Okay, its been a bit of a long story -- was too busy with life to keep up some posts.
Anyway, we got to a certain point and then it became apparent that the pump on our well was not sufficient to fill the pool in a reasonable amount of time. Of course, I didn't realize this would be a problem at first and was pretty irritated to find out I needed a new well and pump. Would have been nice to know at the beginning, but there you are.
Anway, I roughly calculated it would have taken somewhere around 2+ weeks to fill the pool. Apparently the plaster has to be covered within a few days or it falls apart. So $6 grand later we have a new well and pump; lots of course went wrong with this, but it got operational in time to fill the pool. We had a 1 1/4 inch pipe attached directly to the well pipe bypassing the house plumbing, and the approx 40k gallon pool filled in about 1 day, surprising everybody.
They came by the next day to start the pump and clean the yard up. One of the most annoying parts of this whole thing was how crappy my yard looked for so long.
The pump has been on for two days now, and I am brushing the sides down dutifully. They say I can get in the pool at this point, but the pH is still really low and I don't want to walk around looking like a giant lobster if I get a rash from the acid.
How long until the pH gets a little closer to normal? Also, I got the SWG (two of the to run in parallel); they said it won't be needed for about 1 month. Do we ever add chlorine at all or just a bunch of salt when it's time then turn them on?
Anyway, here are a few pics for the pic hungry crowd:
This is the morning it was almost full:
Also a couple of critters: