Recent content by bradisdrab

Thanks for the tip! I ended up not needing to replace the cap afterall. After swapping a new one in with no change I did some more troubleshooting and noticed that with the breaker on for the booster pump there was a faint ticking and I could see the timer clicking along, but with the other...

I've run into a wall and am deep in stressing/troubleshooting an issue, I'm sure tis has been gone over many times, but perhaps others can learn from this too, so I'll share. Last weekend I had to give my filter a cleaning, it was definitely overdue and I could see the pressure built up. When...

Thanks Jay, I had my doubts too for a bit there ;)

@flippy - Welding is a lot of fun! Get yourself a MIG welder, thats the best/easiest to learn with. One of the next steps for me will be getting the garage into workable shape so I can use all my tools again...

Thanks! I healed up pretty fast, but carried a tube of neosporin in my pocket a few days, catching up on sleep and floating in the water have helped the muscles sooo much. No problems so far, its taking a lot of acid to get the chemestry ballanced. Doing daily tests and adding chlor/acid, but...

The next day went much the same, more batches, applied, more area covered As it dried and I rinsed/scrubbed away what was on the tile, and tht left some streaking in the dry cement, but it tended to vanish when it was wet, so I didn't worry Untitled by bradisdrab, on Flickr The instructions...

The next day was another solid one, and time to begin the cement for real. I took what we'd figured out about mixing cement, but just me this time. deep breath, ok go. Set up to mix the first bag near where the pile of bags was, using a bucked to support the 80lb bag while i fed it into the...

Mimimonster17 - sorry I didn't see that one until just now, sounds like a good thought/warning! It was a giant pine, and I'm sure you're right, the ground is bound to settle as the roots decay. I'm affraid I'll have to deal with that much later when I can get to it as I'm pretty over extended...

Most places/people say its best done in a day, for bonding, evenness and consistancy, but I've read about people doing it in much longer with good results.

A 3" roller?! thats crazy! Yeah I can see keeping it in a place of honour as well ;) I mailed one of the people I got an initial estimate from, but am not holding out hope that I'll hear back from him. As he works for a major re-plastering company and I'm asking him for a bid for the remaining...

Boom. So. Much. Cement. by bradisdrab, on Flickr It looks like even more bags in person. I'm still overwhelmed thinking about doing it all. With 45 bags to do, I'm unsure how long each will take to mix/apply this is going to be a lot of work... It may definitely be worth it to get some extra...

Thanks everyone for all the kind words and encouragment! I went back and forth a lot about the plaster, and had a lot of trouble sourcing it, but finially made some progress and made a decisive move! I talked to the guy I'm ordering my pumps and equipment through and had him contact the...

Next is the tile line. This is the fun part, where its becoming about the final look, the aesthetics, and not just the steps needed to fix the structure. We'd been bouncing ideas around for awhile, and went to about five different places to look at them in person, eventually narrowing it down...

Great project, I'll definitely be watching intently, especially if/when you decide to replaster yourself. I've got a similar project going as well. Personally I'd give it a bit more of an acid scrub and pressure wash before filling it and starting the chemestry, I bet a lot of those stains...

Wow, I just got off the phone with four different places that deal in SGM products, specifically asking about Diamond Brite, but none of them will sell to an individual, only "pool professionals". I'm pretty close to giving up on that one, as cool as it looks. Somewone else mentioned...