New to Forums - Just signed to build a pool in The Woodlands, TX

[riley00dog]

Oh wow! That is so exciting! Your pool is going to look amazing when you get home from work. We will need photos! Good work on checking the colour. I wouldn’t pressure clean the trav. Especially so soon after being laid. I’ve heard it’s not so much the stone but the grout that it can destroy. I would also hold off on using any products just yet unless you get the go ahead from Kim’s advisor. You may well find that it comes off with a bit of good rain (not today!) and a couple of good scrub downs.

 

[icemantx]

Last photo before heading in to work

 

[kimkats]

THEY ARE THERE!!!! SWEET!

Have you tried to just wet it down and push the water off so the stuff goes with it?

 

[icemantx]

Do you mean wet the decking and sweep it off with a broom? Or just rinse it off with a hose?

 

[riley00dog]

I was thinking a hose and a soft bristled broom. I would think that would be ok.

 

[riley00dog]

That’s got to be so hard leaving for work with that going on!

 

[icemantx]

Yes it sucks bad leaving especially when I planned on working from home today until about 4 PM yesterday when this all day meeting was added

 

[riley00dog]

Doh, so close to bring there. Oh well. I can almost bet that our pebble will happen on a day I’m at work. You will come home to a lovely surprise. Sometimes I find it hard to watch delicate processes like this, so coming home to it all done isn’t all bad assuming they do a good job. I have a camera in the backyard so will check in on them from time to time if I’m not home.

 

[kimkats]

Do you mean wet the decking and sweep it off with a broom? Or just rinse it off with a hose?

This and use a soft bristled broom like Liz says.

 

[icemantx]

Any concerns with this? Not the haze, but the wet areas. I sent pics to the PB and waiting for him to call me back. I don’t want a leak if that’s what I see.

 

[icemantx]

And just realized they did not install the channel drain that had a pebble top! The entire assembly for the pebble top drain is still in the box! UGH!!! They installed the wrong drain AGAIN!!!

 

[fmaxprelude]

Those are the same guys that plastered my pool last week!!

 

[icemantx]

I’m not so much mad as disappointed right now...

 

[icemantx]

So since they never installed the drain with the pebble for a SECOND time, my choices were bust it out and replace then patch it and reapply the pebble to that area or take $2000 and keep the channel drain that’s there now.

I’ll take the cash as I don’t want to end up with an obvious patch on brand new pebble or compromise the pool structure busting it up for a second time to put the channel with pebble drain in.

Ready for this to be over now...

 

[riley00dog]

I’m not sure about the wet patches. Have they dried out yet? What did the pool builder say. That’s crazy that pp had the same plaster company last week! I can’t believe they forgot the channel drain... for the second time. If you can live with it then $2000 is good compensation I would say. How are you feeling about the overall finished plaster!

 

[icemantx]

The PB said that the wet spots are normal and to not be concerned. I am going to look at it again when the sun comes out to see what it looks like.

 

[riley00dog]

Ok, that’s reassuring. Hopefully someone here can confirm for you to set your mind at ease. I think all the plaster drama here is enough to make anyone nervous.

 

[icemantx]

This is what it looks like now. Normal? Concerning?

 

[kimkats]

Where do you think the water is coming from? The water by the main drain I am guessing it is coming from the pipes but the other is what really concerns me.

I am guessing they are going to acid wash the plaster? That should take care of any staining the water may cause.

 

[riley00dog]

I wish I knew [emoji53]