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PRODUCT Education 18 By Rob Blake, POOLCORP Product Manager, Pool Finish QuartzScapes Commercial A Force to be Reckoned With W e are proud to announce the launch of QuartzScapes Commercial, the newest pool finish in the NPT line up. QS Commercial features a brilliant white natural quartz aggregate that is designed to be the brightest and whitest product available to date, with the goal of surpassing all expectations of what a pool finish can be. The Light Reflectance Value (LRV) of QS Commercial is 54.3, which is considerably higher than the 46.8 LRV of QS Ivory, which until now, has been our standard all white natural quartz pool finish for commercial applications. This higher LRV makes the new QuartzScapes Commercial our brightest white to date. Combined with Azteca (NPT Modifier), QS Commercial becomes a force to be reckoned with. With the addition of Azteca and its ability to densify the cement by filing in the voids that are created during the hydration process, the compressive strength for this pool finish can exceed 9,000 P.S.I. (The P.S.I. of a typical quartz pool finish ranges from 4,000 to 6,000). The denser and harder the pool finish, the better its ability to withstand degradation by chemical abuse. This is a very important characteristic when you consider that a typical commercial pool has a higher than normal chemical demand due to its size, bather load, water temperature, intended use, and health department regulations. A Whole New Realm! Commercial projects needing a pool finish range from a 50 gallon water feature/fountain to small or average sized pools in the 10 -20,000 gallon range at your hotel to large bodies of water like Olympic pools which top out at 700,000 gallons of water. Water parks which routinely have multiple large bodies of water, including splash pads, lazy rivers, and 3 story high water slides that can bring the size of the project equal to or greater than an Olympic pool (more than 20 times the size of a typical residential pool!) are also included in this. QS Commercial is a great way to get our “feet in the door” on these larger projects. The key is to make sure that the architects and specifiers are familiar with our products so that they can include them in their specifications. We have created new marketing tools as well as the aforementioned technical support documents to support this. (Note: For those of you who may not have worked with a “Specifier” in the past, this is someone who writes “spec” or rather specifies which products are to be used on a particular commercial project. Getting your product “spec’d” is the key for creating demand for it.) QuartzScapes Commercial comes with a standard 10 year warranty – which far exceeds the current industry standard. But it gets better – if a QuartzScapes Commercial pool finish is installed by an NPT Approved Applicator, the warranty coverage extends to an industry-best Limited Lifetime. This puts us in a unique position and offers us a big advantage. Brilliant white aggregate + enhanced stronger, denser cement + Limited Lifetime Warranty = a recipe for success! Continued on next page
Transcript of QuartzScapes Commercial A Force to be Reckoned With
PRODUCT Education18
By Rob Blake, POOLCORP Product Manager, Pool Finish
QuartzScapes Commercial A Force to be Reckoned With
We are proud to announce the launch of QuartzScapes Commercial, the newest pool fi nish in the NPT line up. QS
Commercial features a brilliant white natural quartz aggregate that is designed to be the brightest and whitest product available to date, with the goal of surpassing all expectations of what a pool fi nish can be.
The Light Refl ectance Value (LRV) of QS Commercial is 54.3, which is considerably higher than the 46.8 LRV of QS Ivory, which until now, has been our standard all white natural quartz pool fi nish for commercial applications. This higher LRV makes the new QuartzScapes Commercial our brightest white to date.
Combined with Azteca (NPT Modifi er), QS Commercial becomes a force to be reckoned with. With the addition of Azteca and its ability to densify the cement by fi ling in the voids that are created during the hydration process, the compressive strength for this pool fi nish can exceed 9,000 P.S.I. (The P.S.I. of a typical quartz pool fi nish ranges from 4,000 to 6,000). The denser and harder the pool fi nish, the better its ability to withstand degradation by chemical abuse. This is a very important characteristic when you consider that a typical commercial pool has a higher than normal chemical demand due to its size, bather load, water temperature, intended use, and health department regulations.
A Whole New Realm! Commercial projects needing a pool fi nish range from a 50 gallon water feature/fountain to small or average sized pools in the 10 -20,000 gallon range at your hotel to large bodies of water like
Olympic pools which top out at 700,000 gallons of water. Water parks which routinely have multiple large bodies of water, including splash pads, lazy rivers, and 3 story high water slides that can bring the size of the project equal to or greater than an Olympic pool (more than 20 times the size of a typical residential pool!) are also included in this.
QS Commercial is a great way to get our “feet in the door” on these larger projects. The key is to make sure that the architects and specifi ers are familiar with our products so that they can include them in their specifi cations. We have created new marketing tools as well as the aforementioned technical support documents to support this. (Note: For those of you who may not have worked with a “Specifi er” in the past, this is someone who writes “spec” or rather specifi es which products are to be used on a particular commercial project. Getting your product “spec’d” is the key for creating demand for it.)
