). The spa had some difficulties, The air blower would not work, the tech who was nice and patient pulled wiring and etc. only to find out that the breaker was not installed correctly (Having 120 wires in your hand while it is raining is a bit un-nerving for me), Then the spa jets were all plugged from gunite and interior finish etc., The tech cleaned them all and they work. He answered allot of my questions and I felt great about the experience. He added chemistry (3 gallons of 12.5% chlorine) I quickly ran to my computer to see if these would be a problem but the feedback on TFP was that Chlorine would not hurt your interior just natural fading from the sun, he added 1 gallon of acid, Calcium to bring the hardness to 200, and some CA which brought my CA to 20. He then as a precautionary measure added a bottle of sequestrant just to be safe. My only issue with this was I have been adamantly following the startup procedures from the NPC guide, so in the beginning I was concerned but a day or 2 off the schedule probably isn't going to kill the pools finish. I tested daily for PH and TA and brushed at least twice a day with my Wall Whale brush, I put a couple new Wall Whale brushes (Amazon had them on sale) so the kids could help, and they did. It was fun doing it together. The PH and CA moved every test but I stayed with the NPC guide. I checked my innitial filter pressure and spoke to the tech about it, He stated that with a variable speed pump, you can check the change but must be on the same speed, He suggested to clean the filters in 3 months and then every 6 months there after, What do you all think?

The tech had added the calcium in a pool net in front of the return, here are some photos ...

We are now down to brushing once per day, the pool looks good ...

Today is Pool Orientation Day. We get our pool cleaner, and final punch list.

Some more photos ...