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gman: That is a spa in the corner. It served as the dog's swimming pool during the main pool remodel. It was installed when the pool was in 1977, and is a little dated. It is tied into the pool plumbing and heater. It has a skimmer, drain and one return. Also the fiberglass has some...

Sorry for being slow with updates. Been away from the pool jobsite for a while. Drove the family to Colorado to visit relatives and enjoy a reprieve from the 105 degree heat in Oklahoma. But got started back on the pool at 7am Thursday, July 16th morning after the 13 hour drive back home...

Thanks again for the support. Great community! Got about 80% of it grouted over the weekend. The 100F plus temperature here in Oklahoma have really shortened the amout of time you can do this type of work during the day. Once the sun hits the brick tile in the morning, you have to call it...

Thanks for the compliments. I mortared in the last bricks last night. Still have quite a bit to do with the deck (cleaning, sealing, and grouting). Taking the day off today (Father's Day) to do stuff with the family. My hands, knees and feet need the break anyway, plus it's flippin hot here...

Need some feedback 10 days into this project, i'm needing some encouragement to finish. I think i've hit the tiling wall. The retro coping and bricks (1/2" thick wire cut, extruded brick) prior to start about June 6th. This is a picture of the pool with just the new coping added June 11th...

Wethead: Thanks for the advice. Great to have a forum that is this responsive. Unfortunately, i pulled the trigger already to go a different direction. I found a retro coping, manufactured by Florida Brick and Clay, that can be installed over the existing deck using a thin set mortar. I...

Thanks Big Thunder. I appreciate the advice. I scraped on corrosion with a putty knife and the steel edges are pretty much crumbling away. I will get the wire wheel after it to see what i have left to work with. I do some car restoration, and have some Eastwood Corroless which a brushable...

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Need some more advice here. This is a Hayward sikmmer. It was installed in 2000, before we bought the house. The cutout where the skimmer is, is corroded badly, and we had been getting rust stains on the pool liner. It doesn't seem like it was installed correctly, as there was a gasket...

Budster, Thanks for the comments, and advice. I did take a few closeups of the liner track. I pulled the liner away from the receiver track This shows the coping is a 3" wide coping and of course the foot does go into the concrete. I'm not sure how far back, though. I assume the top of the...

Re: Vinyl liner and coping replacement - PICS added Thanks for the quick reply! I am attempting to post pictures, so bear with me if it doesn't work the first time. Never done this! Picture of the pool. The coping is pulled away from the concrete in four places. This one is the worst. This...

Hello. Just found the forum, and have been impressed with all of the information here. I am looking for some guidance on vinyl liner replacement and a coping repair project. I have a 22X35 kidney shaped Fox pool, 8' or so deep end. It was installed in 1977, i believe. When i opened thee...