Laporte tx pool build!
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SWEET! 
Have you started bonding with it yet? aka watering it. If you get tired of doing it by hand you can use a sprinkler to help you out.
It is time to give you your own set of links! It is a lot of info that will start to make sense when you start using it:
Print these out:
Pool School - Basic Pool Care Schedule
Pool School - Recommended Levels
Bookmark these:
Pool School - Recommended Pool Chemicals
PoolMath
Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Make sure to ask any and all questions you might have no matter how small! We have all been where you are at one point.
Now is also the time I ask what test kit your PB is providing. Let us know so we can fill in any blanks.
Kim
Have you started bonding with it yet? aka watering it. If you get tired of doing it by hand you can use a sprinkler to help you out.
It is time to give you your own set of links! It is a lot of info that will start to make sense when you start using it:
Print these out:
Pool School - Basic Pool Care Schedule
Pool School - Recommended Levels
Bookmark these:
Pool School - Recommended Pool Chemicals
PoolMath
Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Make sure to ask any and all questions you might have no matter how small! We have all been where you are at one point.
Now is also the time I ask what test kit your PB is providing. Let us know so we can fill in any blanks.
Kim
So what is the time line now?
Kim
I need to pick out tile and colors of decking and travertine and stone and then hopefully it will move quickly! For now I am enjoying the free Gunite watering from mother nature!!
You KNOW we will help you pick it all out! Show us what you are thinking of and set us free!
Kim
Kim
[h=2]I posted this in plumbing section without much luck but I’ll try here.....
My PB wants to put 6 returns on a single run of pvc, is this normal? I read that no more than 2 returns should be on each run. I do not want inefficiency. He is bucking my request for 2.5" plumbing but I want to make sure that we aren't messing up.. how many returns are okay per run of plumbing, or would putting all six on a single loop be okay? He is fine with running the skimmers separately but says that pool returns should be on one line and pressure adjusted with the eyeballs.[/h]
My PB wants to put 6 returns on a single run of pvc, is this normal? I read that no more than 2 returns should be on each run. I do not want inefficiency. He is bucking my request for 2.5" plumbing but I want to make sure that we aren't messing up.. how many returns are okay per run of plumbing, or would putting all six on a single loop be okay? He is fine with running the skimmers separately but says that pool returns should be on one line and pressure adjusted with the eyeballs.[/h]
Ask him how the pressure is adjusted with the eyeball 
All the eyeball does is tell the water from the return where to go. I guess you could adjust the pressure a tiny bit if you have the eyeball turned so it is blocked a little bit by the ring that holds it on.
It is YOUR pool and YOUR money. Tell him what you want and keep looking him in the eyes while he tries to wiggle out of what you want. Keep saying "I want 2.5" pipe" over and over until he gives up LOL Do the same thing for the valves to the returns. Having each set of returns on it's own valve will give you so much more control. If he does it like he wants the returns at the end of the return may have less pressure/flow.
Kim
All the eyeball does is tell the water from the return where to go. I guess you could adjust the pressure a tiny bit if you have the eyeball turned so it is blocked a little bit by the ring that holds it on.It is YOUR pool and YOUR money. Tell him what you want and keep looking him in the eyes while he tries to wiggle out of what you want. Keep saying "I want 2.5" pipe" over and over until he gives up LOL Do the same thing for the valves to the returns. Having each set of returns on it's own valve will give you so much more control. If he does it like he wants the returns at the end of the return may have less pressure/flow.
Kim
PB can adjust the flow (and pressure) using different diameter eyeballs in the returns. That's easy enough but I am not really sure why he wants to do it. I would talk with him and ask about placement and that you notice many pools with only 2 or so returns. His answers should make sense.
6 returns is probably OK but you will have a decrease in your system pressure and the flow. That may not be bad but you should understand where and why he wants to put them.....they could be a very good thing.
6 returns is probably OK but you will have a decrease in your system pressure and the flow. That may not be bad but you should understand where and why he wants to put them.....they could be a very good thing.
Ask him how the pressure is adjusted with the eyeball
It is YOUR pool and YOUR money. Tell him what you want and keep looking him in the eyes while he tries to wiggle out of what you want. Keep saying "I want 2.5" pipe" over and over until he gives up LOL Do the same thing for the valves to the returns. Having each set of returns on it's own valve will give you so much more control. If he does it like he wants the returns at the end of the return may have less pressure/flow.
Kim
Kim and Dave,
Thanks for the perspective. I have decided that I am just going the Burger King route and I'm gonna have it my way. If we are gonna have 6 returns, they are just gonna have to be independently ran on separate lines for me to be happy. That gives me control and the choice to isolate should I need to. Running in series seems to only save the builder money in the long run. In the world of variable speed pumps, efficiency is the name of the game. Plumbing inefficiently just seems to negate the whole purpose of running slow and saving money!?
PRETTY!!! I like it all!
What color of grout did you pick for the blue tiles? They should have sample sticks you want mess around with to pick from.
Kim
What color of grout did you pick for the blue tiles? They should have sample sticks you want mess around with to pick from.
Kim
Nice choice of stone and tile. It looks very similar to what we wound up using, and I like the blue tile with the golden color stone. We went with real stone, and it turned out great.
Thanks! I hope ours turns out as lovely as yours!
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PRETTY!!! I like it all!
What color of grout did you pick for the blue tiles? They should have sample sticks you want mess around with to pick from.
Kim
Thanks Kim! If you look closely to the right of the blue tile you can see the small pewter grout stick. I wanted to tie the charcoal color together and bring out the gray in the stone.
OH that is THE one I would have picked! Good job! That is going to be SO pretty!
Kim
Kim
Finally getting the crew back working on the pool... It has been slower than I hoped for but at least we are moving forward again.
Where were they?? Glad to hear they are back at your pool!!!
Kim
I guess hurricane Harvey has caused a lot of work, and contractors seem to be hard to nail down right now. It has been a bit aggravating; but we will make it
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