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    Show me your “blues”

    Here's some StoneScapes Mini Aqua Blue for you.
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    Price negotiating?

    We met with eight PBs and four were willing to negotiate... two bigger & two smaller companies. During our final selection, all four of them wanted to know what the others were charging for such and such so they could continue to compete for our business. But when we were in the interviewing...
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    Post what your pool cost you to build...

    Hi Nicheel… sorry, just saw this... We went with a small PB. We have really great equipment and a nice looking pool, but we're really disappointed with how our build went. We're now looking to finish the rest of the yard and we've been working with a local company in Goodyear - off the 303 and W...
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    Upcoming zero alkalinity acid wash

    Yeah, I did this myself about 3 weeks ago... I super-chlorinated and then I turned off my whole system before I added MA. I left it for about 2 days with some brushing in between. But then I got nervous when my spa started to look like a swamp, so I pulled out early and raised the pH so I could...
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    Upcoming zero alkalinity acid wash

    Hey... when you say "zero alkalinity acid wash", do you mean "zero alkalinity acid bath" - where your pool isn't drained, but they just pour MA to lower the pH?
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    Missing A Return

    No, I don't have any pics of the lines before gunite, so I have nothing to compare it to with the after pics. And I can't remember at which stage my husband counted six returns... It could very well be that he counted that vacuum port as a return. - - - Updated - - - Yeah... we're not having...
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    How do you choose a builder?

    Rob & Nectarologist, I think we're probably going to end up going the route of breaking up the project in phases. My husband has been in construction for 30 years, but his current job has had him out of state for the last four years. So he knows how to do the majority of the work we want done...
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    How do you choose a builder?

    Thanks Rob. We'll see what he says on Thursday. - - - Updated - - - YESSS! I noticed Red Rock's work on the internet when we were building our pool last year. If I'm not mistaken, they did some NFL player's pool here in AZ. They do VERY nice work.
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    How do you choose a builder?

    Something similar to this - In pic 1, we like the sunken lounge, and the semi-cantilevered roof, but we would want the roof sloped (Builder #3 has done quite a few projects similar to this). In pic 2, we like the fireplace behind the spa with the sheer descent flowing over it (This is...
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