- Sep 7, 2022
- 262
- Pool Size
- 16500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Hey folks,
I moved to this house last July and became a first-time pool owner with zero prior pool knowledge. I soon found this site and learned a vast amount of knowledge about pools, their equipment, and their maintenance. I maintain my pool using the Taylor kit to TFP standards and have never had any problems after doing the initial shock to remove the green algae after moving in.
Armed with many hours of new research and learning, I decided to redo the entire pad.
It was initially in very bad shape. Pump was on its’ last stride, heater did not work at all, blower was being held up by the pvc pipe, the filter was so full of algae that there was barely any flow, and the electrical was badly designed and in terrible shape.
Did not think back then to take better photos.
I replaced everything on a new pad and started working on a new shed to enclose the pad.
A few months after, I bought a heater and after learning about trichlor and CYA, I got rid of the Tablet feeder and chose to go with a SWCG.
Everything has been perfect ever since which brings me to now. The pool was built with the house in the late 1970s and the plaster has been redone once in the early 2000s so it is about two decades old. I have decided to have it resurfaced again but instead of smooth plaster, we are going with NPT StoneScapes MiniPebble in either Aqua Blue or Aqua White (and recommendations?). We are also changing the tile and the coping.
This thread will serve as a journal of the project and for comments and discussions.
I moved to this house last July and became a first-time pool owner with zero prior pool knowledge. I soon found this site and learned a vast amount of knowledge about pools, their equipment, and their maintenance. I maintain my pool using the Taylor kit to TFP standards and have never had any problems after doing the initial shock to remove the green algae after moving in.
Armed with many hours of new research and learning, I decided to redo the entire pad.
It was initially in very bad shape. Pump was on its’ last stride, heater did not work at all, blower was being held up by the pvc pipe, the filter was so full of algae that there was barely any flow, and the electrical was badly designed and in terrible shape.
Did not think back then to take better photos.
I replaced everything on a new pad and started working on a new shed to enclose the pad.
A few months after, I bought a heater and after learning about trichlor and CYA, I got rid of the Tablet feeder and chose to go with a SWCG.
Everything has been perfect ever since which brings me to now. The pool was built with the house in the late 1970s and the plaster has been redone once in the early 2000s so it is about two decades old. I have decided to have it resurfaced again but instead of smooth plaster, we are going with NPT StoneScapes MiniPebble in either Aqua Blue or Aqua White (and recommendations?). We are also changing the tile and the coping.
This thread will serve as a journal of the project and for comments and discussions.
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