Thanks for the replies, everyone, looks like I will need to get some calcium chloride. Today was my pre interior inspection and We passed. It seems like everything that has happened with this pool project has been difficult. This morning I installed the 2 door alarms, first one would not stop alarming (UGH!!!!!) second unit worked great, but I have 2 doors, So I quickly ran to the second nearest Home Depot because the one closest did not have a pool / door / gate alarm, I quickly get back to my house and quickly install the unit, a quick program and it worked. The inspector knocked on my door 5 mins later .... My 2 gates leading the backyard, the one spring stopped working Never worked well anyways, quickly got a basic spring and some eye hooks, The pool builder told me that the locking mechanism had to be 60 inches above the ground (That would have been good info prior to me building my new gates) so I had to move up the gate latches this morning as well. Then the inspector does his walk through (3 mins max) pushed each gate, checked the door, I asked him if he wanted my tape measure to check the gate lock height and he says looks good to me ... I moved the locks 6 inches higher and the inspector told me that I didnt have to do it ...
I am tired to say the least and just want this finished.
1. The pool company will be back out on Thursday for the 3rd time re-doing some of the rock work on our raised spa, We had to go to 2 levels higher than the GC to get what we want and how we want the rock to look on the spa
2. The cement for the deck was delayed for over 3 weeks due to the pool company not putting in an additional outlet for my Traeger, it was discussed and omitted on the final plan, they wanted to charge an additional 3500.00, after allot of discussion, I had the original text thread and email chain, and then the pool company put it in at no cost but a very long delay.
3. They installed the pool panel box in a different location then on the plans, stating they had to do because of code and they could not move it. It would have been the biggest eye sore I could have imagined, 2 weeks later it was moved, I guess it was not a code issue.
4. we added length to our side yard by moving the gate further towards our street, looks great but another long process similar to issue 2. Which I then had to build / extend my fence and build a new gate.
5. My neighbor wanted some dirt and asked if he could have some, no problem. The pile of dirt stayed on my small side yard for a long time before he moved it to his backyard, and I still have not finished getting all the dirt out of my small side yard (No Help from the neighbor either). I will have to re-sod etc ... The project length extends
6. I had to trim the very tall trees from both neighbor's house, So I rented a pole saw from Home Depot, worked great and quick, but then the engine (2 stroke) leaked small drops of oil (fuel) on my new concrete, I tried everything and can't get it out completely, my wife was not happy to say the least.
7. The contractor painted all the white PVC flat black, looks good except the over spray on the new cement. It is not allot but after what we have paid ... Still not fixed but have been assured that it will
8. When the concrete company put the color powder on the concrete, some made it onto our nice vinyl sliding glass door, I can't get it all off, Wife not happy again!
9. The GC we had from the pool company moved to Florida, the new one is not a nice person to deal with ... Hence why we have the bosses contact now.
10. My garage has been full with the shed that I had to move for all the Contruction work, so I have had no use of my garage and even had to rent a temporary storage unit to keep my shed stuff in ...
and this list is not complete, but you get the idea. Everything seems to be an issue or does not go to plan. With my intex pool, I was the GC, the installer, the cleaning company, and everything else, if something went wrong, I grabbed a beer, fired myself and then would re-hire me the next day!!!!
So I am preparing for the next phase, still have some more reading to do on the plaster (thanks for the links), Our city added water meters to all housed so we would pay by the usage instead of a flat rate (Surely did not like that) but now there is one good thing about it I have a water meter at my house that measures cubic feet of water, simple math will convert it to gallons, Read a great post on TFP about how this would be the only time to be able to have how many gallons my pool actually is (what a great read that post was), the post even had ways to account for showers and toilet flushes. I have 3 3/4 inch hoses with good water pressure ready to go. Now if only I can get a fundraiser going for the cost of the water (Flat rate would have been good). The pro's and con's but at least I will know the true gallons for doing pool math. 1 Cubic Feet of Water = 7.4805194805 gallons of water.
Any ideas on number 8 that could get the colorant off?
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