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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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We have been having an extremely difficult time from the manufacturers, distributors, and our pool company trying to figure out what a water-filled...
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...
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...
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 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 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 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...
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...
Yikes...my IG vinyl liner is coming away from the wall in the corner...any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks, Janice
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...
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....
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 having an 18x36 inground vinyl diving pool installed. Three days ago the contractor poured the pool crete, hung and began filling the pool with...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Does anyone have any opinions about the Jandy Colors Digital Color Blending Lights? We're thinking of upgrading. Thank you.
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...
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...
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