They all wear spike shoes so when they start doing the floor of the pool they only put four little holes in the finish instead of a big footprint.
The last guy smooths out the spike holes on his way out.
Some extra tiles that were used around the top edge of the pool were cut into small squares. These were set into the finish coat for decoration on the steps going down into the pool. The step edges were trimmed with a deep blue cove tile as a finishing touch.
I mentioned that the finish coat had little blue speckles in it but you don't see them as it is being applied. After the pool is filled they will throw 6 gallons of acid into the pool water. This will etch the surface of the finish coat and the little blue speckles will show up.
Speaking of filling the pool, I started last night at 11 PM (as per their instructions). I got up once in the night to check the filling and noticed that the well pump was red hot - I turned down the fill rate so it wouldn't have to work so hard. The next morning, I was surprised how little water was in the pool (looked like it would take 2-3 days to fill) so I hooked a hose to our second well and started it up. But it only had a small (4 gallon) air bladder pressure tank on it. This caused the pump to turn on and off every 20 seconds or so as it tried to keep up with the pool filling. So I went to Home Depot and bought a bigger bladder tank and a whole bunch of PVC fitting - and back again twice more for parts I forgot to get the other times. It is working good and the pool fill rate has improved (should be filled by tomorrow morning).
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