Hi Jamie... it has been a long time since I have spoken with you... I guess you just decided to abandoned me after my part was through... LoL
I see things are actually happening... Holy Moly 30 pages worth of things... Haha I just sent my daughter this thread... she is also pregnant and wanting to start her pool build right away... I doubt that she will read all of this but you have a special way of bringing out all of the pertinent info from everyone... Good job and I can't wait to see what the final pictures look like...!!!!
Hi John! Time flies when you're having fun (and/or pregnant and stressed out, as the case may be in my situation!) ;-) and I had intended to send you a link to this thread once there was something tangible worth showing, but then things got busy and I forgot! But I'm glad you tracked it down and that it may be of some help to your daughter. Is she doing an owner build? Did you help her design her pool?
The concrete repair and prep for the spraydeck happened today, with the actual spraydeck scheduled for tomorrow. I think it's going to look great! Unfortunately we had one coping piece damaged by a hand grinder that somehow got away from the guy using it, leaving a ~12" curved grind mark on it. But these guys work for the same company that made and installed the coping, so it should be easy for them to replace it. Should be... I hope I don't have an issue with that.
The electrician also came by to reinstall the cord to the power center for my salt cell and wired it all up for me so I can register the new cell as having been installed by a certified contractor. It occurred to me that if I did it myself, although easy enough, wouldn't actually qualify for the extended warranty, so I made sure to get it all hooked up at the same time.
It looks like rain on and off all next week, so it won't be until at least after that that we can do the plaster. But that will give me a little more time to get my chemicals in order, and some longer hoses if I want to try to fill the pool from all three hose bibs on the house instead of just the closer 2. Would using all three bibs instead of two make that much of a difference? I don't think we have especially high water pressure here. If we do use all three, I'll have to send the kids to grandma's house for the time it takes to fill the pool, because there won't be any water getting to the inside of the house for the essentials of daily living! ;-)
I'll post pics of the spraydeck once they are done tomorrow.