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    Constructing Pool House/Shop beside pool - Any tips for keeping pool clean?

    Hi Everyone- This may be a super dumb question but...We've had our pool for 2 years now, love it, it's easy to maintain and has been truly "trouble-free". We are getting ready to build a shop next to the pool that will have a porch that butts up to the pool deck. And it probably won't get...
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    Trouble holding chlorine - help me analyze my test results

    I haven't filled out my siggy yet so here is a little background on my pool. Finished and filled 5/4/12. It is approx. 20,000 gallons, gunite with mini pebble finish. No spa, we have 3 sheer descents that we run for about an hour each night and 4-5 hours/day on the weekends. Triton II sand...
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    Pool half full and plaster makes it look green - help!!

    So my pool is about halfway filled. The color of plaster I picked is Crystal Stones Caribbean Blue which is a blue base with black and tan pebbles. It looks so green to me right now! I wanted more of a gray blue color. Will the color change when the chemicals are added to the water? Do...
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    Freeform pool in Texas - Started 3/27/12 - FINISHED!!

    Hello! I have posted a few questions and many of you have responded and been so helpful. I am totally consumed by this pool build right now so I thought I would start a thread to show the progress. So far we have gunite with tile and coping to be done on Monday and concrete soon after. The...
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    Concrete pool deck - stamped and stained or washed aggregate

    It looks like we will be doing concrete next week. We are going to have about 1200' of deck area and I am still up in the air about what to use! Hubby wants washed aggregate - I am afraid it will be too hot and rough on the feet. (we have no shade or mature trees). I initially wanted a...
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    Crystal Stones Mini Pebble Finish Pictures???

    Hello everyone! This is my first post and I hope someone can help me! We are in the process of building a pool in Texas and our plaster guy uses Crystal Stones Mini Pebble. My builder brought over a box of samples today and I have been trying to do searches on Google to find actual images of...