Nice design. I’m curious to see how this plaster looks as we are considering it for our build as well.Dec 04
And we're filling!! Started 12:40 PM.
The broken light is supposed to be fixed/replaced next week per PB.
EXCITING!!!
Hurry up and wait! (Katy, TX)
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Good idea. I will do that.
Thanks! I'll share pics once it's done filling and in a few weeks once everything is balanced.
Dec 05
Finished filling both pool and spa at about 12:05 today, so very nearly 24 hours total. The pool is ~8300 gallons, the spa, ~700 gallons. A monarch caterpillar was very interested in the pool, but I used some scrap concrete to relocate it to the fence.
The sock over the hose held up well, but is stained brown something fierce. I'm guessing that means there is iron in the water? The plaster guys dumped a half gallon of something in the water just as they started filling it. I am assuming now that could have been sequestrant? Maybe? I may try some polyfill in the skimmers to see what happens.
It was an overcast, cloudy day today so couldn't get any sparkly sunny pictures, but it still looks great! Loving the turquoise. I can't wait to see how it matures over the coming weeks.
When this process started I vowed to jump in when the pool was filled, no matter what time of year. So, with 74 degree water and similar air temp, I jumped in. That 30 minutes felt great! So happy to finally have my own pool.
Finished filling both pool and spa at about 12:05 today, so very nearly 24 hours total. The pool is ~8300 gallons, the spa, ~700 gallons. A monarch caterpillar was very interested in the pool, but I used some scrap concrete to relocate it to the fence.
The sock over the hose held up well, but is stained brown something fierce. I'm guessing that means there is iron in the water? The plaster guys dumped a half gallon of something in the water just as they started filling it. I am assuming now that could have been sequestrant? Maybe? I may try some polyfill in the skimmers to see what happens.
It was an overcast, cloudy day today so couldn't get any sparkly sunny pictures, but it still looks great! Loving the turquoise. I can't wait to see how it matures over the coming weeks.
When this process started I vowed to jump in when the pool was filled, no matter what time of year. So, with 74 degree water and similar air temp, I jumped in. That 30 minutes felt great! So happy to finally have my own pool.
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TampaKathy
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Probably sequestrant...are you on a well? I can't believe how blue your pool is already...mine was sooo green the day it got filled and a few days after!
- May 3, 2014
- 62,692
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Katy/Houston TX water is high in iron. Put polyfill in the skimmer basket. Get as much of it out as you can. When you first add chlorine, it will show up even more.
I am farther south than you, down by George Ranch. The iron and manganese is so high it was staining all my white clothes in the laundry, like dipped in Lipton Tea color. I added a whole house softener and a FILOX filter, same size large tank plumbed before water softener tank, to filter the high iron and mangaese. I was unable to add a fill line from softened water to the pool, sure wish I could have. I have done the ascorbic acid treatment annually with sequestrate. It works but takes continual sequestrate. I should have done filtration with polyfill, but I am selling the house. It is a continual problem with all the rain and overflow due to the high amount of rain here in Houston.Dec 05
Finished filling both pool and spa at about 12:05 today, so very nearly 24 hours total. The pool is ~8300 gallons, the spa, ~700 gallons. A monarch caterpillar was very interested in the pool, but I used some scrap concrete to relocate it to the fence.
The sock over the hose held up well, but is stained brown something fierce. I'm guessing that means there is iron in the water? The plaster guys dumped a half gallon of something in the water just as they started filling it. I am assuming now that could have been sequestrant? Maybe? I may try some polyfill in the skimmers to see what happens.
It was an overcast, cloudy day today so couldn't get any sparkly sunny pictures, but it still looks great! Loving the turquoise. I can't wait to see how it matures over the coming weeks.
When this process started I vowed to jump in when the pool was filled, no matter what time of year. So, with 74 degree water and similar air temp, I jumped in. That 30 minutes felt great! So happy to finally have my own pool.
We're in a MUD district, so it's supposed to be treated. Sounds like I need to get polyfill in the skimmers post haste! On it
I’m in Katy myself, cinco ranch area and filled my pool with my hose and didn’t have any staining issues. In fact, the sock and rag I tied to the hose didn’t have any stains. I’m guessing it depends where the water is coming from.
It probably comes as a surprise to no one on this forum that I am thoroughly unimpressed by the start-up "services" that the PB is supposed to be providing. A dude came out on Monday to turn on the pumps and did some lack-luster brushing, then left after 15 minutes. I had my suspicion that they didn't add any chems to the pool and my testing seems to bear that out. No one showed up yesterday either. So the pool has no stabilizer or chlorine, and pH is rising. Going to get supplies on the way home this evening and take over. Meanwhile the SO and I are getting our arm workouts in with the brushing 
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Dec 06
FC = 0.5 (fairly sure this was just residual chlorine from the fill water)
CC = 0.5
pH = 7.2
TA = 170
CH = 125
CYA = 0
Dec 07
FC = 0
CC = 0
pH = 8
TA = 140
CH = 175
CYA = 0
In other news, the Intellicenter and salt cell showed up yesterday, along with a Hayward pump. I'm concerned the Hayward won't integrate well with Intellicenter automation. Does anyone have experience combining the two brands? Do they play well together? I get that supply shortages are messing things up, but if they won't integrate, I'd rather wait for the Whisperflo that was listed in my contract.
