new build

Hello, We live in the SF Bay Area and are planning to put in a new pool, our current plans do not include a spa because we live in a home without a gas line. Due to our current city ordinances we can’t add a new gas line either. We are planning to install solar heating for the pool. My question...

We are first time pool builders and I found this forum way too late! I was going to post some of our experiences and decisions to get feedback and hopefully help avoid some of the same mistakes we made. I am planning to post some of the stages differently due to the time it takes to make a...

We are investigating on doing a DIY inground pool kit from Royal Swimming Pools. We have a small yard & their custom kits seem to be the best option that won't cost us 120K:oops: Quote is for a 9'x30'x18' small L with a liner over steps entry with 6' tanning ledge. Anything you'd suggest...

I’m new to this site. We’ve had our pool for two years and are basically doing ok. However, we are in the country and have a water well, not City water. The three things that are always needing attention are phosphate levels, chlorine stability, and alkalinity and Calcium hardness. Seems...

Been helping a friend getting his new pool up and running. Setup Sand filter, pump STA-RITE SuperMax VS 1.5hp, heater aguacomfort act1100 heat pump 93kbtu, equipment 60 ft from pool, 1.5" flex PVC pipe 1 run for returns and 1 run for drain/skimmer, frog system (I know pool builder said swg would...

Hello All, We are currently in the proposal phase of our first pool. We have gone to 4 builders and as soon as we get our next quote in we will be making a decision on who to move forward with. Any recommendations on things we should do during this initial stage before signing contracts is...

We are in NC and are doing a geometric pool and spa. Our yard definitely gets a good amount of direct sun and full shade throughout the day. I am so lost with regards to what finish color to choose. We love the blue/green waters of the Mediterranean Sea so Seafoam Green and Bordeaux seem...

Hello! We are meeting with the pool builder this afternoon. We have 3 kids (12, 9, 4). Oldest 2 on swim team, and our youngest in swim lessons. We want a pool our family can enjoy, have friends/family over for volleyball, grilling, hanging out, and swim laps. The biggest dilemma is choosing a...

Hi folks! We’re new pool people and curious to know if this type of streak/mark in plaster is normal? This is a dark blue quartz plaster that was filled with water overnight with 2 standard hoses. Our PB wasn’t direct about the normality of this issue and simply mentioned an acid wash but we’ve...

Hey guys! I’m not a new pool owner, I’ve been a TFPer for years. HOWEVER, we’ve always been chlorine & this pool build we decided we wanted to try SW. They finally are able to get and install the salt water generator and I have questions!! 1. I have the app, do I create a new pool or change my...

Hello Yall. My wife and I are in the North Houston area. We are family of 4 with 2 kids (7 and 10). We are looking to build a pool by summer 2023. We met with a few PB's around the area & after getting few designs/bids, we selected a PB that we liked. Attached are the renders and proposed bid...

Working on selecting a contractor for a new pool build. Pool will be about 14.5K gallons in SE Florida with two 12" sheer decent waterfalls, no spa. Narrowed down the equipment (based off of this sites recommendations) for Pentair products, but a couple of the builders only use Jandy. Any help...

Hello, I stumbled across this forum and have read many different posts. I am still doing some research but will give some details of where I am currently. Planning installation and am about to sign a contract with a pool builder. We had many different quotes from different types of pool...

Just opened a 22,500 gallon Gunite pool last week with 2 skimmers, 2 bottom drains and 2 return lines. The skimmer on the opposite side of the pool from the pump barely has any suction. So far I have removed numerous chunks of Gunite and plaster twice from each skimmer and once from the basket...

First ever pool....New ~ 9,500 gallon Hydrazzo plaster pool finished filling on Saturday night. The pool company didn't come until Monday morning. They added 2 gallons of muriatic acid, a small amount of chlorine, and what looked like a sequestering agent. I saw this on the pool camera and they...

Hello! New to this wonderful site, so excited to see all the fun things people have done. We're nearing completion, having equipment installed this week and getting ready for pebble next week but thought I'd share some pics of the process. I calculated about 19,500 gallons after 3D mapping the...

Hello all! I've been reading so much and have too much information in my head - I'm overthinking everything about the equipment. We're in the midst of a hybrid owner build/DIY and it's moving along pretty well, saving a lot of $'s and plaster scheduled for May 23rd. I'm just stuck with the...

Need help deciding between these 2 finishes for our new pool build! Our PB has been pushing MiniPebbleTec, but we had been leaning towards a Quartz finish. We've not been super happy with the PB, and answers from friends were mixed. Regular pebble tec tears up my feet, hence the reason the PB is...

Hello all, pebble pool completed in January 2022, is there any reason not to add Borates this soon? Is there an optimum timeframe or temperature threshold I should wait for? Additionally, can I store granular boric acid, CYA, calcium chloride and salt outside in the same deck box?

We have gotten a couple of bids for a new pool. We have not fully decided which we will choose or even if we will build right now (prices are insane). I've learned so much on this forum, I was hoping that some of you can take a look at these two different designs. I included diagram and pic...

Hey y’all!! I spent so many hours here during my first build. I learned everything from this site. We moved and had to leave our pool 😭. We moved to the middle of nowhere (our hometown where we met in Kindergarten, but that’s a story for another time). Trying to get builders to come here is...

Hello TFP members, I decided to share my pool experience with the forum that has provided me with such great information. Hopefully, my experience will be of some value. I am in the southern Maryland area. A little background...backyard had a double slope. Had to install a large retaining wall...

Hi Everyone! We are currently in the process of finding a pool builder for our first pool and are SO confused. Things I always thought were good like salt water and in floor cleaners are turning out to be not so good from all my reading?? Would love if y'all could help with this quote we...

Hi, we are considering building a pool. Just now at the stage of determining size, design, features, etc that we would want. We have not even contacted companies for quotes yet. Due to all of the delays I hear about and supply chain issues, I am very curious about the experiences of those...

Hi Everyone, Thank you in advance for all the help! We really need some feedback. This will be our first pool and we’ve been trying to educate ourselves as much as we can. This is the first bid we receive, so this is by no means final. Somethings I want to get out of the way, 1) After reading...

I just had the plaster installed on my new build pool this past Tuesday with Wet Edge Altima Gray. On Wednesday and Thursday, another crew came to polish the plaster then acid wash and power wash. It’s look and feels good. One of the polishers said that in one small area on one of the wall...

There’s not really much to tell. We’ve nearly completed our first swimming pool. It’s an 18’x36’ hunky pool. There’s really nothing fancy about. It has a tanning ledge with bubblers for the kids to play and a basketball/volleyball combo kit. It’s nearly complete as water was just put in.

After two years of designing and over a year of waiting (and scrolling TFP!) the PB finally digs this week :) Wanted to get some feedback on the equipment & pool depth before we get too far along. Pictures attached of layout. Pool perimeter: 78' Pool area: 365ft2 Gallons: 9,250 Pump...

In July 2020 I signed a contract to have my pool installed in Aug 2021. However, it is now Sep and my PB has said that because of the nationwide resin shortage, Latham is unable to deliver pools to meet their deadlines. He said he can install 1.5 pools a week but he's only getting 1-2 pools a...

I wanted to share the design for my new pool design. Ive added my pictures and bid. The plan is to do SWG which Ive learned from my lurking here. The pool is 32X17.6 currently and is intended to be 4x5x4 - may take it to 4x6x4. Its just me and my mom using the pool for relaxing and exercising...