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Finally got around to looking at the heater, since the wife wants the pool heated for Easter.:hammer: After hooking the electric back up and giving her a go, nada. Blower didn't come on and I noticed it was getting hot. Figured it was seized and it was. Broke the motor free and lubed it up...

So, we are about to have an imminent flood situation thanks to the Brazos river and I figured I may as well pick up the equipment. For some unknown reason the building did not put in unions so I'm about to head out with the sawzall and when I reassemble I will put in unions. Just wanted to...

All I could do was laugh and pour myself a glass of Turkey... I just laid out 10 yards (yea, you heard right and have more to go) of mulch and cleaned the pool for a solid week to get her nice and sparkly for an upcoming party. Well, it has been raining a bunch and today came some massive down...

In my mind planning again and am now 95% sure I'm going with concrete. I think most people do a 2" concrete counter but wouldn't a 3" rough rock edge look cool? :D Only thing burning my butt right now is that with my current specs, I'm am going to need 10 friggin' sticks of the form to do the...

I'm still on the fence on whether or not I am going to use rivets. I purchased an air powered rivet gun just in case I do but my questions are... I see everyone saying to use 1/8" rivets, but what grab size are you using? In particular, I plan on using the 10 x 10 L straps on the overhang so...

I'm gearing up to start some framing and I'm curious about having a fridge or a kegerator, or both... One question I have about the fridge, are they actually useful being so small? Second, does anyone in Texas have a kegerator outside? How does it hold up with the summer heat? Thanks!

Finally started on the fire pit, the delay was because I couldn't decide on which stone I wanted to use on the pit and the kitchen. Lol, I finally decided to do flagstone to match the spa and the coping. In any event, here is what I am doing… I chose to go with the Warming Trends Crossfire...

Hi, we just had a pool built and I of course did not fill the pool with softened water. I just cleaned the whole pool area and power washed the deck. The deck is Mission Tan in color (SunDek) and looks great when wet. When the water evaporates it leaves a white residue across the whole deck...

My ODK build will probably be a u-shaped island with a bar on two sides and somewhere around 8'x12'x8'. I purchased one of these from Sam's while the pool was being built and was planning on incorporating it into the ODK. My thoughts are to put it in the center of the 12' section (which would...

I'm going to re-read the pool school section but yesterday the builder shocked the pool and added the stabilizer and everything looked pretty clear by the end of the day. This morning I woke up to do my brushing and it looked like a Dos Equis bottle. :p I took a water sample to a pool supply...

I have a neighbor, who has a friend, who has a dog…. that has some metal studs that are used. I'm waiting to hear what gauge and size they are but are there any potential problems with using used ones? Thanks!

Well, my wife decided she wanted a pool and it was her dream to have one of those rock slides so we finally started getting it done. I could live with or without a pool but now that it is being built I do have to admit I am excited about it… Original sketched plan: Picking a spot in the...

I was going to start calling the drywall supply places but figured I would ask here first and maybe save some time. :D Thanks!

Pool is under construction and am going with a fire pit as well. Which ring or burner do you recommend? Crossfire system? Regular ring type, etc…? Also, lava rock or fire glass? Does anyone have a fire pit hooked up to there pool controller? Thanks!

Hi all! We are currently in the process of building a pool and before the deck is poured I was going to throw in some conduit for propane and electric to have stubs coming out of the deck for a future build. I would really like to have a TV out there as well so I would like to have a roof...