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What’s the update Technigogo? Did you drain? Power wash? How’d it go? I’m in Austin too and considering the same. My pool is much younger, only 4 years old but I’m a little high on CYA anyway so was thinking about a fresh fill and considered a quick power wash too.

Yeah. Stenner pump is what I was thinking of. Thanks TSplash and Casey! I seriously considered going with a SWG when I built but I have all natural stone on the pool deck as well as the coping. I'm in Austin and the local stone here is fairly soft, so I was worried about the lueder stone...

It looks like the check valve is bad. Grabbed another at Leslie's and am guessing I can continue using my evil CYA laced pucks soon. LOL On the BBB topic, what's that little bleach feeder pump called again? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Those little ones keep us unbelievably busy! I look back at my single life and even married life before kids and wonder how I thought I was 'so busy' all the time? LOL....thanks for the link. I was looking for the manual earlier this morning and should have thought to google for it. It can only...

I appreciate the reply. I know TFP is an anti puck forum, and I've tried the BBB method in the past. I didn't find it as easy to manage because I simply don't have time and or forget to check it every single day. I have a 1 year old and a 3 year old so I can't reliably add bleach on a daily...

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Hey all, I'm not sure if this is the right section to post, but was curious if anyone had any thoughts on my Rainbow 320 chlorinator issue. It's adding chlorine even though the valve is completely off. Is this a common issue with valves? Should I just replace that or could something more...

Re: And Away We Go! New build Austin TX UPDATED 10/31 FINISH Thank you again! Email sent.

Re: And Away We Go! New build Austin TX UPDATED 10/31 FINISH Thank you! We went through so many design considerations - started off thinking about concrete, then flagstone, then Belgard pavers....eventually we stumbled on the idea of travertine pavers and really glad we did. Unbelievable how...

Re: And Away We Go! New build Austin TX UPDATED 10/31 FINISH Thank you! Yeah, I was concerned whether we'd have the space as well. It's 8' 8" from the wall of the house to the column, which is the effective 'countertop/grilltop' space. The 'frame' is built from 4" CMU block, so you need to...

And Away We Go! New build Austin, TX UPDATED PIC 10/31 FINIS We started on August 12th and started filling it October 25th! A little longer than I expected, but we are thrilled with the results! Right now we are in startup so I'm using chlorine pucks but once I get my feet wet (pun intended)...

shmatbert - I also live in the Austin area. What I've learned about Hydrazzo is that it is very similar to standard plaster from a 'wear and tear' perspective. Basically, it breaks down like this as best as I've been able to ascertain: -Plaster is marble dust+portland cement (with color...

Re: And Away We Go! - New build Austin, TX - Updated Pics 9/ Hey DreamKiller - thanks for asking! Yes, actually there has been. I've been intending to post some updated pics. Here they are: By the way, we decided to keep the spillway where it is. I don't think there is a wrong answer honestly...

Re: Intro and Preliminary Design...Newbie from Texas That's exciting! Hope all goes well in the final stages! :cheers:

Thanks very much for everyones opinions and comments! My PB and I had a quick exchange about it and will talk work it out this coming week, but I'm pretty sure we'll be moving it. Does anyone have pics handy of a 2 or 3 sheer descent? I know I've seen some but its hard to find them when searching.

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics Thanks for your input everyone! PB and I are discussing next week and I'm expecting we'll move it. Skylar-is that a fire pit with a sheer decent built in? I thought you had two spas at first! ;) Very nice pool and design.

Thanks to both of you. I agree its personal opinion too, but I'm definitely interested in everyone's opinion to see if there is a consensus. I'm going to talk to my PB about it tomorrow. I'm not expecting that to be a fun discussion. ;)

I'm struggling with something and need some honest opinions. The position of the spillway is not what I originally envisioned. It's going to be a 'scupper' type spillway. I originally expected it to be centered which would make it slightly offset when looking at it from the house/patio. However...

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics I'm struggling with something and need some honest opinions. The position of the spillway is not what I originally envisioned. It's going to be a 'scupper' type spillway. I originally expected it to be centered which would make it slightly...

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics Thanks! Yeah, I'm at peace with where we ended, though it was not without a lot of discussion and research. I also really do believe Brian will stand behind his work and he's doing what he knows works well, so had to remind myself of that. I...

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics Yeah, I know it looks weird w/ the rebar sticking out of the gunite. Originally we were going to do a type of wall requiring the gunite, but now we may go a different direction. The PB is being pretty flexible with me. I agree though about...

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics No he didn't. Most PB's in Austin just assume there will be rock. All of them basically said the cost is the same whether they hit rock or not. I think they basically average the cost out over all their customers and make more money on some...

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics Thanks! Regarding the RBB, it was originally going to be shot w/ gunite so that we could finish it w/ a veneer stone, but we've since decided we will likely do chopped block/standard masonry type of wall. It's kind of up in the air right now...

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics Well we were going to shoot gunite last Friday, but equipment problems w/ the gunite sub shut that down. However, they showed up bright and early this morning and we now have a pool shell!

Re: And Away We Go! -- New build Austin, TX -- Pics I'm really sorry I didn't get this posted until now. Things have been crazy, but hopefully this will help you. Apparently there is a bit of a shortage of this type of leuder right now, but anyway, here are a few pics - dry and wet next to a...

I'm planning to buy my travertine from QDI in here Austin too - and I've found a great guy to install it at a good price too. PM me if you want the installer's info.

Thanks everyone for your replies and information. BigDav is right - Code here in Central Texas does not seem to be a factor for this. I've decided that I'm OK with what we've got actually. Our PB is a good company (2 man partnership) with a very good reputation among the trades as well as his...

The paver contractor and pool contractor are meeting here on Friday. Should be interesting.