There's been quite a few things that I've said, "no one else will notice." haha. No TFP sparkle yet b/c I'm not in charge of the pool.
It's still green looking. Start up guy put some sequestrant, MA, calcium chloride and CYA in yesterday. I can't figure out why he put CYA if I don't have chlorine yet but I'm still learning the chemicals so maybe that makes sense?
This looks really good! Cant wait to see the bowls. I love the look of that - but with kids on the way I just wanted to minimize things I know will become hazards haha so we went with the basic raised back wall sheer descent.
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That's the other thing...other than the bowls that I keep asking them about, I must have asked about the autofill like 5 times..."ok, does the autofill go in now?" "How about now?" Because I *knew* they were going to forget it. They just kept telling me later...well apparently it is now "later" and they still did it wrong.
You are right, no one will notice. But PB that pay attention to those little details are probably hopefully invested in doing the best job all around. They are the ones making sure the tile is straight, the corners of tile set correctly, the connections done, things are level etc. They want the whole to be the sum of the parts. Yes, little things get missed, it's a big hole in the ground, but when you are paying attention you catch most of them. A happy customer is advertising you can't buy. A mad, upset, dealing with a mess, is advertising you cannot pay to go away.
I think there is an invisible clause in all contracts that reads, The Homeowner is really the builder. Thanks goodness TFP members are here to hold our hands, if we didn't have this support who knows what would be in our backyards. By the way, the design of your pool is lovely, I really like the inset tanning ledge with steps, leaving a clear swim lane. Nicely thought out.That's the other thing...other than the bowls that I keep asking them about, I must have asked about the autofill like 5 times..."ok, does the autofill go in now?" "How about now?" Because I *knew* they were going to forget it. They just kept telling me later...well apparently it is now "later" and they still did it wrong.
Thanks...Yes I've been saying to people that I feel like I have all this wasted knowledge on how to build a pool now. But I hope to never have to build a pool again! One of my coworkers says that when she builds a pool, she's hiring me as a consultant, lol. For sure, I am very glad I found this site early in my search! Since I had a narrow area to work with, I figured we'd make the pool as long as we could so I can swim laps...it's about 2/3rds the length of a normal lap pool.
. He is in the process of adding them now. Luckily I had plenty of time to catch it since he's been at my house almost every day for the past 3 weeks lol
The pump and filter are running...but I am getting an in-floor cleaning system which needs pop-ups to blow the dirt towards the main drain but they haven't installed the pop-ups yet so the dirt isn't exactly making it's way to the drain. I guess I'll brush it that way later. I brushed the walls and steps today but not the floor yet. Oh, ok on the CYA
Tomorrow I should be getting chlorine. I emailed the office to ask when I am getting the pop-up heads...they'll probably tell me my favorite time frame, "soon." I don't even have a functional main drain. It's tied with a pipe to the skimmer housing... I don't think much water flows through there at all. But the robot I got last weekend did an excellent job of getting up a bunch of dirt (well, sand around here) that I didn't even know was on the bottom. I told my son that he gets to name the robot, but he hasn't yet.The pump and filter are running...but I am getting an in-floor cleaning system which needs pop-ups to blow the dirt towards the main drain but they haven't installed the pop-ups yet so the dirt isn't exactly making it's way to the drain. I guess I'll brush it that way later. I brushed the walls and steps today but not the floor yet. Oh, ok on the CYA
I can't believe your builder forgot the auto fill. I like having one (and I didn't know I was getting one--was surprised when I found out when shown how to turn it on).
Ours is wet edge too and was a similar green--I called it neon green. Thank goodness someone (not builder) warned me--said don't panic, it will be green for about ten days. And then it got much better.
I confess I have mixed feelings about not getting it as I read stories of people having issues with them. He did put in the manual fill line so we just go to where the faucets are and turn it on, rather than drag a hose over, which would be a pain and was before they finished connecting the manual fill line. Not sure how they could have done the plumbing for it and not made it auto fill but this does make us pay attention to any water loss. We don’t lose much to evaporation here in SF Bay Area, but kids splashing water into the unfinished autocover vault has been main source of water loss thus far.
We have neither. While I wish we had both (it never came up) with our Tampa Bay weather, if I could have only one it would be the auto drain. Almost by definition, if I am filling, the weather is dry and sunny. If I have to drain, I'm heading out into the storm.
I think that profile picture of watching the game from a floatie says it all.
Agreed. Also have neither, and I would sooner buy the autodrain over an autofill. I don't like the idea of not being able to see the water level drop, as that's typically going to be the first clue into a leak. And honestly filling it a bit is not that troublesome to me. I typically just drop in the hose while I'm doing testing and skimming and that's plenty of time.
With all the things we've done to our home in the last few years (pool, garagemahal, hurricane windows) our plan is to be carried out feet first.