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  1. FarmerJohn

    Coping material choices

    Our 2005 inground gunite pool/hot tub currently have limestone coping. As many have found out the limestone degrades over time producing all sorts of rough surfaces and revealing fossils that pop out, etc., etc. The existing deck is concrete with an epoxy textured surface I think was called...
  2. FarmerJohn

    Repair estimates: Is it common to be charged for onsite estimates?

    I have a need for some pipe and equipment repairs. The 1st place I called (it had pretty decent reviews on Yelp) said at the start of the conversation that the estimate would be $135. It costs them money to send someone out and work up an estimate but that seems pretty high considering they had...
  3. FarmerJohn

    Howdy from Farmer John

    We got a pool in 2005 after having a hottub for several years. I obediently followed the pool stores' and pool builder's recommendations for several troublesome years. Being a manufacturing engineer by trade told me that there was NO WAY this was the right way to handle pools. Searching online...
  4. FarmerJohn

    Lightning storm induces bad pool behavior

    At the end of a recent lightning storm I heard a buzzing from the indoor Compool 3400 control pad and when I went outside to hit the breaker there were disturbing electrical sounds coming from the pool equipment area. The one of the 3 pumps was buzzing so I quickly flipped the breakers on the...