Called Marina on Monday to order a robot (Explorer E30) and that is supposed to show up today. Woo!
.Dec 06
FC = 0.5 (fairly sure this was just residual chlorine from the fill water)
CC = 0.5
pH = 7.2
TA = 170
CH = 125
CYA = 0
Dec 07
FC = 0
CC = 0
pH = 8
TA = 140
CH = 175
CYA = 0
In other news, the Intellicenter and salt cell showed up yesterday, along with a Hayward pump. I'm concerned the Hayward won't integrate well with Intellicenter automation. Does anyone have experience combining the two brands? Do they play well together? I get that supply shortages are messing things up, but if they won't integrate, I'd rather wait for the Whisperflo that was listed in my contract.
Called Marina on Monday to order a robot (Explorer E30) and that is supposed to show up today. Woo!
TampaKathy
Gold Supporter
Look at the Wet Edge Start up guide before you start putting chemicals in...the first few days you are supposed to use as little chlorine as possible per the guide.
ah...thanks for that! You're right, I guess then some info from the PB on what their plans were would've been helpful so I'm not unnecessarily freaking out.
I'll chalk this up to new pool jitters!
I'll chalk this up to new pool jitters!
Appears the Hayward pump is a replacement for your second pump used for water feature. Is that correct as you state you have an IntelliFLo as your main circulation pump? Thus, the Hayward pump is probably just a single speed so it will just be an on/off control which works with any automation system. I used a single speed Pentair WhisperFlo for a decade with a Jandy automation. Just on or off as programed.
Yes that is correct that it is a secondary pump for the water features. That's good to hear that it will integrate with Intellicenter without issue. I have an Intelliflow for the main pump.
We've officially survived the first week!
Finally got some sunshine today so took the opportunity to do some tidying and figuring out where to put all these accessories. We decided to plop most things on the fence. The side of the house gets relatively little sun so it should be ok, and will allow things to air dry as needed.
We purchased a robot from Marina, an Explorer E30. He has been dubbed Herbie. I'm working on getting some googly eyes so he can see where he's going.
Pool school is tentatively scheduled for next Saturday, Dec 18, at 11 AM. We have quite the to-do list going so I guess it'll be interesting to see what happens this week. We've already been told the electrician will be out next week so all of the electrical items ought to be ticked off the list soon.
Still remaining from the PB:
Finally got some sunshine today so took the opportunity to do some tidying and figuring out where to put all these accessories. We decided to plop most things on the fence. The side of the house gets relatively little sun so it should be ok, and will allow things to air dry as needed.
We purchased a robot from Marina, an Explorer E30. He has been dubbed Herbie. I'm working on getting some googly eyes so he can see where he's going.
Pool school is tentatively scheduled for next Saturday, Dec 18, at 11 AM. We have quite the to-do list going so I guess it'll be interesting to see what happens this week. We've already been told the electrician will be out next week so all of the electrical items ought to be ticked off the list soon.
Still remaining from the PB:
- Brick veneer on porch column
- Porch extension fan and light electrical hook-up
- Installing light switch plate and final electric
- Spa blower installation
- Flood light installation
- Intellicenter panel installation and remote set-up
- Sheer descent start-up
- Autofill installation
- Secondary and tertiary pump start-up
- Heater bypass installation
- Equipment pad divot fix/refill
- Flush mount bubbler fittings
- Eyeball returns
- Pool and spa light electrical hook-up and testing
- Make sure umbrella sleeves open
- Rerun gutters
- Reinstall water softener
- Bury telephone and internet cables
- Mount TV
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TampaKathy
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Quite very so!!Googly eyes...very important
Have I got a surprise for YOU when you test your CYA the first time……..
*cannot be unseen
TampaKathy
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LOL, true!Have I got a surprise for YOU when you test your CYA the first time……..
*cannot be unseen
haha...but that dot doesn't wiggle!
(Syaing that it doesn't google has an entirely different meaning nowadays )
(Syaing that it doesn't google has an entirely different meaning nowadays
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Not much to update at this point. I've sent the punch list items to the PB and they've confirmed that they've sent in the orders to get everything sorted, but that goes with a giant asterisk in that due to the holidays they can't say when anything will happen. So it'll be a surprise to us all!