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Pay more attention to plumbing and equipment. They in large part determine how easy or hard your pool is going to be to use and maintain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One other thing you may want is a Rite in the Rain pad to use as a test result notebook. I use this one Amazon.com : Spiral Notebook, Universal, 4-5/8 x 7 in : Wirebound Notebooks : Office Products And everything I do to the pool gets written down in it. I figure if I ever have any problem at...

You're on the right track. One thing I've found that is almost invaluable is some of these Sams Club - Squeeze Bottle - Clear - 12 pk. I use them to get a sample of pool water for testing as they make it easy to put just the right amount in the sample tubes for each test. As you get closer to...

A pool service isn't really a good idea. I'm a bit over a month in and my pool is still consuming acid at around a half gallon a day (high TA fill water). If I went a week between balancing my PH would be high enough I would almost certainly be building scale and the water would be unswimmable...

Yeah. The wife said it was amazing. I on the other hand just get to see pictures. Off paying for it again but tomorrow it should be awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sunset. It's all worth it now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's the pebble that has been polished smooth. Has a very glassy look in some of them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Luckily I have a project in Dallas this week so I'll pop in to a Home Depot and I should be able to find some ice melt. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Finally clear. 4.5 bottles of Jack's Magic Pink and a ton of brushing. Now just to find somewhere to buy calcium chloride in Houston. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Flys all the time here. Even on services we routinely do electrical, water, sewer, gas, phone, and cable all in the same ditch. This is just LV so it's even less of a problem. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Those are marker tiles. They identify the edge so you don't fall off accidentally. Some people here really like to bling them out. Denise (nursenini) comes to mind but there are many others. We decided to go plain as an offset to our light colored and blingy (lots of shells) plaster. Sent...

Two days, two quarts of jacks pink stuff. No change. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The water that tested .3 was on 10/3 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's exactly what I have. Not sure what it does. I wasn't ever planning on replacing it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I went ahead and ordered a Taylor K-1239SC. Should give me a real answer on dissolved metals but will take a few days to get here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The filter pump has been running 3400rpm since the fill water got above the returns. Costing a pretty penny but I don't want to take a chance turning it down until I get the water balanced. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's the same color all the way down. When I brush there is a brownish dust that I assumed was plaster dust colored by the water. I took a sample of our well water to the pool store before we filled and it read zero on metals (post 28 of this thread). I took a sample of the pool water over and...

Well it's green and it doesn't seem to be clearing up. Any help anyone can offer would be appreciated. Latest test results PH 7.5 FC 4.5 CC 0 CH 150 TA 300 CYA 30 The PB says this is metals not algae causing the color but it's more than a little green. Guess I'm just looking for reassurance...

It's a hole full of water. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pool school will be next week sometime (though I think I have a handle on everything thanks to this site). I read all the links and I have my TF-100 so I'm ready. Closeup of the plaster. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It's completely smooth. We got in this afternoon. PB said we could swim while it was filling without issue as they haven't added any chemicals yet so it's just our well water. It was just me with the kids so taking pictures while wrangling kids wasn't happening. I'll post some more close ups of...

They looked like some kind of buffing wheel driven by pressure washers. Must've had 10 pressure washers running in my back yard at the same time. Glad I don't live in town because I'm sure the neighbors wouldn't have appreciated the noise. It's a pebble plaster but this leaves it with a very...

Plaster polishing ongoing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We got plastered. Now just waiting for them to come back and polish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Between the side and the grotto are just ledges to create the waterfall effect. The steps to get to the slide or the rock on the top of the grotto are on the back side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Pictures of the slide as promised. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are stray voltages all over the place. They can come from equipment in your house or even from your local utility. They are especially dangerous around pools because with your whole body submerged you're especially sensitive to them. In water voltages as small as 500mV (that's half a volt...

Plaster is Tuesday. I should be able to be home. I'll take more pictures of the slide and waterfall tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Finally ready for plaster Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We've been pretty slow the last few weeks. It has rained a lot and that's not good when you're trying t do stone work. They finally got the slide/grotto/ waterfall finished yesterday. They formed out the deck today. We're supposed to pour the deck the next time we have a hole in the weather...