Help! Our brand new gunite pool was plastered (plain white) 11 days ago. Plaster was done on Friday and they started to fill immediately. We never received any instructions from our PB and knew almost nothing about pools bc they said they had someone starting everything up for the first 28 days. I noticed that the fill was going very slowly and tried to add a second hose, but in the process splashed some water into the shallow end.
The next morning I texted our pb because the splash marks were still visible (although almost dry at that point). He said it was no problem and would disappear once the water level got up to that point (whew!) He then told me to go ahead and stick a hose in the shallow end and let it fill from both sides, so I did. I noticed that the water pooled in a couple spots before running down into the deep end, but assumed it was fine because our pb said to do it. It took another almost 10 hours to get up to the shallow level and cover the puddles from the second hose, and at that point the wet marks disappeared.
However, yesterday they reappeared (along with a bunch of other stains), and now I’m worried. The people taking care of the startup keep saying it’s fine and they’ll be able to take care of the stains once the pool gets clean. But after reading extensively about plaster startups for the past week, I’m nervous that the water chemistry hasn’t been getting balanced the way it should have and that the pooling may have caused permanent discoloration.
Is there anything at all that can be done to address this issue? I’m sick to my stomach over the $$$ we’ve spent on this project, only to be faced with the prospect of immediately redoing the plaster...Since this all happened I’ve of course found tons of warnings about filling from the deep end, but no info about whether this can be fixed.
The next morning I texted our pb because the splash marks were still visible (although almost dry at that point). He said it was no problem and would disappear once the water level got up to that point (whew!) He then told me to go ahead and stick a hose in the shallow end and let it fill from both sides, so I did. I noticed that the water pooled in a couple spots before running down into the deep end, but assumed it was fine because our pb said to do it. It took another almost 10 hours to get up to the shallow level and cover the puddles from the second hose, and at that point the wet marks disappeared.
However, yesterday they reappeared (along with a bunch of other stains), and now I’m worried. The people taking care of the startup keep saying it’s fine and they’ll be able to take care of the stains once the pool gets clean. But after reading extensively about plaster startups for the past week, I’m nervous that the water chemistry hasn’t been getting balanced the way it should have and that the pooling may have caused permanent discoloration.
Is there anything at all that can be done to address this issue? I’m sick to my stomach over the $$$ we’ve spent on this project, only to be faced with the prospect of immediately redoing the plaster...Since this all happened I’ve of course found tons of warnings about filling from the deep end, but no info about whether this can be fixed.
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