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I must admit that this advice is quite shocking to me. I've owned 5 homes with in ground pools and would take a cartridge filter 100 out of 100...
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Anybody else from the Rio Grand Valley building a pool?
Well, I've enjoyed reading every one's comments and pictures on their pool construction, so I thought I would share ours as well. They just did the...
Specifications: In-ground gunite Rectangular 11' wide x 30' long 3'6" - 4'6" - 5'6" deep 18" raised bond beam at deep end 18" wide in-pool...
This is a contunition of my previous thead. In this thread I will chronicle the build of my pool. Day 1 - 2/19 Well they started the build on...
I am very close to pulling the trigger on a new pool and I am looking for some comments and/or suggestions. The pool builder is an established...
Well, the contract was signed last Friday. Excavaters showed up on Wednesday as scheduled. Dig went well. The excavation crew warned us in advance...
Well it has been a good first week on the progress of the pool. Pool Forums is awesome! Here is a link to pics if anyone wants to take a look. ...
I'm new at this forum. Forgive me if this is the wrong board, but I could not find a board that discussed financing. Am looking into getting a...
Help. I've got a problem with my pool that is baffling me. When I reach out from the pool and touch the pavers (wet) I get a mild shock. I have...
Hi Everyone, Not going to believe this... but my 18x36 inground marcite pool, built in 1986 (I just bought the house in '03), has what appears to...
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...
Well we decided to do our own inground pool. We went with a 18x36 with 9 foot deep end. Did our research on which excavating crews the pool companies...
We are beginning our new pool next week and the company building it for us has suggested a cartridge filter instead of a DE filter...I have always...
Hi, We just began our 14'X28'X19' full L pool install. The pool company installed the walls and floor and its 7" out of square, this is an indoor...
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...
Good morning all. Since I started my pool building process, this forum has been extremly helpful. I love seeing the progress pics. So I thought I...
Okay well thought I would jump on the bandwagon and post some pictures of my pool build so far. My pool build has been going VERY SLOWLY compared to...
As some of you might know I have been having some major problems with my pool builder. I have my dream pool but there have been many, many problems....
I moved this from another thread because it put it under regular operations not repair.. We discovered this accidentally. The pump come within 4"...
Pool is full. Close inspection of the water line on the liner border and the skimmers reveal that the water is about 1" higher on the deep end. ...
I have sand forming in the bottom of my inground pool with a cartrige filter. The finish appears to be "diamond brite" and the sand that is collected...
My deck has reddish streaks from red sand put in concrete mixture. I called the concrete company the PB used and they said that red sand is all they...
I have white random splotches and spots (resemble water splash markings), and lines in my 3 year old fiberglass pool. There is actually a perfect...
I noticed the other day that the collar that the flow sensor screws into (I have a SWCG) has a fine crack and is leaking a little. I thought about...
Hello everybody, Our pool project is pretty much done. This is what we got: - 30'x28' 475 sq ft 89' perimeter freeform gunite pool 3.5'-6'...
Ok i have a 28x14 inground diamondbrite pool from my calculations 13,000gallons, the problem i have recently noticed is the water level dropping...
18x35 foot diver - built it myself Started up the pool Saturday night after it filled, and this afternoon I had 4 tiny squirts in one area ...
Hello everyone. Glad I was able to find these forums. My wife and I are buying a home, closing on it May 6th. The house has an in-ground pool....
Hello from okc. I'm going to attempt to measure, repair return fittings and install vinyl liner in my old in in ground pool. Here goes nothing.
Hello, It has been a bit since I posted on the forum, but you all have been of great help to me before and now Im back to resource your expertise...
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