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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...
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...
Sorry ahead of time for the long post. First of all just reading everyone else's post has helped me alot so far. We purchased a house about three...
I just have plain concrete around my 18 x 36 IG pool. I want to add some color to the concrete around the first section of concrete, which comes out...
This board was a great help to me when I was building a pool a few years ago when I lived in Hawaii. Now that I'm back on the East Coast, we're...
Does anyone know who makes the Bikini tiles. It is a top and bottom. I tried master tile in anaheim, CA but it is not them. Thanks!
I need to monitor IG pool water temperature. where is the best location for sensor installation? I was thinking the filter location or skimmer may...
Well, I signed my contract on Tuesday, and layed the pool out today (11/16). They will be here to dig and do steel on Monday, plumbing on Tuesday,...
We are in Florida....Even if the weather is a little cool, humid or hot we seem to add water 3 times per week. The pools is 4 years old. It does not...
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....
PB has been working for about a week, just finished the bottom today. See photos at http://buildingourpool.spaces.live.com/
We have a fairly new (may 06) IG pool /spa and when I cleaned the filter this weekend it had a ton of white milk dust similar to when the pool...
After much deliberation, I'm beginning to think we will go vinyl (do-it-yourself) rather than gunite due to cost. Vinyl owners and builders out...
I have a pool that's about 26 years old now. The plaster is pitted algae heaven right now. I'm seriously considering trying an Ultraguard...
I have been gunited for about four weeks. Has anyone had any problems with the shells they put in pebble sheen? The color I want to use is the Ocean...
Hi, everyone. I'm a new pool owner. We have a 12'x 25' IG fiberglass with Hayward Star Clear Plus cartridge filter, Hayward Max-Flo 1 HP pump and...
I put in a pool last year without a screen . Now it looks like a screen will be necessary to get full enjoyment/use out of the pool. Can anyone...
Can anybody comment on the proper time/sequence in the construction process to pour the collar and the vermiculite bottom on a IG steel-walled vinyl...
I am nearly complete with a DIY waterline tile and coping stone installation in a 25 yo gunite pool. So far so good. When I removed the concrete...
Central Fla. I want to build a spa next to my small 16,000 Gal in-ground screened in pool. The bottom of the Spa will be above the pool deck. Is...
I had my pool gunited 12 days ago. I have found that on the spa dam wall that I found rebar tie wires and a couple pieces of exposed rebar. The site...
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