It’s been 4 work days. Anywhere from 2-5 guys. We’ve been really impressed with them. They definitely know what they’re doing ?
New Build in Macon, GA - COMPLETE!
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Been out of town and then weather delays, but it’s now been plastered, filled and decking poured. Just waiting for Pool School to learn how to work everything. Then on to landscaping. I can’t wait to have my backyard back!! And the kids can’t wait to swim!!!
WOWZER!!!! SO Pretty! I love the sand color on the shelf! Nice touch!
I can't wait to see that water fall at work!
Did you have the pool school yet?
Kim
I can't wait to see that water fall at work!
Did you have the pool school yet?
Kim
Yes, the pump is running and PB has been taking care of the pool. We were out of the country for a bit, but back now. I’m going to test the water tomorrow. It was cold and rainy today ?
Good! Make sure to brush it often to get the plaster dust off the plaster and into the filter. Keep a close eye on the filter pressure. It might even be a good idea for them to show you how to clean it by cleaning it during pool school.
Kim
Kim
Sand is the easiest to clean!!! It does 99.9% of the work for you! Do you have a backwash hose yet? It may be a flat blue hose.
Yay about the easiest! I don’t think we have a backwash hose yet. Not that I know of anyway...
Take and share a pic of your equipment making sure I can see where all of the pipes go from the filter. Sometimes they will plumb the backwash into a underground pipe.
It’s a muddy mess back there right now, so these are the best pics I could get with as close as I could get. I’m guessing this pipe going to nowhere is for the backwash?
You nailed it! That IS the backwash line. So do you have a good place to send a fast, large volume of water to? Think about your neighbors and your yard. If you want to get fancy and extra easy you can ask someone to dig a trench to put more pvc pipe into that will take the water where you want it to go to daylight. Think about where and how it will exit. There are pop ups you can put in the end that you can mow over. If you don't want to do that then you can pull out the back wash hose any time you want/need to backwash or to remove water (this is what I do and believe me it gets old real fast 
Trying to talk hubby into digging a trench for my pipe!!)
Filter pressure.....I am guessing the green arrow is the pressure it was when they first tuned on the pump/filter. So that is your "clean" pressure. I am guessing the red is where they think you should clean the filter. Here at TFP we say to clean a filter when it gets 20% over the clean pressure. I will let you do the math as I am still in Kindergarten and 1+1=3 LOL
Kim
Trying to talk hubby into digging a trench for my pipe!!)Filter pressure.....I am guessing the green arrow is the pressure it was when they first tuned on the pump/filter. So that is your "clean" pressure. I am guessing the red is where they think you should clean the filter. Here at TFP we say to clean a filter when it gets 20% over the clean pressure. I will let you do the math as I am still in Kindergarten and 1+1=3 LOL
Kim
Yes, that points right to a valley where rain water runs (when it rains A LOT). It’s in our woods where there will not be grass, so I guess that should work. Thank you for all the info!!
Just know the water will be coming out fast and kind of high pressure so it will channel where it hits and may cause some problems. You can make a "rock stream" with large river rock. It will be pretty and functional at the same time!
Pool has just recently been turned over to us from PB and we’ve been testing and following recommendations from Pool Math. I have a TF-100 test kit. But, I’m having a hard time with the CYA reading. I add water all the way to the top of the tube and yet I can still see the black dot. I have no idea what my reading is??
Also, my CH was very low today (90) and it said to add 52 lbs of calcium chloride. We had a 12lb bucket of BioGuard 300 from PB, so I added that whole thing. Should I add 40 more lbs of that or is there something better I should use?
Thank you so much in advance for your help! I’m a total newbie here and really have no idea what I’m doing yet ?
I think there’s a way to attach my Pool Logs here, but I can’t figure it out. If those would be helpful, please let me know how to attach and I will!
Also, my CH was very low today (90) and it said to add 52 lbs of calcium chloride. We had a 12lb bucket of BioGuard 300 from PB, so I added that whole thing. Should I add 40 more lbs of that or is there something better I should use?
Thank you so much in advance for your help! I’m a total newbie here and really have no idea what I’m doing yet ?
I think there’s a way to attach my Pool Logs here, but I can’t figure it out. If those would be helpful, please let me know how to attach and I will!
