I definitely didn't want a pale or whitish looking finish. In fact, I've wondered what the other, similar shades would've looked like - like just regular Blue - because any lighter shading of blue from my Super Blue finish, and I don't think I'd like it quite as much. Some have said that they thought was "too blue" but I don't think so at all. In full sun, with the pump running and water moving around the surface, it is just breathtaking how beautiful it is. But I couldn't find *any* pictures of the greenish finishes, and I worried that instead of emerald green, I'd get algae green or pond green instead. The look I wanted was a shimmering aquamarine blue in full sunlight, or a shimmering emerald green (think: the Carribean and white sand). I did learn that some colors may be harder to take care of than others - Tahoe Blue and French Gray being two of the more difficult colors to tend to, and which may expose flaws in the finish more readily. The big question for me on the Diamond Brite was, What color to choose? There is hardly any good info on the web that shows pictures of real pools in sunny and shady conditions using different DB finishes. It's better for you to cut-n-cap your sprinkler system before heavy earthmoving equipment digs into it. So it's good to offer info to your builder, even if he doesn't ask for it! If you have a sprinkler system in your backyard, remove the sprinkler heads before construction, and find out where, exactly, your earth will be disturbed. I knew better, but the sub never asked me about it. The water main was, admittedly, barely buried, but still! The telephone line was not his fault, as AT&T said we didn't have an underground wire. Some bumps: The subcontractor severed both our water main and our telephone line. We had a few bumps, but we worked them out. We usually regret whatever contractor we select for anything, but, happily, we actually chose a good pool builder. Second question is a follow-up: what do you do with these pits? Just ignore them (they're small enough to do that)? Or do you use some sort of pool repair kit for these kinds of things? If it's abnormal, I'll bring it to the pool builder's attention. My question is, is this normal or abnormal? If it's normal, I won't sweat it. The pits aren't real deep, certainly not to the point where it exposes the pool shell - it's about the depth of one of the pieces of blue aggregate crystal used in the plaster. There a few places - maybe a dozen or so - in our pool which have tiny pits in them, where I supposed the Diamond Brite that was there got sucked up (maybe just broken off without suction). When I recently cleaned out the pump filter basket, I saw a few pieces of Diamond Brite in there - I hadn't seen that before in the first 30 days of pool ownership. After waiting a little more than a month, we got a Barracude G3 to vacuum the pool. Question: I like our new pool, of course, which as a beautiful Diamond Brite Super Blue finish. We're enjoying having a pool very much (I live in South Florida).īackground: I tend to be obsessive about things. Hi all, I'm a new pool owner as of about six or seven weeks ago.
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