Fiberglass - The build in New Jersey

[Wolfepack88]

Ok plumbing finally has begun. Hopefully no glaring problems from the experts.

 

[Wolfepack88]

Pad dry fit. Verticals will be straightened but layout is in place. Is this ok, any issues? Only thing I asked about was the 90's which were not sweeps which they use underground.

 

[Newdude]

Only thing I asked about was the 90's which were not sweeps which they use underground.

90s are fine with regards to short pool plumbing runs. For miles and miles of highway pipes, they may make the difference. Or for drain pipes that have low flow using gravity to move the water.

 

[Wolfepack88]

Back from vacation and the water stayed clear with the floaters and having brought the chlorine up to slam level. Put liquid chlorine in at 3am when I got home from the airport. Well here is some updated photos of progress. Pavilion up and paver deck going in. Cambridge Ledgestone Smooth (regret a little not getting the XL but when we tried to audible to the XL supply was 3-4 months out). Off to test the water and see what it says.

 

[Wolfepack88]

One additional revelation, my builder installs a row of soldiers on the perimeter, however Cambridge no longer makes separate soldiers in smooth like the set but only textured. So the soldier border will be textured. Hoping that won't look strange. Lastly the water chemistry stayed ok for being gone two weeks on vacation. Didn't turn green. Dirty as can be with construction and cutting of pavers, etc. Wish we would have had the bluestone honed on the inside edge to take the sharpness away. I did ask for bullnose on the spa and that should be safer for the auto-cover.

 

[Wolfepack88]

Ok pool turned on today but limited as we don't have anyone available to make gas connection to heater with NJ storm damage the gas guys are all doing emergency repairs for home without gas right now. Totally understandable. Pool temp is 77 per the Jandy system but it is supposed to go down to 49 tonight so it will be interesting to see how much temp is lost. Sunny tomorrow with 75 degrees but then 83 on Saturday so maybe a plunge on Saturday or Sunday if it warms a little in the sun. Total first world problems with so much damage people are dealing with but was hoping kids might get one swim in before everything goes dark for fall/winter.

Spa bullnose coping on the inside of the pool looks good and should eliminate wear and tear on auto-cover when that comes. Straight edge everywhere else. Had we thought about it might have done bull nose on inside of pool just to eliminate sharp edge. Some remaining paver work to finish, the gator max polymeric sand, landscape stuff to restore yard, install some patio lights, redo backyard sprinklers, install whole house surge protectors, but coming towards the end of the tunnel to a degree. Maybe we get lucky next week with a heater guy who knows. Picture of bluestone bullnose on spa. Full vacuum they will do tomorrow as well and will pump that out to my backyard not into skimmer thankfully. All the construction dirt and Crud.

 

[jonnyd91]

Any new updates or finished pics?

 

[Wolfepack88]

Any new updates or finished pics?

Just had the last inspector leave and we are done, except for finishing up auto-cover deck box (mfg made it 5" too long so new one is coming, winter cover install and close of pool. Sprinklers back in and now trying to grow some grass back which is coming in. So grateful to everyone on this forum to provide education, suggestions, re-assurance, etc. So glad I found this site before I started the process. I had a very good experience with the exception of my autocover and straight edge pool coping. My PB said it would be fine. In my opinion with a deck mounted cover the coping at the cover box end at minimum should be bullnose. So I will have that done now which will be a pain but will be worth the effort to save wear and tear on the cover.

 

[Casey]

Just had the last inspector leave and we are done, except for finishing up auto-cover deck box (mfg made it 5" too long so new one is coming, winter cover install and close of pool. Sprinklers back in and now trying to grow some grass back which is coming in.

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I'm getting final inspection tomorrow at 3pm.

 

[Wolfepack88]

I'm getting final inspection tomorrow at 3pm.

Wow fast as can be on your end. Gotta sneak over to your thread to see that latest pics.

 

[TFPNoobie]

Unfortunately, the pool hasn’t arrived yet? It was due April 5th but has been indefinitely delayed at this point due to supply chain issues. That’s why I was curious as to your time frame for ordering and receiving the pool.

hownis your build going? Do you have any updated pictures?

We signed a contract in July 2020 and was originally scheduled for Aug 2021. Delayed because of Texas freeze (Latham pool) and now waiting for permit approval. I think PB is gonna start digging once the permit goes through. Been a long wait and I’m a bit nervous about a December install in Philly burbs. Concrete decking won’t be poured until spring. You still waiting?

 

[bmoreswim]

Hopefully everything got finished up for you. Things look great! I would think the bullnose at the cover end is certainly a good idea, though maybe not essential. Corner of spa will always be the week link for your setup, both on the autocover and winter cover. Not a lot else to do besides draping a doubled up towel over it, hanging into both the pool and spa to keep if form moving, before closing (kind of a low grade solution, but no one will ever see it if you choose to do something like that.) That's just me being overly cautious. I don't have that exposed corner to speak from experience. Both covers are tough, but the weak link will always fail first. For the side coping, it's very easy to ease the edge of those with a grinder yourself. I have a square edge bluestone coping and put a small 45 degree edge (it's roughly 1/8") all the way around the pool and on some small table tops near the pool. It's a little scary at first, but if if try on a sample, it's easy to get the hang of it. You just move semi-fast to keep it smooth, don't have anything in your way as you back up and don't trip (or drop the grinder in the pool). Here's a moderately close shot where, if you expand the picture a bit, you can see the different sheen on the edge where it's angled now. Your winter cover will benefit from the eased edge as well when it's full of snow and sitting on the water surface.

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• bmoreswim
• Jun 30, 2013

 

[Wolfepack88]

Hopefully everything got finished up for you. Things look great! I would think the bullnose at the cover end is certainly a good idea, though maybe not essential. Corner of spa will always be the week link for your setup, both on the autocover and winter cover. Not a lot else to do besides draping a doubled up towel over it, hanging into both the pool and spa to keep if form moving, before closing (kind of a low grade solution, but no one will ever see it if you choose to do something like that.) That's just me being overly cautious. I don't have that exposed corner to speak from experience. Both covers are tough, but the weak link will always fail first. For the side coping, it's very easy to ease the edge of those with a grinder yourself. I have a square edge bluestone coping and put a small 45 degree edge (it's roughly 1/8") all the way around the pool and on some small table tops near the pool. It's a little scary at first, but if if try on a sample, it's easy to get the hang of it. You just move semi-fast to keep it smooth, don't have anything in your way as you back up and don't trip (or drop the grinder in the pool). Here's a moderately close shot where, if you expand the picture a bit, you can see the different sheen on the edge where it's angled now. Your winter cover will benefit from the eased edge as well when it's full of snow and sitting on the water surface.

IMG_7767 - TFP.jpg

• bmoreswim
• Jun 30, 2013

I see the edge that is exactly what I need. The winter cover was made with extra padding built into the underside of the cover right where the corner of the spa is as they said that would be needed when they came to measure. The autocover folks said they will further smooth the coping edge when they come in the spring to service. My PB was supposed to come back with an suggestion and they went radio silent which is a bit disappointing. BTW the flagstone deck in your picture looks awesome!!

 

[bmoreswim]

Haha, thanks. It’s painted concrete that is now more or less gray concrete with carved grout lines as accents.