Recent content by morrodds

Greetings all! Well, it's been almost 7 years since my build - Wood and Block pool . The liner is shot due to UV and probably too many chemicals. I had used ladders for entry/exit and was never pleased with them. One broke and they both rubbed the liner - no holes, but not stable. Also my...

I'm returning the Aquabot Pool Rover Hybrid Robotic Pool Cleaner to Amazon. It would stay in the deep end most of the time and leave the shallow end dirty. The filter bag passes dead algae and silt leaving me with a cloudy pool. I tried the several remedies suggested, to no avail. Guess...

Greetings, :wave: Third week in pool, numbers using bleach, CYA and baking soda. Bubble cover most of the day and @ night: FC 3 CC 0 TC 3 pH 7.5 T/A 110 CH 70 CYA ~20 Temp 86 F I added 4 lbs CYA (socks in skimmer) to the pool over a week ago and barely got to 20. :? My...

Dave, The uprights are on 4' spacing. They are faced with 2X6s laid flat against them: The plywood was screwed to them with 2" SS screws on ~1' spacing. The butt joints were sealed with Gorilla tape before the foam was applied. No 'spackle' - one builder used Bond-O in the defects. The...

Thanx for compliments. :) Buggs - This one was interesting since I wanted to blend it into the existing deck and retaining walls, hence the hybrid design. Dave S. - I used the DEB book for the wood wall, HOMEBUILT Pools book addressed the block walls, later I stumbled across the SunLand...

Greetings, In 2002 we set up an AG rectangular pool on the South slope in front of our house. A 3' high block wall was built into the slope to make a flat area 15 X 34. Later a composite deck around 2 and a half sides. Here's what it looked like the week before Christmas. Note my sons bare...

Ambitious project! I had looked into a vanishing edge design but didn't have the courage to try. "The Ultimate Guide To Vanishing Edge Pool Construction" by Anthony Sloan is available for download at: http://sloanconstructionservices.com/sh ... bee1e40453 In the chapter on Weir Wall Design...

Thanx again for the compliments. It's hard to believe this is only an hour from LA. That's the Leona Valley Vineyards below ( nice of them to have planted it after I bought the place :-D ). We have cherry, pear and apple orchards along with horse ranches. Fortunately the horses are far...

Thanx for the encouragement. Got the CYA and baking soda in tonight. After reading all the concern about excessive CYA on vinyl, I thought I'd wait a week before bumping it higher. Since I use a sand filter would the backwash/waste water compensate for the CYA if I used an in-line...

Hi - I'm Martin and have just finished building a vinyl lined, wood walled pool on a slope. I've perused this forum for a few weeks and am impressed with the camaraderie and info disseminated. Pool School is very nice - kudos to those who compiled all the data and directions. Since I'm...