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Does Pool Math give you the exact amount (ie: if you use a measuring cup), or do you need a scale to know how much to put into the pool? I like to use a measuring cup to measure my chemicals and I'm finding it complicated to do the conversion. I'm also math disabled (which is putting it mildly)...

Worked fine until it didn't. Stopped moving, took it in for repair, was told that it needs a new motor. Bought a new Dolphin and am putting this one up for sale -- you can either replace the motor or you can use it for parts. It's about 4-years old. It was well taken care of and I have no idea...

Hi, I'm in Concord -- have had my pool up and running for 2-years now. We seriously considered Andrews -- glad we didn't go with them considering your timeline. We went with Stone Edge and once they started, things went like clockwork in terms of the schedule. You're going to love having your...

Only my 2nd year with a pool and I'm an empty nester. We put the pool away from the house, so that we can't hear phones ringing, the TV, or anything, really. It feels as though we're on vacation when we're out at the pool -- very separate from the "house area," and very relaxing. I'm a major...

Hello from Concord, MA! Lovely setting, lovely pool. Who was your builder? Bonnie

Hi, I purchased a Dolphin 300i for my new pool and I've used it (on full clean mode -- floor & walls), 8 times now. The first thing that happened was that the mesh insert started fraying -- disappointing at best. I had to call Maytronics no less than 5-times to get someone to agree to replace it...

My brand new pool (see "under construction"), started getting these rust spots wherever the natural fieldstone got wet -- and the rust is now moving onto the tile. I will contact the PB about it tomorrow, but I'm afraid he's going to give me some chemical and tell me that I'm going to have to...

We only have the granite coping on 1/4 of the pool and no, he did not recommend sealing it (we also have a granite deck, which he also didn't say needed sealing). What seem to be leaking and causing the staining are the fieldstone rocks, which are the coping for the majority of the pool. Has...

OK -- so on the first day of swimming, I noticed rust spots underneath the coping in some areas. It looks as though when the coping (flat rocks), get wet, they seep a mineral and the mineral is staining the concrete and the tiles. I need to speak with the PB on Tuesday, after the holiday...

My PB wants me to wait 28-days to use both the heat pump and the vacuum -- and the salt. He only has me checking the PH and the Alkalinity right now. I'm following his directions, as I'm having some issues with the coping -- and I want to make sure I do everything according to the book so that...

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We have had Ridgebacks for 25-years. I've yet to meet one who like the water, even though I've seen pictures of Ridgebacks swimming. I'd like to know where these Ridgebacks come from, because I've yet to meet one in person who likes the water. My 4-month old male RR puppy hates the rain so much...

Kadison came a day early and the pool now has Pebble Sheen! I asked about the "no swimming," and the said it's fine to swim -- but not to use the heat pump and no vacuuming for 2-weeks. But swimming is fine -- yay. Some pictures of today's Pebble Sheen application. I'll post more pics tomorrow...

Finally! Granite coping and patio are in. Here are the pics: [/URL] [/URL] - - - Updated - - - Just found out that once the Pebble Sheen is applied (on Tuesday), and the water delivered (on Wednesday), we can't actually swim in the pool for 1-2 weeks while the Pebble Sheen hardens. I don't...

No, no. We didn't buy the shed for $800. We already had the shed on our property and had it moved to the pool area for $800. As I recall, we paid around $6,000 for the shed 8 or 9 years ago.

The stone yard took their sweet time cutting the granite for the coping and for the pool deck. It was finally delivered yesterday (3-week delay!). Here are pictures of the granite coping. Today, they're starting the deck -- yay! Diving rock will be put in today as well. Plumber coming later this...

The pool equipment was delivered on Friday and set on the concrete pad behind the pool. [/URL] [/URL] [/URL] [/URL]

So, the shed mover did his thing and it was pretty amazing. Here are some pics. I need to take a spray bottle full of 1/2 clorox and 1/2 water to the mold (algae), and I'm told it will work well to remove it and make the shed look new again. Total cost of moving the shed = $800 versus $7,000 for...

I will post new pics -- over the weekend. Got the concrete pad poured (for $1,200 instead of the $5,600 the PB was quoting for the job). Got the shed moved over to the pool area. The pool equipment was delivered today and we're getting electrical first thing next week. The PB is installing a 3HP...

OK -- so the waterfall is done. I had told the stone mason that I wanted a waterfall that would make a really loud "water falling," noise and he promised me that my waterfall will do just that. It's hard to imagine from the pictures, but with landscaping (lots of shrubs and small trees, with a...

You know, even though we're probably about halfway through our pool project, it seems to me that pool contractors are a different breed. Is it me or is it wrong to expect them to check with the customer before they do things? For instance, choosing round coping stones instead of checking with me...

Yes! Those are my two Rhodesian Ridgebacks -- Johari, age 5 (female), and Kobe, age 12-weeks (male). We've had RRs for 25-years now and we obviously love the breed. We think they're the best kept secret around. I didn't even think of the fact that the round coping stones would make it...

In the meantime, they laid out the fieldstone for the coping and I HATED it! Thank goodness they hadn't cemented it in (thank goodness I was at home to see it before they cemented it in). I had thought the stone coping was going to be flat fieldstone and they laid out round stones. I am posting...

So, the PB wasn't interested in bidding for the concrete floor for the shed. His price was his price and it was way too high as far as we're concerned. I have a local contractor coming on Tuesday to pour a concrete foundation for the shed -- not as involved as the PB had specified (no rebar but...

The tile is Tahitian. We haven't decided on the Pebble Sheen color yet. We're going to go and look at some pools with different Pebble Sheen finishes and decide that way. We're looking for a medium blue water color.