Frustration and Anxiety are getting to me

[webfeet]

I hope several of you view the pictures, and let me know what you think. The stains do not show up as well on the computer screen as they do in real life. It does kind of look like red clay, but no clay here, just sand. We've tried power washing, and several concrete cleaners to no avail.
I am sorry if I gave the impression that the concrete is seperating and/or that I have the wrong liner or wrinkles. I do have a few hair line cracks-but everyone seems to think that they are just surface cracks.
On the other hand, I have a stained deck, and an a slightly unlevel pool, just enough to cause part of the liner border on the deep end to be under water, while the same section is above water on the shallow end. At first inspection,it looks like there is a flaw in the border. Upon close inspection, ( see waterline in the closeup pictures of the border) you can see that part of the border is submerged.

I also received a topmount instead of a sidemount filter,which costs quite a bit more than the sidemount..

[Katybug92]

I paid for a color to be added to mine and didn't get it to show. They did add the color, and it looked great when pouring. But the temperature was to be very cold that night and they put heated tarps on it. This was to prevent it from drying and freezing to quickly. What happened was that the heated tarps drawed all the calcium in the concrete to the top. It is very white now. No power washing or scrubbing has helped. We did try a small area of diluted Muratic acid on it to remove the calcium. It worked too good. The area has a peachy color now. The PB refunded my concrete money.

Time has helped somewhat. There are a few places in the high traffic areas that the color is starting to show better.

Yours looks very similiar to what mine does on most of the decking. Did they goof and add some color?

[Tishabiondy@natlmail.com]

I think the red streaks look kind of cool, but if you don't like it you shouldn't have to pay for it.

tisha

[CanuckPool]

Could it be that your liner has stretched in the deep end, thats what happened to ours, to make sure, measure from the top of the water to the deck in the deep end and and compare that to shallow end measurement. If they are the same then your pool is level. It may just be the weight of the water in the deep end has stretched your liner so it looks like its more underwater than the shallow end. You can also measure the border of the liner Shallow vs. deeper to see it the pattern has stretched.

[CarlD]

You can use a laser level or even a water level to ascertain if and how much the pool is out of level--which it should not be. A water level is easy to make--a long piece of clear plastic tubing--3/8" to 1/2" will do fine. Just fill it with water and with a helper, hold the water level in the tube even with the measuring point at the end you think is high, and see how much it measures off at the end you think is low. 1/2" should be the maximum.

If they are simple surface cracks, well, I guess that's probably normal.

[webfeet]

We have used the laser level, and yes the pool is about 3/4 inch out of level, varies a little based on where you shoot the pool level. What the pictures show is:
there is about 3/4 to 1 inch difference in where the water level crosses the border from end to end. If you could see the pool, you would see a gradual decline in the border from about the middle of the pool to the deep end. The border just starts to disappear.
The stains look like rust or red clay. No, there was not any dye in the mix. You wouldn't like it, if you saw it in person. The deck looks dirty.
I'm not ready to consider just a refund on the concrete, because to have it fixed correctly will probably cost more than the concrete did.

Thanks for the input. I need all that I can get..

[webfeet]

Katybug, I saw some pictures of your pool on another thread. Yours is more blotchy looking, and mine tends to have more streaks.
I like the way your concrete comes up over the edge of the steps and and it looks like it serves as coping, too. I wonder if I could have another layer of concrete poured on top of my deck and made to look like yours? Does anybody know?

[Sardian]

an a slightly unlevel pool, just enough to cause part of the liner border on the deep end to be under water, while the same section is above water on the shallow end. At first inspection,it looks like there is a flaw in the border. Upon close inspection, ( see waterline in the closeup pictures of the border) you can see that part of the border is submerged.

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Looking at your photos I would say your liner has stretched more on the deep end than the shallow, which is quite common. My pool is actually worse than the photos you posted, it doesn't bother me at all and I expected it from other pools I have seen. My pool is level though.

As far as the red streaks, that I wouldn't have, but I don't think I would have him tear it all up and start over. I'd try to work out some sort of coating on the concrete. I actually plan doing some sort of coating to mine anyway.

Russell

[webfeet]

Another update. The suit against the PB was finally filed about 2 weeks ago, and the PB is calling my lawyer (representing himself, I guess) offering to try to settle out of court. I figured when he got slapped with a suit that he would get ready to talk. We're negotiating and I will let everyone know if we reach an agreement. Its been really stressful and I will be glad when it is over with.
In the meanwhile, we have had the yard sodded, and a sprinkler system installed, done some landscaping, and --we built a pool house (very primitive - we call it the pool shack.) My camera is broken, but when I get a new one, I'll try to post some new pictures.

Webfeet