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Okay, so the pool is "started" I'll have to read all the instructions when I get home. He put in 1 and 1/2 or 2 gallons of Muratic Acid, and 1 and 1/2 pints of Jacks Magic and said that should last us until tuesday, but I thin I'm gonna go pick up some chemicals today anyhow. I'll test the...

Re: Plaster Brushing Well it's in the PB's hands now. He's supposed to send someone out tommorrow and I let my constructtion coordinator know this morning the pool was full, and she was unconcerned about it sitting full for a day but said they'd try and get someone out today (which didn't...

Re: Plaster Brushing Okay, here are my first set of test results The pool finished filling at about 5:00 am, and the PB won't be out until tommorrow sometime with the chemicals and instructions and to start the pumps/filter. I don't have my TF 100 yet, so I bought an HTH Kit at walmart, I...

Okay Waste, I'm a newbie here, but the guilt trip worked. I'll become a lifetime member tommorrow. I just wish I would have found this sight before I began my pool building advenure. Bryan

Re: Plaster Brushing Well, its not quite half full after 10 Hours of filling. Might be full in the morning. Here's a picture.

Re: Plaster Brushing Thanks for that advice, I will defiantely check the water first. I'll have to stop by a pool store and see what kid of cheap test kit they have I can get to use until the TF100 comes in. Shouldn't be too long a wait though. Based on what my wife said a couple hours ago...

My wife just called and told me they had finished the plaster and the pool was slowly filling. MY PB will be out on friday to do the "Pool Startup" My question is how soon should I begin brushing my plaster? Is it okay to wait until the PB comes out on friday and starts up the equipment or...

I'm in Houston, Texas, so while it doesn't get too cold here, it is not as warm as Florida is year round. We maybe get below freezing a half dozen times a season. Does water tempature hold pretty well overnight with the solar cover? I.E. if the daytime average temp is 50 degrees and it drops...

I'm new here and a new pool owner. My pool details are in my signature. The superintendent from my PB recomended a solar cover to extend/maximize my swimming season. I am wondering what the feasability (both economically and practically) of achieving year-round swimming would be, and how much...

Thanks for the information. Just curious why don't you like ozone systems? One of the reasons I chose ozone was because we had an ozone spa growing up and I loved the "feel" of it much better tha my friends spas that were all chlorine. We did occasionally shock it, and kept a resiual chlorine...

I have heard people ultmately end up using their pool/spa signifcantly less frequently then thaey imagine they will prior to getting it, however it is our intention for the pool and spa to both have alsmost daily use both as part of my exercise/workout program and has therapy for my wife's back...

Hello All, Our new inground pool is due to be finsihed this week (just waiting on plaster), and I have been doing a lot of research to make sure I properly maintain the swimming pool for comfortable year-round swimming. I am interested in automating as much of the process as possible. The...