New Imagine Pools Freedom in South Louisiana

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With a SWCG, the nice feature to have is the VS pump. You can dial down your rpm to just be able to close your flow switch. And with the ET coordinated with the SWCG you can use 1% increments vs 20% without the ET.

A two speed pump will work. Your low speed will be somewhat higher than you need to close your flow switch, and the high speed might be a bit too high for the bubblers/jets.

Take care.
 
I just commented on your other post about the crack in the pool. I would contact Imagine Pools directly and ask them to email you the installation manual for your pool. I can almost guarantee that they tell you to backfill and fill with water at the same time. Fiberglass shells are not strong enough to support the water being filled before backfill. Your pool walls are almost certainly bowed out with the amount of water currently in the pool and backfilling the pool now will not correct that.
 
Update: The crack was fixed and looks great, no noticeable marks and will be 2 1/2 feet underwater. All warranties remain as new. Still ironing out details of discounts and equipment list. That will determine if we proceed with this shell, or have a new one built.

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The next major decision is how to build the retaining wall around the pool. Here is an image, similar to what we would like to achieve.
 

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As you can see in earlier pics, the yard slopes down ~2ft. I’d like a narrow (as possible) wall from approximately midways of the deep end on the left, running around the end of the pool, to midways of the right side. This will give the appearance of an endless pool without the overflowing water. From the midways point left and right sides, the deck will turn out 10-15 feet then back towards the house, giving ample space for tables, chairs, etc.

Construction of the wall is the next project. Any advice is welcome.

PB wants to pour a footer in the undisturbed clay around the pool and build a vertical wall with 8x10x16 standard sand and gravel blocks, 5/8” vertical rebar through the cavities, with cement poured inside them. His primary concern is a stable base for the narrow cantilever concrete coping above. Wall would be backfilled front and back and outside veneered with stone, brick, etc above ground.

I found these 18x6x10” solid blocks locally which are a perfect match to our existing retaining walls, pics on first page. The block supply recommended using them on a base of crushed concrete. Backfill would be the same.

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Is either method superior? I’d prefer the look of the matching blocks, but concerned it is not structurally as sound. Max height above ground on the end of the pool is 24”.
 
The open blocks with rebar and concrete seem like they would be much more monolithic. Better? I don’t know. There won’t be much pressure from the pool side. Unless the pool develops a big leak and water pressure builds up inside the retaining wall. Though I expect there is/should be water drainage built in. The key is the solid base as he discussed.

We have a wall on the lower side of our pool but it is 3’ away from the shell and made of poured concrete.
 
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Crazy weather in south Louisiana this week. It’s been 6 weeks since the initial install, 5 weeks since repair. It’s taken a while to sort everything out but we’re ready to get things moving again...as soon as the snow melts. All warranties remain intact, we received a $1,500 discount on the shell/pool, all equipment, materials and supplies will be at cost, and PB will perform installation of upgraded and additional equipment at no additional cost.
 
6 weeks has been a long time to research and dream...and although we can save some money, it will wind up costing us a lot more, ha. Original plan was concrete patio, concrete coping, Pentair easytouch 8, Pentair equipment and Polaris 380 with 1 bubbler and 4 led lights.

Now planning on select blue thermal finish bluestone coping, undecided decking, Jandy Aqualink, Jandy swg, Jandy ePump 2.7, JE3000htr heat/cool pump, 3 bubblers, 8 led lights, 5 spa jets, and tbd cleaning robot.

PB is coming this week to lift and re-set the pool due to coping/deck changes, run plumbing and complete setup. After that, pour footers, build wall and complete pool installation. I’ll attach another pic of my drawing for the wall/deck.

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I need a cad program or something. But this gives an idea.

Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions on design, equipment, robots, setup, deck, etc are welcome.
 
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Plumbing is finished. That’s a lot of pipe. Pump is super strong even at factory settings. Finishing the retaining wall and lighting next week, forming deck and laying out drainage, running gas lines for lanterns, ordering Bluestone coping and decking. Still a ways to go, but getting there.
 

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I would be going through the stone and picking out the really pretty ones to put in the "eye fall" places like what you see first when you walk out the door towards the pool. Then pick out the ugly ones you don't want any where near your pool LOL They could use those for cut pieces.

Kim:kim:
 

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