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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...
My pool "chemical seller" company says I need to replace the closed cell foam between the deck and coping with caulk. My builder said nothing about...
Hi, Folks, I am installing a used pool slide and would like to replace the legs. The current ones are 1 and 7/8" O.D. aluminum. It is what I...
Has anyone actually made their own fiberglass pool? I mean if you wanted something not too big but bigger than a spa, couldn't you slowly make your...
Well, We just started working on our above ground pool this weekend....we had ordered a new liner online and got a pretty good price for it....so...
Our gunite is complete :) I know we have to water the gunite frequently, but is there such a thing as watering too much? What do you consider...
Hey everyone, I am hoping someone has experience in this department. We are building a gunite pool, and had the darndest time picking a tile for...
Hello, all: I have an IG, 16X40 Lazy-L pool. I'm taking bids to replace the 13-year-old vinyl liner. The pool has been closed since November. ...
is good idea to paint the pool deck?
Question for a friend about return fittings . . . How common is it to have return fittings or eyballs or whatever you call them left off a gunite...
I have 18 x 36 inground vinyl pool that is being finished this week. At the top of the pool, in the corners, the vinyl liner is not tight against...
Ok i have a 28x14 inground diamondbrite pool from my calculations 13,000gallons, the problem i have recently noticed is the water level dropping...
Will it hurt an in ground plaster pool to sit empty for a couple weeks before it is jackhammerd out and replastered ? Also, how soon after the...
I have a couple of loose coping blocks around my pool. The coping is flagstone. My plan is to chip out the old morter/cement and just reset them. ...
Hello- We are the proud new owners of a 27' round AG pool! We are very excited about it but also hesitant because the site we are installing it...
Hello all, glad to see the forum/sites are still here. I usually pass this website info onto a lot of people I run into in my line of work (Water...
Has anyone DIY installed a pool safety fences? I'm thinking about installing one of those fiberglass mesh fences (in addition to the wood stockade...
We're building a new house in Florida. It will have porches about 30" - 36" above ground level. I would like my pool deck to be at the same level...
Hi Everyone!! I've been lurking on this forum since our pool was installed during the summer of 2004. I started right off using the 3 B's and...
Hi, I'm a newbie to pool forum and desperately need your wisdom. I'm a first time pool owner and unsure of the info I'm getting from the pool...
Well my wife and I have been putting off a new liner for the past couple of years, but this year we are moving forward. We have an 18'x36', 33k...
My 36x16 with a 12 foot lap extension vinyl liner inground pool is 5 years old. Last summer we noted an enlarging crack in the concrete slab...
Does anyone have any opinions about the Jandy Colors Digital Color Blending Lights? We're thinking of upgrading. Thank you.
I put in a AG 24" round at the end of last year. Now I need to finish around the pool. I dont want to plant grass right up to the pool. I was...
Hello, I have a question on backfilling an IG pool and how soon paver's can be laid. I have gotten several conflicting stories from six different...
Last summer I noticed sand in my pool by the input valve. I was informed it was most likely a broken lateral. The pool shop says it's a tough job...
I posted before ... have a leak in the return. I'm pretty sure it was done by the shotcrete sub and not the deck sub. Built it myself. The...
Hi All, I’m Newbie with a 32X14 IG Gunite pool around 22 000 gallon. The pool was finished last fall and we filled it in November. I started...
Hi everyone, I was always on the old board before it crashed and read every single thing in there. Glad the new board is making a comeback. Now...
I have a new vinyl IG pool installed last summer. I removed winter cover to find a problem at one return port. The liner looks like it was pulled...
I am getting a bid from a pool builder that only uses Shotcrete, instead of the dry mix gunite. He uses it to provide a guaranteed PSI on the pool...
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