Newbie here...need help with startup

[Ready2swim]

We have been VERY worried about the fence being down. My wife and I are wathcing like a hawk, I went out the other day and stapled some construction fence to the existing fence to at least plug the gap but I know that wont hold anything back that wants to get in like a curious kid. I know my son will be safe since we dont let him out of our sight for even a second but I worry about the neighbors.

I sent an e-mail to the PB again yesterday since I have not been able to get anyone on the phone to discuss it. Both the owner and the GM read the e-mail at 1:30 in the afternoon but neither one replied. I am at the point now where I am going to head down to their office this afternoon to find out if they intend on finishing my job or if they think they are done. We started this project back on 6-20-06.

I still dont have a brush from them...that brings up a question. What happens to new plaster if you dont brush it twice a day? I went and bought a brush and I have been taking care of my pool but they dont know that.

We just want our lives back, it has been 9 days since the last sub left (without finishing I might add)! I hate to sound like the preverbial "got screwed" pool owner but it sounds like I have been inducted into the club.

[eljefe281]

Has the entire contract price been paid?

[Ready2swim]

Has the entire contract price been paid?

No, I still owe them about $5K but they have been smart enough not to ask for it yet. When they do ask for it I plan to hold it back until they are done. I just spoke with our house keeper and she said the decking crew was at the house as we speak. Evidently she went out there and chewed some A$$.

I also received an e-mail this morning from the PB with another sorry excuse as to why things are behind. They say that they were shut down yesterday because of rain...unfortunately for them a freind of mine is having his pool built by the same company and the same decking crew did his SunDeck yesterday afternoon. By the way he just started his project 4 weeks ago and he is already past our stage...this is the SAME COMPANY!

I am at a loss, I dont know what recourse I have but the list of incompetence is LONG! I actually took the time to write a diary of the daily activities once I noticed we were having trouble. Maybe my attorney can do something with it?

[pcgeek]

I can't speak from experience as I'm 1 week away from filling my pool (PebbleTek gets put in on Thursday) but the start-up plan from our PB has them coming out to do an "acid startup" right after we fill it and we need to brush it for 7-10 days (after 5 days they want us to start bringing the PH up). The part that struck me as being the oddest is that they will not start the equipment until after the wash is complete.

Don't know if it's a valid concern or if it's even the correct procedure (or could just be because it's a pebble finish) but I don't know if starting the equipment was a good idea or not.

[Ready2swim]

I can't speak from experience as I'm 1 week away from filling my pool (PebbleTek gets put in on Thursday) but the start-up plan from our PB has them coming out to do an "acid startup" right after we fill it and we need to brush it for 7-10 days (after 5 days they want us to start bringing the PH up). The part that struck me as being the oddest is that they will not start the equipment until after the wash is complete.

Don't know if it's a valid concern or if it's even the correct procedure (or could just be because it's a pebble finish) but I don't know if starting the equipment was a good idea or not.

The main difference here is we arent doing PebbleTek, therefore we will not do an acid wash. I am not concerned about starting the equipment, actually the only thing that made me relax over the weekend was the fact that I had my pumps running through the filter so at least I was filtering my water.