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Back from Ike! We were out of power for almost a week, but we had great weather (after the storm) considering ... We have a WetEdge (pebble) pool. I kept the organics cleaned out (after about a 2-day battle). I shocked two days ago, and am out of chlorine now. Here are my latest #'s: FC .5 CC...

I have an IG SWG pool, nearly 4 weeks young. I live in Missouri City, TX, a 'burb of Houston. Here are my test results: PH 7.3 T/A 400 FC 3.5 CC .5 ? TC 35 CH 90-100 CYA 30 The pool has had the SWG running for about a week, now. PH has been running high, so has the T/A (this PH reading is...

Congrats. Looks great! I'd write more and tell you how well yours turned out, but mine's calling me, too! Now ... enjoy! :)

Landmark - We chose WetEdge Satin Matrix, Costa Azul. Looks fairly close to your WetEdge Pearl Matrix. tcab - Yeah, it has made a huge difference in the feel of the whole yard. It's like a whole other room ... hard to imagine that we'd ever spend ANY time outside in Houston during the summer -...

Nice. Very nice. And, as a bonus, it looks like we'll have decent weather for a couple more days at least, so you'll get to enjoy it right away! (Altho' it took about a day and a half, with 3 hoses, to fill ours. Yours will probably take longer). If you're like us, you'll enjoy all but the...

Landmark - We had WetEdge applied two weeks ago ... after 8-10 days of promises of "tomorrow..." We experienced some of the same issues you seem to be having. Part of our delay was U** Plaster (are they doing yours?) getting behind on their schedule due to all the rains at that time. At one...

Landmark, I know it's hard to be so close... but it'll be worth the wait. Your pool looks great. ( ... it'll look MUCH better with water in it). We're all pulling for you. Can't wait to see it finished. While waiting for plaster, we had the same rain issues a few weeks ago on our pool. We...

We promised to post the progress here. But we've been busy enjoying our pool! We've been swimming since the pool was filled on the 10th of August. It's been a slow process. We've learned a lot, and have received lots of great advice & wonderful support here. It was really, really...

Not that I'm counting, but 49 days after the first bit of dirt got moved, we've been plastered! Woke up this morning to the wonderful sound of the dog barking as the plaster crew arrived. Usually, we hate the early morning arrivals, but today ... :lol: They were done by 10:30 or so, and said...

Thanks, Mermaid Queen. We're very happy with it, but we'd REALLY like to see it with some water in it. The last time the pool area physically changed was about two weeks ago when we finished up the flagstone rock on the raised deck area. We've heard "tomorrow is plaster" 5 out of the last 8...

Yes, we are putting in a SWG. I'm a newbie, here, but I think the stack you're asking about is the blower pipe. I've read so many others post on this forum about waiting out the last few days of the pool building process, and the frustration involved as you know you're SO CLOSE, but just not...

Starsky - Your pool looks great. Love the nighttime looks, too. I'm jealous. Heading off to work today, but they're supposed to be cleaning mine today for (hopefully) plaster tomorrow. How long did they ask you to stay out of the water with the Pebble Sheen? I know you're up near Austin, but...

We got some of our yard back. The landscape crew came by before the pool was finished, and we finally got some green around the deck. No one was any happier than our dog seemed to be! We seem to be close, the PB says they'll probably clean the pool tomorrow and pour plaster on Saturday. It's...

We raised the spa 12". It probably looks higher due to the raised deck and bench nearby. I'll try to post some more pix soon. They got a lot done today. Hopefully back tomorrow to re-work the waterfall cap rock, etc.

Your build is looking great! It's coming along nicely. I really like the look of your spa, and I'm jealous of your sundeck. Once you get the deck in, your project starts feeling a lot less of a mess ... a much different feel to it. We just got our deck poured last Monday - and as you know -...

Time for a photo update: The deck & the raised deck bench are in. These were taken a day or two ago. Today, they're back finishing off the flagstone trim. And, they dropped off our equipment today. So, even tho' Hurricane Dolly gave us some rain delay, we seem to be progressing. I...

PB came by today for a quick check. Still looking like deck poured tomorrow. He was in/out so fast today I forgot about the pressure questions. (The pressure is reading 17 today, so I'll have to leave him a voice mail early in the am, as I won't be here ... gotta work again! Most other...

Re: Stever's Pool Build - (PLASTER & WATER TODAY ! ) Good luck sleeping tonight. (It's gonna feel like Christmas morning there!) Congrats.

Things are going well. I've been away from the house working all weekend and today, leaving around sunup and getting home late, so I haven't had much time to worry while walking the pool perimeter! :) That's ok, as the pool folks have been busy otherwise over the weekend. Supposed to have a...

Re: Stever's Pool Build - (PASSED Inspection !!) I'm not a long-term reader, here, having only found this site well past the time we signed the contract. We're still under construction, waiting for decks to be poured in the next few days, small fixes to be done, then equipment placed, plaster...

I don't know what it started at. I'll try to get some info from the plumber next time they're here. I am assuming the weeping wall/waterfall lines. What they ended up doing, I guess, is cutting the pipe/connector coming out of those drains (above ground) and then capped them at ground level. I...

That helps a lot, thanks. I know they have a pressure gauge on top of the stack near the equip pad, it's been reading @ 21. And as regards the cap rock, they are coming back to "fix" that, so should I ask them to try to cap that and check that pressure before they deck? Is that standard...

stevenbria - thanks for the great advice last week. your thoughts mirrored mine. Eskimo Pie - agreed. we can't wait to get in the pool and soak away all the bumps in the road! cobra416 - have them check the pressure before they cover the pipes with the decking? that's part of the beauty of...

Lots of progress in the last week. I'll try to catch you up with the latest... The rock crew spent Monday - Wednesday, with temps hovering in the mid 90's, building our waterfall, weeping wall, and installing the tile and coping. At the end of the day on Monday, here's what we had. Another...

Re: Pool dig / depth questions Thanks all - Just wanted to give you an update as the feedback was much appreciated. As I knew, in the end it would be our decision, but ... well, most of you know ... it's a scary time to have to deal with problems all at once. We've moved on. We are staying...

Re: Pool dig / depth questions Here's the latest - PB came by this week and shot some gunite (basically, our option #2) to see if we could reach a compromise on our depth / slope issue - without incurring any costs on either side. Here are a few updated photos: This is the new level & slope...

Re: Pool dig / depth questions Thanks all. I really appreciate the feedback. (Keep it coming.) It's a scary feeling, as probably most of you already know. Good to have someone out there who confirms you're not completely crazy ... just mostly crazy for doing this in the first place! Yeah, it's...

Re: Pool dig / depth questions No inspector. Not even the supervisor came by on the 2nd dig day. (To take a stab at some humor ... "we're in Texas. We don't need no stinkin' inspectors!") I'll try (first time) posting a picture to show you what I mean about the depth. Here is twin #2, looking...

Started the excitement / terror recently. We're just past gunite, and nervous. We went with a sport pool, 3'6" - 5'6" -4'6" on the plans. Approx 36' x 20' with a spa on the shallow end. After the gunite was sprayed, and we got in the pool to check it out, we noticed that the 3rd/last step is...