Unfortunately, now starts our plumbing pressure saga!!!!!
I'd definitely appreciate the wisdom from this forum, but I'm quickly losing patience with my PB and their plumbing sub and starting to question the entire plumbing job. Here are the series of events...
Monday, October 26 - Plumbing "long" runs completed but didn't have enough time to pressurize the system, supposed to return on Tuesday
Tuesday, October 27 - Electricians run electrical lines and install Microbrites in the pool, no plumbers
Wednesday, October 28 - Inspector approved plumbing and said lines could be covered up, even though no pressure test, no updates from PB
Thursday, October 29 - Decking sub, stops by to review project and will start tomorrow - ground prep saga under the pergola I eluded to during the dig (I'll come back to this later) will become an issue
Friday, October 30 - The plumbing crew finally arrives and pressurizes to lines to 20psi around noon. By 4pm the pressure has dropped to about 13psi and I notify PB. Looking around the pool, I notice the wall below one of the skimmers is wet. Upon inspection, the plug had come out.
Monday, November 2 - no update from PB or plumber
Tuesday, November 3 - around noon, the plumbing crew re-seals skimmer and re-pressurizes to 20psi. Decking crew has excavated and filled/compacted trenchs, and has finalized deck forms, drainage, etc... for concrete tomorrow. By 2pm pressure is 19psi, maybe I didn't look at the gauge close enough so I start taking pictures. By 6pm, pressure is 17psi and I notify PB as concrete is scheduled for the morning.
Wednesday, November 4
8am - Gauge is at 14psi. Start frantically contacting PB. Decking crew is here, and concrete is already on his way. PB texts that the plumber said "pressure held at 20 for a long time, if there was a leak it would be at 0, don't hold up concrete". I state it should hold pressure and not drop very much at all. If there is a leak and it's under the concrete, they will be responsible for ripping up and repairs...
9:30am -PB/Plumber assures me it's probably a plug like before and to move forward.
10am - Deck concrete gets poured
12pm - Plumbing crew arrives, I have them separate the piping into 4 sections - Spa Jet Arrays/suction, Pool Suction, Pool/Spa Returns, Water Features and pressurize
1pm - 4 sections set at 35psi
2pm - Spa JetArray/Suction is losing pressure, 28psi
3pm - Decking crew is complete
4pm - Plumbers separate the Spa JetArray Returns and Spa Suction (2 lines) so 5 total pressure tests. They find a leak in one of the 3 plugs in the spa channel drain.
5pm - Now 5 sections complete and pressure set to ~35psi (20 psi for JetArrays as they have smaller PVC at the spa end). Maybe the PB and plumber were right all along and this is nothing to worry about.....