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After a week of rain almost once a day, we are running steady at 85. Guess I'm alone here but that is really cold for me. At night no one even wants to get in. Think 90 is about perfect for me. It never occurred to me the pool would be too cold in Texas. Before it was built I'd heard much...

Thanks for the replies! Really did not want to hear that it had to be chipped out. We have glass tile that I fear would be scratched and chipped. While building, they removed a small section of tile to relay and managed to damage the existing tile. The area now has scratches and the backing...

Do the same things hold true with sheer descents? I hadn't used mine in several days and noticed it was flowing out like areas were clogged when i started it. Should I be using them everyday too?

Update: Well my pool is done and the steps are working out just fine.. PB was right The top step could probably be a little deeper but it is fine. They stuck the coping out a little too far in that spot. The height seems good though, not hard to get in and out. @Ginger - I had them cut...

Pool is finally finished but somehow the plaster company installed the wrong color quartzbrite. We debated long and hard between a midnight blue (a dark blue, about the color of a BLUE crayon) and Aruba sky (a light blue, like robins egg blue). We first picked the midnight but got worried...

Wow your pool light looks great! I really like everyones grays. They plastered over the Friday afternoon. Went with a lighter color at the last minute. Forgot my back yard is shade more than half the day and was affraid the midnight blue would look navy at those times. The one pool I'd seen...

@Really Tired Teacher - I finally spoke to someone else that has the Jandy light and they actually love the red. They think it's "romantic". They didn't like the yellow though, they thought it looked like a pool full of urine lol. Funny how people interpret colors. I sent you a PM just to get...

well i asked about it and PB he says it will be fine :-\ He seems to think the plaster will bond it on. I'll talk to him tomorrow and illustrate how it is easily falling off.

Re: Extending step with grout? Okay have a new question.. Kept the steps the way they were, but the first step is a bit shallow in the center because the copping extends too far. We are afraid it will be easy to fall off when entering the pool. The PB has taken grout or tile thin set and...

@mamas - that doesn't look bad at all. Maybe I am worried for nothing. Now just to figure out if the LED lights will show up.

@Really Tired Teacher -Wondering what color your liner is? We are picking plaster in the next few days and want to go with a cobalt blue type color but fear the lights won't show up. You are the only person I have seen that actually has the Jandy light.

haha Bruce, have to love my flair for spelling and grammar lol So does mottling happen because of bad pool chemistry or is it inevitable? Also, I have not actually seen what mottling looks like. Can someone please describe it, or better yet have a picture. Thanks for all the help guys! :)

At the final phase of pool build and trying to pick a color. Going to use a product similar to diamond brite or quartz scapes called quartz brite. I really love the midnight blue but keep reading stories about streaks, molting, imperfections being more prevalent in the darker colors. The PB...

I'm in build process, but are installing a Jandy Watercolors LED light. Also curious how well the LED lights show up with dark plaster, although haven't committed to a color yet

The PB has offered to add steps to both, no charge and shouldn't be much of a delay really. I am still debating what to do. I could add one additional step by making each step 9.5'' tall and would only add 11'' around the current set. Not sure if a few inches shorter would even make a...