Your contractor will have samples of the various Pebbletec finishes to choose from it you go that route. I would also vote for Pebble Sheen as well. We have that in our pool and it is still a bit rough, but not much smoother than the original Pebbletec. If budget is not an issue you can opt for one of the polished finishes.

I re-greased all of the gaskets, and noticed one of my diverter valves were slightly off. Fixing the combination of those two things solved the problem. Thanks everyone for the fast support!

Try running a garden hose(without the sprayer attached) individually over things like the pump lid, valves, etc, with the pump running and see if the bubbles disappear. That can narrow down where a leak may be.

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According to the website it includes no filtration system and a 20 gauge blue liner.

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The stone product you are showing is what the repairman was speaking about. He described it as a manufactured product but it could be the same thing right?

Thank you very much for the pictures and discussion.

My opinion: at 5500 gallons just drain it all out, clean it out well and refill and call it done. Make sure you do a deep clean of the sand filter Deep cleaning sand filter

When our pool was finished but before the landscaping was done, I kept two buckets by opposite corners of the pool for this purpose. I dumped them daily and refilled with pool water. I found adherence to be moderate among others and high for myself. To the extent they got used, it helped.

That said, I like the idea. We will be in a somewhat sandy locale for our next pool so we will have one or several wash/shower areas.

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Another source of air, is a leaky air vent valve on the filter.. You can often hear the air being sucked into the filter, when the pump is off.

This can cause the pump to drain back into the pool, and you will get a huge amount of air into the pool when you fire up the pump.

The odd thing is that the air vent valve does not seem to leak any water out.

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Jim R.

Overflow pool technology works on the principle of overflowing water into the perimeter channels. This water is then drained into a storage tank, from which the water is drawn by a pump into the filtration system,
Unfortunately I had a new garden setup, and the workes spill soil to the pool

I don't think we're understanding what an "overflowing" pool is. More pictures would help. Same for what you call a portable vacuum. And finally, the plumbing and equipment area, especially how it connects to the filter.

That is an awful lot of dirt to get out!

I agree we don't know what's included with your purchase. I'll add my $0.02 though, not sure what kind of steps/ladder you are getting but I would recommend getting a step system if there's any mobility issues.

I acid stained my concrete deck but the 10 year old surface was in good shape to begin with. I don't seal. I like the product and how it is lasting two years on. Original stain was water based and was gone in 10 years. I have no input on the surface preparation from a rehabilitation standpoint. As a side note, I have 3 or 4 unopened gallons of Concrete Camouflage acid stain (one of each color used) that are free to a good home but I won't ship them. I will however, be in eastern NC in a few weeks.

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As it can be seen , I had send a lot of water to waste but still have a lot of dust on the bottom.
I have been trying for to weeks to vacuum the dust using portable vacuum, and the last to days with robotic vacuum as well.
since a lot of water coming out of waste mode,
What I usually do , is open the waste for few minutes when I see that the dust settled.
Since I have a overflowing pool , I closed the valve to the balance tank and vacuum water from the bottom of the pool ( from some reason , water level drops rapidly but dust is still on the floor)

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The cloudiness is normal after adding a metal chelator. I wouldn't add too much chlorine yet as the cloudiness may not be algae and it will counter the metal magic treatment.

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Thank You- that's what I wanted to know- "normal" it's getting better today clearing up-

Show us a picture of the pool, your setup for manually vacuuming, and the plumbing going to/from your filter. It will make it so much easier to then advise.

With floc, after it settles on the bottom, one MUST set your vacuum so that water is discharged on the ground or into a drain - never through the filter, or back into the pool. The vacuum must be moved VERY slowly across the bottom to suck up the settled floc. As you note, it is very easy to disturb and it breaks up into "dust". You will empty a lot of water out of the pool by doing this, likely so much you have to stop vacuuming to refill. Add chlorine as you refill the pool the last time for this cleaning session - you need to get a good reserve built up for the next step.

Some of the dust will resettle - and you will have to repeat the above. Give it at least a full day, and better 2 or even 3 days, in between attempts to clean. Do NOT run your pumps or filters during this waiting period - you want the water as still as you can to encourage the dust to settle. Hence the chlorine.

You may have to repeat this one or two times, depending on how much floc you used.

Sounds advice and a good starting point above. If those don't work, post some pics of your equipment pad and we'll go from there.

Most common is the gasket/o-ring for the lid on the pump. Inspect for dirt or damage. Generously lube. Perhaps replace.
Second most common is any drain plug at the bottom of the pump. Same instructions for the o-ring.....
Third might be the union connecting the inlet pipe to the pump basket. Much less likely to be an issue, though. But you may want to check if it is pretty hand tight (no tools ever!!). Some use an o-ring there too, so inspection and lube can't hurt.

Those three are under suction when the pump is running, so can be a source of air. They may not ever show a sign of a leak when the pump is off.