Recent content by coilerman

So gunite refers to the method of application rather than the material? What is the actual material? Hydraulic cement? I live in Toronto. There are literally two companies doing gunite repairs and there are a *lot* of pools. I had my repair booked for last fall, got delayed to this spring. Now...

I have a gunite pool and spillover spa. Two years ago, I had a big chunk of gunite fall off the stairs in the spa. I’ve been trying since then to get someone to fix it. With the pool boom in my area, all the pool contractors are doing big jobs and are not interested in my small repair. So I...

It's basically damage from the ice that forms in the spa. I live in Canada. I guess I'll just keep calling/begging a company to do this. The demand for pools here is insane. A friend of mine had a fire in his equipment shed that destroyed all the pool equipment and melted his safety cover and...

I have a 10’ diameter, spillover spa made of gunite and plaster. A big chunk of plaster fell off the pool last winter and it was impossible to hire a reputable pool plasterer. I ended up finding someone on Craigslist and he did an awful job. Cosmetically it was ugly but I was willing to live...

You were correct. It took me a long time to get through but once I did, Jandy support was very helpful. They are shipping a warranty replacement cell immediately. Hopefully, this one holds up better.

My two year old Jandy Truclear has the leaking top glass problem. When I googled it, I couldn't believe how many hits I got on "Jandy Truclear top glass leaking". There must be a dozen threads on TFP alone. I wish I had know when I bought this thing. I'm told that I might not have warranty...

After adjusting ph, should I add stabilizer until I get a reading of 30-40 and then SLAM? Or do I SLAM first and then he the CYA levels to recommended number?

If there’s no water being added to the tub, it stops spilling over.

I can shut off two valves to close off the intake and outflow pipes to the pool. I don’t want to take the cover off the pool because we have massive maple trees in the backyard that drop millions of keys in the late spring. I usually wait until this is over before opening the pool. I burned...

I have a spillover spa attached to my pool and while it’s a little early to open the pool, I thought I would open the spa now. It’s the first time I’ve done this in stages so I hope my newbie question is okay. I have a salt water chlorinator but since the water temp (when the spa is not...

Since we have winter here, I was thinking of making them removable. Epoxy some threaded inserts into the spa and attach that way. I looked at teak and wow, it's pricey as you know. I was thinking of white cedar which is what I think they use in Japanese spas.

We have a gunite finished spa and I thought about adding wooden slats to the seating platform for comfort and to add a bit of a Japanese onsen look to it. I'm not sure how wood would hold up to a salt water pool but when you visit a Japanese onsen (bath house), they use wood liberally...

I'm referring to the remote operation using the 5v signals. You're right, it's not digital.