QuartzScapes Commercial comes with a standard 10 year warranty – which far exceeds the current industry standard. But it gets better – if a QuartzScapes Commercial pool fi nish is installed by an NPT Approved Applicator, the warranty coverage extends to an industry-best Limited Lifetime. This puts us in a unique position and offers us a big advantage. Brilliant white aggregate + enhanced stronger, denser cement + Limited Lifetime Warranty = a recipe for success!
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Marketing Tools In many states the only accepted commercial pool fi nish is white, with no additional color accents or pigmented cement matrix, while in other states commercial pools may feature pigmented fi nishes. Samples for QuartzScapes are available now in 12 & 6 inch loose and 3 inch boxed. The standard 8 piece sample set includes the following:
1. White with exposed aggregate (looks like a traditional QuartzScapes fi nish)
2. White without exposed aggregate* (looks like a smooth troweled plaster fi nish)
3. White Polished4. Blue5. Super Blue6. Sky Blue7. Tropical Blue8. Mariner Blue
*Many applicators do not expose the quartz aggregate on a commercial pool installation.
• NPT-88-9226: 3 inch boxed, 8 color sample set• NPT-88-9229: 6 inch loose, 8 color sample set• NPT-88-9227: 6 inch mounted, 8 color sample set• NPT-88-9228: 3 inch WHITE ONLY pucks, 48 piece bulk box• NPT-88-1197: 12 x 12 inch samples. Make sure to specify
color on PO.• SAMPLES ARE AVAILABLE NOW from vendor Infi nite
Solutions VN: 119780• NPT-88-1679 NPT Pool Finish Commercial Presentation
Binder (available thru Online Literature Fulfi llment)
Would you like to see QuartzScapes Commercial stocked at the CSLs? Email me your feedback at [email protected].
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POOL C - WET DECK NOTE, DATAAND POOL EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE 1
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POOL C - WET DECK PLAN 23/16" = 1'-0"
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POOL PLAN NOTE1 COVE WALL TO WALL, WALL TO FLOOR, AND FLOOR TO FLOOR-RADIUS AS INDICATED ON DETAILS.
2 DEPTH MARKERS SHALL NOT EXCEED 25'-0" IN DISTANCE FROM CENTER TO CENTER AROUND POOLPERIMETER.
3 DEPTH MARKERS INSIDE THE POOL SHALL CORRESPOND WITH DEPTH MARKER LOCATIONS ON THE DECK.
4 LOCATE LIFEGUARD CHAIRS AS REQUIRED PER STATE AND LOCAL CODES AND PER OWNER'S SAFETYCONSULTANT.
5 EXPANSION/CONTROL JOINTS IN WALLS AND GUTTERS SHALL BE LOCATED IN LINE WITH ALL FLOOR JOINTS.
41" = 1'-0"
THIS SPACE NOT USED 5NONE
#4 DOWELS @ 12" OC
PVC SLEEVE
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2 - #5's CONTINUOUS #4 DOWEL X 2'-0" (12" EW) @ 18" CONTDECK
EXPANSION JOINT BY DECK CONTRACTOR
SPRAY PAD EDGE DETAIL
SLAB TO BE THICKENED AT FEATURES
THIS SPACE NOT USED 6NONE
POOL C - WET DECK SECTION 33/16" = 1'-0"
NOTE:
CONTRACTOR SHALL CONTACT ENGINEER FOR ELECTRONIC DRAWING FILESPRIOR TO COMMENCING POOL STAKING WORK. ENGINEER WILL PROVIDEELECTRONIC PLAN VIEW OF ALL POOLS IN AUTOCAD DRAWING FORMAT FORCONTRACTOR'S USE TO LOCATE STRUCTURES AND RELATED POOL DECKEQUIPMENT.
DIMENSIONS ARE SHOWN FROM POOL FINISH TO POOL FINISH.
POOL C DATADESCRIPTION QTY UNITSPOOL PERIMETER 278 FEET
WATER SURFACE AREA 5,383 SQUARE FEETPOOL VOLUME 10,800 GALLONS
SURGE CAPACITY skimmer? GALLONSSURGE FACTOR - GAL/SFT
CIRCULATION RATE 270 GPMTURNOVER/VOLUME/FLOW 40 MIN. 10,800 GAL. #N/A GPMTURNOVER/VOLUME/FLOW 120 MIN. 0 GAL. 0 GPM
FILTRATION RATE 12.92 GPM/FT²PATRON LOAD PERSONS
POOL C FEATURESDESCRIPTION QTY (GPM/ea) (GPM)
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