The concrete color gets fixed

Burkett's came in to fix the concrete yesterday. They sprayed the entire concrete surface with some sort of dye, used a roller to even it out, brushed it with a sponge to even out the texture and then finally sprayed on concrete sealant. And as you can see from the before and after images the concrete color on the coping now matches the rest of the concrete. We are really happy with the results and we'd like to thank Burkett's for making this right!

Before treatment

After treatment

Things are improving

Well,  after a visit from the technician last week things are starting to look better with the plaster. He brushed the pool with a steel brush which removed a lot of the slimy dye and as you can see from the pictures, things are beginning to look better.

It's been really a battle to keep on top of balancing the pool chemicals as the plaster is still curing so the PH is always wanting to rise even though alkalinity is within range. Also, calcium hardness has increased to above 400 so it looks like I'll have to partially drain the pool and replace is with softer water, otherwise the scaling will continue above 400. The normal range is 200-400 and with city tap water measured at 70, I should only need to drain about a 1/4 to a 1/2 to get it where it needs to be.

Burkett's also called to tell me that they would be coming out tomorrow to fix the concrete cracks. I have emailed Chris to find out exactly what that entails. I have to give Burkett's credit- they are trying to fix the mistakes.

Nothing like a nice cloudy pool for the long weekend

When they booked the no drain acid wash a few days before the long weekend I made sure that I asked how long after they finish will we be able to swim- they said they'd come in on Friday, stabilize and we could swim 4 hours after that.

Well, things didn't look too promising when the technician came in and felt the walls of the pool and there was a slime from the plaster dye coating the entire pool surface. He asked me what I thought and I liked that the color was returning to normal, but the slime was an issue. He got on the phone and spoke with the plaster foreman who told him to start bringing the chemicals back up (added Baking soda to raise the alkalinity) and they'd come back next week. He dumped in the Sodium Bicarbonate and it instantly turned the water cloudy...and it's been like that for more than 24 hours now. So no swimming for the last long weekend of the summer- bummer- I'm really not happy with the way things are going to say the least.

YUK!