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I will also edit my signature soon. I haven't been on these forums in quite a while.

This is contradictory to all I've read. Water sitting in a heat exchanger at high temperatures is way worse than more less warm water coming in. Which takes on heat better. I've already noticed less usage on my energy company app after running my pump at a higher speed. My heater is an older...

Recent I purchased an IntelliFlo3 VSF. This thing is absolutely amazing and efficient. However, I learned real quick that heating at low speed caused my heater to run WAYYYY longer than normal. Which cost me a ton compared to normal start-up. Which also outweighs the extreme cost savings of this...

I guess that would be a possibility, so you're saying by looking at them from the inside, you could tell enough to determine how it's probably done on the outside? I have a lot of plumbing buddies. I'll see if I can borrow a camera. thanks for the idea

does anyone have a picture or pictures of what the suction/pressure wall fittings look like when black poly is used on pressure/suction fittings? i dug up most of my pad where the air leaks are coming from, and exposing all three of my suction lines and return line to where enough good poly...

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in the beginning of the OP, i noticed your children were all hanging around the backhoe lol. i considered them your crew since this is all DIY.

exactly. i dont think you have a choice when it comes to epoxy painted pools. i think they have to be sandblasted for the bond coat. my buddy works on water towers. welds them and paints the inside of the towers with top notch paint. he wanted me to paint my pool with some of that paint, and he...

hey everyone. i am still fairly new here, but ive been lurking these forums for little bit so far, and am finally introducing myself lol. im jeff. i am a baggage handler for delta air lines and have been there for 8 years this coming october 4th. i grew up in detroit, michigan. born and raised...

can i ask what the compensation and benefits are for your crew?

i noticed you said sand blasted to remove the paint. was it epoxy painted before? i am getting almost as much work done as you next year, but im not getting it sandblasted. i have thought about it though. its just that the sand blasting alone is another 2-3k PLUS that makes the resurface job...

don't get me started with YouTube and pool ads lol. normally you'll be watching a great quiche recipe, and next thing you know, you're watching salamander breeding.

lmao yup. mele kalikimaka is in my head CONSTANTLY. man it's good to know people with a sense of humor are out there. that song is forever stuck in my head. plus I have a diving board, so the bikini girl is too haha

omg yes!!!! that's exactly how I feel and pictures hahahahaha

I just can't wait for the day when I can look out that window and see Bertha all nice and made over. with new coping and a deck that's actually flush with the coping lol. along with that nice flat deck coping look overall. I don't like when the coping edge is raised. if that makes sense. ever...

hahahaha! all very good points though! it's the same as a pool adding value to a house. they don't. it all depends on how they are to a buyer! fortunately for them I love pools. I'm very respectful when I talk to both, and so is larry from reflections. he's reviewing his current quote, and I'm...

that's what I hate. I'm basically fighting an indirect price fixing. they all know there aren't many out there, so they know the competition is tiny. which will keep the prices high. I'm not really against either of the quotes as much as I am against prestige charging way too much for the...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? here are my overall pics of the start to what i have so far renovation lol Shared album - jeff cassar - Google Photos Shared album - jeff cassar - Google Photos Shared album - jeff cassar - Google Photos Shared album - jeff cassar...

:bump: i just want to say that this is an absolutely AMAZING renovation, and what i love to see. i love seeing these structural marvels live up to their expectation, the test of time. you must not have a water table. for that pool being empty two months while waiting for plaster, it would have...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? pool dimensions: 40x20 with 4x4 notch stairway. 128 linear feet of perimeter prestige pools(actually came out) ------------------------------------ marcite: 8000 tile: 5000 precast concrete: 5000 travertine: 10,000(basically...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? splitting up a pool into several different surfaces is such a good idea lol. one of these days when i have one of those off day things and spare time, ill hunt down a showroom like that! hahahaha it is. i love playing tennis...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? i got a pretty good chuckle while reading this. "arrange to get you into another customers pools....check out a bunch of hotels, swim clubs, spas, etc." youre absolutely right though. that would be a good idea and its a nice...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? im gonna take your advice on all of that either. weird how it could do that to an elbow but not a foot or hand. elbow skin is usually tougher skin lol. i wish i had a showroom around here like that where i could make a sound...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? I totally understand you about the noticing everything. my attention to detail is annoying. once you see it too, you can't unsee it, and you know what to look for while others do not. I'm gonna see if I can get some samples or call...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? oh wow I didn't think about that. the finer the pebble the smaller it is and probably has more non pebble space to mottle. unless the pebble is what mottles or is it what bonds the pebble to the surface that mottles? I wear shoes...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? well im really really REALLY hoping this other company i found, that has an AMAZING gallery, gives me a quote around the first quote or less. they do pebbletec, and after watching the video i linked below, im absolutely sold on...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? ahhhh ok. silica and quartz probably has no impact on water quality either does it? and how do silica and quartz take to mottling and etching

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? I'm assuming pebble surfaces last as long as they do because there's much less plaster exposed to get ruined by water chemistry and pebbles pretty much don't ever go back due to their nature? gonna look into pebble tec. I like...

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? I posted a thread just about resurfacing originally, and I think someone mentioned pebble tec pebble fina or I saw it on their website! when this place gets a hold of me, I'm gonna see how much for pebblefina. thank you!

Re: gunite pool on recently purchased home- Resurface Options? just checked out your build dirk. that's a very beautiful pool and everything you have going there!! really like that light. judging by the ac unit hooked up to your pad, you live somewhere in the west I take it lol? my buddies pool...