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We used Kerapoxy grout from Floor and Decor. Expensive, but, easy to apply and hard as stone.

Thanks. We already tried hydraulic cement -- as stated in the original post. Perhaps someone else has some ideas. Thanks for your replies Toxophilite!

Correct. I'm just asking what type of product to use to do exactly what you are saying -- feather from below the tile to the bottom of the tile and to the face of the tile. Any product suggestions?

Yes - the bottom of the tile is completely exposed. I want to fill in from the front of the tile back to the pool wall surface - so that there isn't a 1/4" drop-off from the front of the tile to the pool surface. There have been three sets of waterline tile on this pool since it was built in...

Doing some DIY pool renovation. The old waterline tile was beveled on the bottom edge - so - there was not a recessed bed that the tile was set into. New tile is just under 1/4" thick and is not finished/beveled on the bottom. Any suggestions as to a product to use to bevel from the front of...

I have a gunite pool that I fiberglassed with fiberglass fabric sandwiched between two coatings of epoxy (Pilgrim Permacoat, Inc PLASTIC product). It has held up great, really, for 11 years. Now it's starting to peel away from the top where I had a stone mason level the surface where the...

I, actually, have had great success with an Epoxy product in my gunite pool. As they say, the devil is in the prep. You have to make sure you scratch up the surface enough for the epoxy to adhere. UltraGuard...no. I have heard horror stories; and, it's STUPID Expensive. I used Pilgrim...

Thinking of changing from sand to cartridge for two reasons: 1. Easy of use, less valves to deal with, longer filter cycles. 2. No backwashing - we are having some erosion issues on our property from backwashing over the years, and also discoloration of our asphalt driveway.

40,000G IG pool with 20 feet of head (1 skimmer close to pump). Rarely pull water from the drain - but, that would add 8 feet of head. Currently have a 1HP single speed Hayward Super II pump and an old sand filter. Want to save on electricity this summer so going to cut down on run-time on...

Thank you. So, no one uses any sort of 'at home' copper testing kit or strips? $45 seems like a lot to pay every month to have water tested.

I supposedly, as told my my local pool company, have 2PPM of Copper in my pool. I think they are drunk. But, it's the only pool company around that tests for copper. So, I want to know what test kit or strips others are using to determine Copper in pool water so I can test myself. I see the...

Well, the rub is that there is one pipe running out and around the pool, and it Ts off to 3 jets. There is no manifold. Now I'm assuming they did all of that wrong when we had it re-plumbed. Grrrr. It 'is' one jet, I'm pretty sure...so, perhaps I could dig down to that one and cap the T...

We simply don't have the funds to do that again. It was done 12 years ago, for $15,000...and failed in 10 years.

We decided two years ago that the water loss from the pool was on the return side. 3,000G a day! So, we plugged the jets and ran a fire hose from the pump to the far end of the pool. Works great; looks horrible! We want to run 2" PVC on the deck and T out some returns down into the pool to...

65 year old 45,000G gunite pool with 3 foot thick gunite walls, way over built and not losing a drop of water. The pool was resurfaced with fiberglass / resin 10 years ago and is holding up really well except for a few places that are delaminating at the top. The glass was run all the way up...

Chlorine tabs have always been added in the skimmer basket. I've now learned that is a No No. So, yeah...perhaps we did cause our own problem. :(

I have no idea where the copper came from - maybe from the copper pipes on the returns. However, those returns haven't been used in a couple of years because of a leak. We have actually been 'redneck' returning water to the pool through a firehose. Fun fun. Time to put some PVC on the deck...

Greetings. I'm supposedly in a world of hurt, according to the pool store and my water test. They gave me a $400 shopping list - or - said to drain and refill. Can I get some advice on here? The pool was completely neglected last year because of a death in the family - just chlorine went in...

Well, that was a guy at PumpWarehouse.com. He was also the one that told me I couldn't use a 2-speed motor with my Hayward Super II pump.

Thanks for the replies. I've talked with 6 different pump motor supply companies on the phone and have gotten completely different info. One said my pump (Hayward Super II) won't even filter any water with a 2-speed pump on low speed. The others said they don't make a 1HP dual speed so I'd...

I have a 40,000 gallon pool that has always run on a 1HP single-speed motor - with a Hayward Super II pump housing. Pool is run for 3 months in Colorado. I never turn off the pump for those 3 months - it's just how I have done it. Cost is $400/mo. My pump motor just died again - it seems to...