Memphis, TN pool contractors explain what happens after the pool’s built
Your swimming pool has been constructed, but you’re not quite sure if you can hop in and start swimming or not. If it’s been built, you should be able to don your swimsuit and holler, “everyone into the pool!” right? Maybe, but there are a few items that need to be addressed once your swimming pool contractors from Advanced Pools, Inc. have completed the “actual” construction.
Here are some of the final steps that will need to be addressed before your pool contractor gives a thumbs up for a fun time in the family pool: 
- The pool has to be filled. The water that you put in, whether from a hose at your house or having it trucked in, will need to be treated. Also, remember, it can take up to 36 hours to completely fill your pool — what we’re saying is, it won’t happen overnight.
- Once the pump and filtration systems are installed, the pool contractor will remove any plaster dust or shale so it can’t adhere to the pool’s newly plastered surface; this could make it rough and impact the pool’s integrity. Your contractor may either brush the pool several times a day to assure that no dust adheres to the sides or bottom or you may do this between his visits as it could be an ongoing task. Your swimming pool builder recommends brushing the swimming pool once a day, every day, for at least the first week then it will be brushed weekly as part of routine maintenance.
- As your swimming pool service professional will tell you the pool’s filtration system removes debris from the water but doesn’t address algae or bacteria in the water — for that you need to add chemicals and these chemicals need to be properly balanced. debris from the water but it doesn’t address bacteria or algae. Clean, clear, bacteria free water happens through disinfecting. Unless you have a salt water chlorination system or have a natural pool, chlorine or bromine are used to purify the pool water. Regular monitoring and testing of the water is crucial to keeping bacteria at bay and to keeping the pool equipment safe from harm if chemicals get out of balance. You will want to purchase a water testing kit from your pool contractor, ask him how to interpret it and test between service visits — this is especially true when you are first getting your pool set up.
The family swimming pool, properly set up and maintained, will provide you and your family hours and decades of fun — have patience until it is 100% complete and your pool contractor gives the go ahead to jumping in for that first time!
