Recent content by Tom_Davis

I'm looking for some more info on man made pavers. Why have none of the 7 PBs I've interviewed quoted them? More labor intensive? More costly? Don't look as good? Sent from my iPad

Newbie Renovation Panic Hi TFPers - This is a great site. I can't tell you how many hours over the last 2 months I have spent searching and reading posts here. First time owning a house with a pool. First time to figure out all the ins and outs of renovation. Turns out I have a 38 year...

tmarcoux - Thanks. Lots and lots of people love their salt water systems, but it seems like it is getting harder and harder to justify one due to coping/deck erosion. Unless some really resistant man-made pavers or stamped concrete is used. And for the salt resistant materials (concrete...

That is a super interesting story, it makes me wonder if it gets progressively more expensive to get higher and higher concentrations of sodium hypochlorite. Sent from my iPad

Thanks, all. In response to JasonLion, I think the natural stones that may be more affected by salt here in Texas are Oklahoma flagstone and/or Lueders limestone (comes from a quarry in...Lueders, TX...even local PBs can't seem to spell it correctly). But I had the estimator for G&B Tile &...

I am in Dallas, and I have had a fairly reputable pool guy (just does pool plumbing& electrical) say that saltwater generators are getting less popular. Among the other pool workman he knows, he says people are pulling out their SWG's and going back to basic chlorine systems. He claims the...

Looks great. I've been wanting to do something like this and now I will. Sent from my iPad

I thought that having a SWG with a Fibre Tech (Fibertech) coated pool was not recommended, that it would erode the Fibre Tech surface. I also have a Fiber Tech coated pool and am about ready to have it re-gel-coated.

Great insight about speaker placement!