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Re: How Many 5G Intellibrites (color) With Ocean Blue PS (i.e. dark plaster)?-UPDATED Hi all! Just thought I'd resurrect this thread to follow-up with some nighttime pics of my pool in case anyone was wondering how many lights to install. We love the amount of lights we have and it makes for...

Re: UPDATED: Conduit Under Baja Shelf Most Likely Ruined - Jackhammer the Plaster to Does anyone know how much evaporation is normal during the winter when the air temp during the day was in the low to mid 50's yesterday, during the night in the upper 30's, and with no wind? We've lost about...

Re: UPDATED: Conduit Under Baja Shelf Most Likely Ruined - Jackhammer the Plaster to Thanks so much for your help, Brian. I sent you a pm with my phone number. The contractor was going to come back to continue to try to unblock the conduit in both pipes, but we told him not to come back right...

Re: Conduit Under Baja Shelf Most Likely Ruined - Jackhammer the Plaster to Fix? Here's the area in question. Here's a pic of how the pipes run underneath. We don't know where he broke it along the run (the sweep maybe or where the sweep meets the pipe?), but we think he was using a drill...

Re: Conduit Under Baja Shelf Most Likely Ruined - Jackhammer the Plaster to Fix? Thanks for responding, Gwegan. It would most likely be sooner than 5 years because we've already had to replace all 3 Pentair lighted bubblers in less than a year because they were defective. The owner of the...

Hi all. I'm hoping for some expert advice. So we have 3 Pentair lighted bubblers on our baja shelf. 2 of the lights failed and need replacing. Unfortunately the pool plaster company didn't cover up the conduit when they plastered the pool (plaster was done in January) so the conduit is full...

Curiouspool, I have Midnight Blue mini pebble Stonescapes (actually darker than Midnight Blue because they removed some of the blue pebbles from the mix before plastering) and love the abalone in it. As far whether there is staining or not, I can't tell because the plaster is so dark. As far...

No way. We paid $200/bag (used 3 bags for our 29,000 gallon pool) and we weren't given any discount by the plaster company we used (we were O/B) BUT it was in our contract. I know add-ons are where PBs try to make a bigger profit, but charging $800/bag is ridiculous in my opinion.

Thanks so much, everyone, for your help and support! Well, I'm getting used to the fact that my water isn't exactly the blue I wanted and that the tile is a different blue than the water. I'm also learning to take it all in together rather than focus on any one thing (tile color vs. water...

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Thanks, Brian. I think we're still going to install the spa side remote, but outside the spa, because my husband is blind and he can control the spa himself with the remote but can't use the screenlogic. So true about PB and OB experiences. There's no guarantee with either. - - - Updated - - -

Since it sounds like it's impossible to retile without damaging the plaster do you think I could replaster without retiling?

We saved zero cash on this job being OB. With the thought that a pool builder might have been able to prevent some of the issues we had we decided to pay a premium and use a licensed, experienced pool plaster company to finish it off since we were sick of dealing with problems and wanted no...

Hi, Brian. The plaster company fixed the cracks. Since it's not possible to retile without replastering is it possible to replaster without retiling? Honestly, in person, there's no way the pool color comes close to matching or complementing the tile.

Thanks, Patrick. I can handle the water or the tile, just not the 2 together, but I guess it's all mine now. I pretty much figured it would be too hard to just change the tile, but thought I'd ask anyway. Here's a close-up of the plaster. It does look like there are a few brown pieces in it...