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    Kolbasinskis' Finished DIY pool remodel!

    We did it! It's done. Okay, not completely done. We have a couple of deck-meets-coping-patching and then pouring our deck-o-seal in the expansion joint....but really, it feels done! We are off on Friday and I have a ton of plants to pot and get all our summer stuff out and dusted off. Oh -...
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    New Pebble Questions

    Our pebble was sprayed Friday. Saturday they came and acid washed and did some "patching" on some areas. We put in a sandy colored pebble and there were several places where the fat was more concentrated than the pebble. They actually chipped out the fat spots and pebble reapplied or patched...
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    help! Starting pump after drain

    Help! Our newly plastered pool just finished filling and we have turned on the pump. It won't pull water in. Is there a priming we needed to do?
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    poolsupply4less - opinions?

    Thinking of ordering our Polaris from this shop. Anyone have any experience with them?
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    Polaris 280 vs 380

    We currently have a 380 and need a new one. I read many reviews that say the 280 is actually preferred. Any opinions? We just have the regular entry steps, no special features in the pool. 18K gallon pool. Also, has anyone bought equipment from www.poolsupplies4less? Thanks.
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    Copper and Green Hair

    First let me be clear, I'm not the chem person in our family. When we bought our house the existing pool (20 years) had white plaster discolored to blue. I understood from the previous owners' pool guy that this was caused by the heater going bad and copper coming into the pool. The heater...
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    Beach colored pebble product

    We are looking at a beach colored pebble product and I'm curious what it actually looks like with water in it. Our pebble company is finding us some pools to view with a beach colored pebble but I'd like comments from the board on it. Thanks!
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    Pebble Tek Pebble Sheen vs. Sun Stone Pearl

    Are there any opinions regarding the differences in these two products. What are the differences???? Of course each company insist theirs is a better quality product. Help!
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    DIY Pool Remodel Pictures

    Demo is completed and we are waiting on sandblasting. Once that is done we'll work on putting everything back in place and then have it plastered. We are building out the spa front and will tile the front instead of using stone again. We are using Brown Lueders for the coping and I picked up...
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    Restarting after Replaster

    We've been told by a couple of people to invest the money in having a pool company restart our pool after replastering. Why is this? I know there is quite a bit of brushing and vacuuming involved after new plaster/restart. Is it worth the $600 to have someone do this? We handle the chems and...
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    Diving Board Touch-up

    What is the best way to make an older diving board look newer? Nothing at all wrong with the board, just looking dirty and tired.
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    Tile and Coping and Cantilever forms - Oh my!

    First - I'm still giddy over finding this forum. So many questions, so little time! We just finished a whole house redo and are ready to move on to the 20 year old gunite pool. 18K gallons with spa. Old Cardinal install. We need to have the pool replastered and since we are doing this we...