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It blows my mind how expensive those places are. I've been in a pool store twice, both times because my usual blue big box store was out of whatever I needed that day. First time, I was behind someone buying $650 worth of potions. Second time, I was behind someone paying $250. o_O No wonder...

^^ haha, that's what I was thinking! We need some more details. :mrgreen:

Oh that view is gorgeous! :love:

That's what I'm counting on! Just hoping my propensity for laziness doesn't betray me...lol

Thought I'd provide a bit of an update, reflecting on what is coming up to be 5 months of pool ownership. Hopefully it'll be helpful to fellow newbies, and if not I'll ramble anyway. First off, I'm glad we went for the spa. At the beginning of this thread I was really debating whether or not...

oof, glad you stopped the plaster. That would've looked awful if they went through with it!

Not sure what causes it, but mine had the same radioactive-green wash-off. It seemed to turn "normal" after a couple days.

Wet Edge Signature Matrix in Caribbean - which is blue plaster with tan-family aggregates. The Tanning ledge is 6 inches, first step/bench is 18 inches, shallow end is 4 feet, deep end is 6 feet.

We heated up our pool a couple weekends ago, going from 49 deg to 84 deg. I started the heater at 5 PM and the pool was at temp by the time I got up the following morning at 9 AM. We have a small pool though so it didn't take that long. No specific steps other than turning on your pump, setting...

That first swim is really the best feeling!

Dig to water was almost exactly 2 months but we waitied 7 months from contract to dig. From talking to neighbors this was a super fast build for the area. Contract 3/21 Dig 10/6/21 Water 12/5/21

"Where did the water go?" :love:

Yeah, I had the same thought about the brown ones, but that ought to be something easily corrected with some paint.

Hit the jackpot today. Some friends decided to redo their patio and were giving away their Polywood furniture. 2 Adirondacks and 2 loungers. I don't think I've said "I'll take 'em" so fast before :ROFLMAO:. All they need is a soapy scrub and should be good as new! Also added some pool noodle...

Awesome...that'll make this even easier!

Ok, interesting. So the guts from one of these will fit into the current check valve housing?

Yes, my goal would be to use the Intellicenter Spillover setting to have the spillover when desired and not a constant like the current set-up. Once I could do this, the current Spa Return pipe would be useless. How would I shut off the spa return check valve?