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I finished installing travertine coping on my Radiant pool last month and it is time now to do the grouting part, after a month long vacation. If you guys could give me some info on materials, techniques and tools used to do it, I would appreciate it.

Since we had rain in Texas for months I have not been checking chemistry and now that sun is finally out I wanted to get water in balance. Water is crystal clear, but tastes acidic. Here are my reading with Taylor K-2006 kit. What should my first step be? PH is way to low, below 7.0, yellow...

I decided to not mess with cantilever coping, but rather do 12" travertine coping around. I would pour a 6" deep footing around the pool, rebar reinforced. I am not sure if I need to leave a gap between the top of the pool and the coping and how much. Pool wall is 2" thick, with plastic liner...

I guess I'll just have to learn not to pay attention to it.

I have noticed on one side that pool is 1/2" off level. Actually pool walls are level, but it seems like when liner tracks were installed that 2 pieces were not installed perfectly so now I have about 1/2" waterline out of level. It drives me crazy, as liner has these tiles that that like...

Has anybody used this product? It claims that is can be just peeled and applied to the vinyl pool to create a new border, when old one fades out. Does it stay on? Any reviews?

Has anybody done this? I have a pool that already has water in. I don't have a stegmeir liner track, and since the pool has liner in it I have to use forms that are for fiberglass pool. That means that I will have to put a "laser tape" on vinyl and then place forms on that tape. I addition to...

Re: Pulling the liner out of the track temporarily My concern was not about not getting it dirty, but I wanted to have more solid base for the forms then vinyl. Granted that forms will be secured via wire ties but still. Not sure if it is a good idea to go with poured coping. Maybe it would be...

Re: Pulling the liner out of the track temporarily hmm, it was installed in aug 2014

Sure, bonding wire must be present, as per code.

I plan on using pavers around my pool with concrete coping. I have a dark, thick Texas clay for a base. So here is my plan on how to prepare it for pavers. 1. Level and compact soil with plate compator. 2. 3-4 inch layer of #57 Limestone gravel (1" -3/8" mixture), compact again 3. 1 inch road...

Re: Pulling the liner out of the track temporarily What if I after I finish, I drain pull to 1 feet depth, would that make putting liner into track easier? I would rather pay to refill the pool, than to have forms not be secure enough.

Re: Pulling the liner out of the track temporarily Other option is to put the forms on the liner. Since that glue is so sticky and strong, they suggest some special tape they have that is placed on the liner, and then forms are glued to it. This is so that forms can be later be safely removed...

Last summer I finished installation of the pool, but did not get to pouring of the deck. This spring I am planning on doing that. I plan on draining about a foot of the pool and pulling the liner out of the track so that I can attach stegmeier forms around the pool. I would just use duct tape to...

I understand bare copper wire #8 needs to be run around the pool some 18-24" away, at least 6" in ground, connected to pool frame at 4 points, using DB rated copper lugs. But what about screws? Are there any special screws required and if so where can I buy them? Do they need need to be stainless?