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Yes please and thank you! - - - Updated - - - I met with the pool designer today and we are up and running! He liked my initial plan and totally understood what I was wanting. He also filled me in on the 6 ft not costing any more than 5 ft so we'll be going with 6 ft for sure. I'm excited...

Just wanted to chime in and say we are getting ready to start with an OB after getting a bunch of crazy PB quotes. I'll be looking forward to following along with you and comparing notes if you decide to go the OB route.

We'll for sure be mocking up a layout of the pool to check for how it "feels"! As far as depth, we don't really have any interest in making it a pool for diving or necessarily for playing "get it" games but also want it to deep enough. The tallest in our family is 5'7" so I guess we are leaning...

Questions - 1) Keeping in mind that space in the back yard is limited would a 6x6 spa be suitable for 4 people comfortably? 2) Depth of pool - 5 ft is what most quotes were for and I wondered if 5 1/2 or 6 would be better, I'm sure there will be many more questions coming so thanks in...

Thanks! I've read all 48 pages of Big Will's build and well as a few other locals. I'm ready to roll!

Shout out to the guys that took the time to PM me and chat with me on t he phone with encouragement! After going around and talking to a bunch of PBs and looking at their quotes, I've decided to dive in (I'm sure I'm not the only one to say that!) I've been helped our tremendously by the good...

Ok! Thanks guys!! I chatted a bit the Imaz today. It looks like we are in for an OB!!! I guess what I really needed was the encouragement!

We recently moved to Las Vegas and are looking for a home with an existing pool but the market is crazy so we are open to homes with no pool. If we go that route, we would want to put one in. I'm all for saving money but, I'm not comfortable with trying to figure out all the factors in doing it...

Ahhhh!!! Relief! I got home after a 9 day trip and I was pleasantly surprised to see a blue pool! I took out the monster tabs from the "in line feeder" (where the frogger system cartridge usually goes) and tested everything. It all looked great except I ran out of reagent to see what my CYA...

Thanks! I'm going to hope for the best but I know if I come home to green pool then I can deal with that as well! One more quick question should I run my pump 24/7 while I"m gone especially with the cl level so high (at least at the beginning of my trip). I ended up putting two monster size...

Would it hurt (much) if I put the bac pac from the frog system in. There is some liquid in the tube (I think tri-cl). I know this will add more CYA but I will deal with draining when I get back. I would rather drain and refill than have to deal with algae. If I use the pucks in a floater or...

Thanks! Also, from time to time, my polaris gets stuck on the stairs. Would it be a bad idea to rig up something to block it like maybe (don't laugh) use some plastic wrap or something like that to wrap around the steps using something like a pool noodle in the space where it gets stuck (between...

I've read over some post and I only have a little time since I still don't have internet installed at my new house..uggg... long story. I get the opportunity to camp out at Starbucks a couple of times a week. Here's my situation: hubby got told today to take his vacation or lose it. This is both...

Good idea! I'll test tomorrow and also start working on figuring out how to deal with partial drain and refill without turning my neighbors yard into a mess! I hope I can keep the water in my yard! Last time, I had a huge yard and it didn't matter.