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  1. J

    Pentair Master Temp 400

    Thanks James, I did buy one and that was the problem!
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    Pentair Master Temp 400

    We are about the sell our home and was checking the pool heater to make sure it works. Heater would not come on in the spa because the temp was set on 70 and the water temp is 75. So, i switched it to pool and it came on. So, I switched it back to spa and tried to increase the temp but it would...
  3. J

    Loose flagstone coping

    Thanks for help.
  4. J

    Loose flagstone coping

    Thanks for the reply. I live in Houston TX near the coast, it rarely freezes here. What thinset do you recommend? I am a contractor so this shouldn't be anything I can't do!
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    Loose flagstone coping

    I'm looking to repair a dozen or so loose coping flagstones around my pool. Remove the loose ones, chip out the mortar and re mortar? What mortar should I use? Or I've seen someone suggesting using a landscape stone adhesive. Thanks in advance!
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    Possible pool leak

    I had a pool built 3 years ago and never had to add water as much as I have recently. I have read a lot of post, tried all the suggestions mentioned. The bucket test did not suggest a leak. The weather here in Houston Texas this year has been abnormally cool and drier due to a lot of north...
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    Loose flagstone

    I've read the old post about loose flagstone. I had my pool built 3 years ago and within the first year 40% of the cooping and top of jacuzzi flagstones came loose. I convinced the builder to come back and fix it, well they did and it looked worse. Today the stones they reset and many more are...
  9. J

    Motor problems

    So I took the motor apart and the larger bearing probably needs to be replaced. But, when I went to remove the impeller it seemed loose and the seal with the spring was messed up. I got new one from the local pool company put it back together along with capacitor I had bought and turned it on...
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    Motor problems

    I was thinking bearings too but it spins effortless without noise when turned with power off. And the jets seem to have normal flow.
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    Motor problems

    I have a Pentair Whisperflo setup on my pool. This past summer the motor has been sounding loud, took propeller apart thinking maybe there was stuff in there but it was clean. Yesterday it wasn't on and noticed it had tripped the breaker so i reset the breaker and when I turned on the pump it...
  12. J

    Re: Spots on plaster

    Re: Spots on plaster Moved post. Please start your own thread to ask questions rather than reuse someone else's thread. :wink: Butterfly I have been reading all of your replies concerning questionable spots on plaster. Well I also have the blue quartz plaser and in the deep end are about 50...
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    Flagstone Coping

    My pool and raised spa, built last fall, has flagstone coping with kool deck up to it with clean transition. Well, I would say that 80% of the stones sounded hollow under them and I had been complaining to the builder of this along with other things like very rough Quartzscape. The guys you...
  14. J

    New pool quartzscape pool finish problems

    Wow, thanks for all of that! Im a home builder and that would never fly with me. I have called the pool builded, family run in a small city for 25 years, I dont think they want an upset customer, which I am. Thanks!
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    New pool quartzscape pool finish problems

    I have the quartzscape pool plaster also, barbados blue. Our pool was finished last Sept and the uneveness in the color has been dissappointing seeing we paid a lot for it. They did acid washes several times after it was filled with water. One thing that Im very unhappy with is the roughness in...
  16. J

    New pool

    Not sure color it but will find out, it stains pretty bad otherwise I would of gone lighter
  17. J

    New pool

    Quartzscape Barbados Blue, but unhappy with it because the color is so uneven and very rough in places.
  18. J

    New pool

    Here are a few pictures of our new pool.
  19. J

    New to the forum

    3 times is not a charm. Just had a pool built and its been a pain in the you know what. Rain delayed the dig for 2 weeks. Finally got started dug rebar plumbing an gunite all in one week then it sat for 3 weeks, my yard was trashed. We went with Quartzscape Barbados Blue plaster with flagstone...