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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...
I have a pool built in the 70's, inground, 15x30, that i just had redone. The only thing I overlooked ( having never owned a pool ) is that one of...
I am having an 18x36 inground vinyl diving pool installed. Three days ago the contractor poured the pool crete, hung and began filling the pool with...
Hi All, I filled my new 32X14 IGP last fall and the pool started straight leaking around one inch a day. The builder ignored me more or less for...
I am interested in building a pool with a rear wall of stone. Contractor 1: Tells me that he will build it of stone down into the water level....
Hello, I should have done my research but I didn't think that there was a difference between above and inground pumps and filters. So...
Yikes...my IG vinyl liner is coming away from the wall in the corner...any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks, Janice
Greetings experts, I would like to build a gunite hot tub near the pool. (My wife thinks we should get a pre-built fiberglass jacuzzi, which is...
I am about to order a replacement IG liner. Any advice on liner thickness would be appreciated. I believe 20 mil and 30 mil are available. Pool is...
I posted this in the "Stains" section, but no responses. I'm hoping that some of you guys do resurfacing & might be able to help out. Anyway, we...
I have a vinyl liner pool with the metal bullnose coping poured into a concrete deck. I want to install some sort of concrete edging and pavers to...
I want a darker finish to my IG. As I'm in Texas I've been told to go with light gray to keep the pool from getting too hot. For a 34x17 pool I've...
I am so glad the site is back up! I have been reading like crazy during the planning and construction of our pool, but recently, our relationship...
Wondering if anyone can direct me to web sites or sources for simple spray jets or nozzles. We will have a raised wall on our pool with 5 water...
We have been having an extremely difficult time from the manufacturers, distributors, and our pool company trying to figure out what a water-filled...
Hi All, I've been waiting patiently for the forum to come back up so I could get some advice about this. I had a new 21K gallon gunite pool...
Still early in the year to think about construction in Ohio, but this Dayton boy is about ready to order some fencing... any suggestions Aluminum...
I am staying at my best friends home in Florida for 3 months. They had to go to Germany on business and the gunite pool wasn't quite completed so I...
I have 10 month old pool with sandstone coping. Problem is that 1) sandstone is bleaching lighter in sun (cosmetic) and 2) is soft and as weathers...
Hello - I have an old Purex SMBW 2000 filter. When I had an air leak in the system, I found that the filter was leaking water into the drain (I was...
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