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After lots of research it looks like I can omit all of the pool company systems and just utilize my Elk Controller to do what I need. I looked at the Hayward PS and it seemed promising and had an Aqua link to hook up to my pc/Elk but then I found someone who was able to use all OTS relays to...

I have been looking at automation and it seems there are many out there. What are people using and do you recommend it? We need at least 10 auxiliary connections for pool equipment so it threw the jandy aqualink pda out the door after talking to their rep. We have all Jandy equipment and never...

We have the following: Weepin water wall, 5 spa jets, 2 bubblers, 4 returns and 2 spray fans The builder put in 2 pumps a jandy stealth 2HP and Jandy 1.5HP We requested energy efficient and we ended up with single speed pumps. How much savings is there in a 2spd pump versus single speed. The...

When you are installing the mosaics are these steps correct? 1. Put some very soupy cement looking mixture down with a brush sort of like waterproofing...What is that? 2. Float the floor with portland and sand to create a flat base for the thinset/tile 3. Looks like the smaller tile uses 3/16"...

I wonder what type of damage putting a check valve and firehose hookup to the main drain would cause. I would think that throttling the water down on startup would limit the volcano eruption effect or use the well for the first foot in the deep end and then throttle the water in through the main...

Truck Water in / Well Water / City Provided Dillemma...We have a Well that produces around 5GPM on a good day so filling a 25K pool would take 83 hours to fill. Pool surface is a Sunstone Quartz Aggregate Pool builder stated that I should not use a hydrant or have it trucked in because it...

Funny...We are looking at mixing the Midnight blue with black onyx. I just do not like the higher cost for the midnight blue so was debating on mixing blue mist with black onyx for a lighter color. or even going 6 bags of blue mist with 4 bags of black onyx rather than the 7/3 they normally use...

Yeah we are in Willow Springs Ranch south of the golf course. We looked forever in Van Zandt and could not find a lot or home we liked for sale and settled for a builder foreclosure on the lot and built here three years ago. What color Diamond Brite did you get and do you like it?

25 feet Behind the weeping wall we are going to put a 4 foot Berm and then plant trees in it. Right behind the weeping wall we will plant some native texas grasses and lower shrubs to create layers of growth and reduce mowing around the pool and clippings end up in the lawn. Raymond

Haslet off of Avondale Haslet and 287....

No test kit yet. That is the third thing to purchase once we are closer to fill date. The water is coming from our well since I cannot use a truck The pool company is doing the initial start-up and supposedly it requires 14 gallons of acid and lots of brushing then they will come in clean it...

We started our pool build recently after 3 years of planning. Specs: Gunite 3.5'-7.5' 21'X39.5' Jump Rock 32' Weeping Oklahoma Creek Rock Wall inset into water Sunstone - Black Onyx/Blue Mist ( 3:7 bag mixture ) Pseudo Spa with no heat just jets and air Tanning Ledge Gecko mosaics Umbrella Pole...

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We had the Sheer descents in our last pool on a raised beam and they were okay but not very natural looking. I like the idea of the stacked stone. What type of stone is good to use for that? We have Oklahoma Flag for coping and then Tuscany colored textured decking. The plan is to have a...

Every pool we see has Moss Rock for their waterfalls and we just do not like the look of the Moss Rock. Are there any other options of non porous stone to use? Thanks, Raymond