Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

I have a 27' AG round pool and the liner is tired and leaking and will be replaced. I have read the posts in the forum about various foam bases under...

Does anyone know where one can buy the water cannons like the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas uses for their display? I'd like to put a few in my pool.

Anyone ever install tiles on fiberglass pools? I understand it isn't too difficult when you use the smaller tiles that are attached together on a...

just noticed a small hole in our vinyl lined inground... it is on the bottom... i felt a bump on the bottom, put a mask on and removed the bump...

We are going to put in a 20X40 pool and are looking at a gas heater. What brands have you used or researched? What do you like about gas...

Well somebody had to start a thread here, and I had a nightmare of a repair job. Might as well share it. Two years ago, early in spring I...

We are going to build an in-ground, polymer wall, pool. We have four builders all using DIFFERENT pool manufacturers - one sells Kafko Pools,...

Hi All, Need some help restarting my parents pool. They are out of the country for 2 more weeks, and I wanted to surprise my dad by opening the pool...

We finally negotiated a 20 x 40 Hydra vinyl pool. Construction is scheduled to begin on August 14th and should be completed by Labor Day, if all goes...

While on vacation last week our area got hit with a flood (NE Ohio), it rained so hard for so long that my pool was overflowing for hours. Today I...

HEY EVERYONE, WE ARE PLANNING ON GETTING A POOL AND HAVE GOTTEN TWO BIDS SO FAR. ONE WAS FOR A CONCRETE POOL FROM BLUE HAVEN AND THE BID CAME IN...

Regarding PC installed pools, are gunite pools usually more expensive than the vinyl lined polymer walled pools in the southern U.S.? What about...

I am looking at the 20'6" x 40'6" grecian (octagan) shape polymer wall pools. hydrapools.com has the dig diagrams, but I don't understand them. Of...

I read on the web that pools are suppose to have a safety switch or two main drains to help prevent children from drowning. Has anyone else...

Oh well...I knew it was going too well....pool is full and one of the corners which had yet to be fastened down.... please dont ask...blew up in the...

Oh well...I knew it was going too well....pool is full and one of the corners which had yet to be fastened down.... please dont ask...blew up in the...

We looked into building an IG pool several years back and ended up buying a boat instead. Now we're thinking of selling the boat and building the IG...

HELP! I have a new liner pool (in ground 20x40) put in last summer. I have lost about 1-2 inches a day lately and at first I thought it was lots...

Hi, our pool will be installed this week (16x32) and it will hold a lot of water. We are on a Well and I'm just wondering if it'll hurt the...

Has anyone on here heard of or used Alliance Fiberglass Pools in Sanger, TX? I drive by their manufacturing facilities on the way to OK every time I...

We are considering a pool using Hayward Equipment. Does anyone have good/bad experiences with Hayward compared with other systems?

For DIY'ers I find basically the kit I want for an inground pool around $6,000. A lot of people I talk to in my area and I see post prices on here...

Hello everyone, I'm new to the board but have been reading as many threads as possible. We live in MD and we are looking at getting a FG pool and...

Hello all... We just bought a house with an in ground gunite pool... and...well the tiles in the decorative border around the top are falling out...

Hello- We put in an inground, blown concrete pool, PebbleTec finish, and a salt system, last September. Ever since, the water has seemed very salty...

I am getting an overflow pool spa installed with my pool. Here is the dilema. Pool has 1.5 inch diameter hoses. Spa has 2 inch diameter hoses. ...