We were hoping that downspout would have disappeared. We are running the 7" gutter the entire length of the back of the house. I think its only about 30 feet, and i wanted the gutter pitched so that only one downspout was needed. Turns out they said that i need two downspouts, so that one will have to stay. I am just going to leave it as is. Most water will run into the deck drain and the rest can run down the deck.
Equipment was set yesterday, and holy Crud, what an amazing job our plumber did from start to finish. Completely reasonably priced as well. The pad is an absolute work of art. I was finally able to get some pictures of the deck when it wasnt wet, unfortunately ding dong photobombed one of them
Down to the last few weeks. Measurements for the new enclosure are monday and safety fence gets installed monday. In the next week and a half we are going to have the prep guy come out before the enclosure goes up so i have less cleaning to do to the actual enclosure from concrete dust from grinding the pool and what not.
Spoke to the pool finish company yesterday. I did not want to have to pay $600 for someone to add chemicals and brush my pool, but as i suspected, if i cut the start up out of it, they will not give us a warranty, which personally, i find is BS, especially since i will be keeping a log of everything that is done. He came down to $450 for the start up, which im not willing to void a warranty over $450, thats just silly, so it is what it is.
As far as hand casting the glass beads, he said they can add 2 bags per batch and then hand cast the third bag per batch, but the glass will only be on the horizontal surfaces, such as the steps, benches, and flooring. The more i think about it i have a feeling it will not be very even and i am too neurotic to have areas where there is more of a concentration than not, so we will just add 3 bags to the mix and be done with it. He said that they do a very good job bringing the glass to the surface.
Spoke to him about adding calcium chloride, and he was like wow you have really done your homework! I told him if im spending $12,000 on a pool finish, i want to know everything that is going on and that it is all correctly done. He said the most he has had to add is 3 cups in a 1200lb mix which is below the 2% allowable.
Still waiting for the misses to decide on a color. I am pretty close to getting her to agree on Aqua White with the cobalt glass beads at a 2:1 ratio to the light blue glass beads. With the pool enclosure, the pool will have quite a bit of natural light cut out of it compared to being an uncovered pool, and i think that going with aqua white will give her the shade she is looking for without being too dark, but we will see in the next few days.
Anyway, grab a drink and drool over the pictures of my equipment pad. Lord knows i still do! I went a little crazy with the labeling but I had to make it mommy and grandparent proof.
If anyone needs a good plumber, D.A Jones is who you need to use. Contact me for his info if youd like.
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