Recent content by ia_soxfan

Will echo what was said previously - the cost for going bigger is incremental. Does not take us much longer to dig and set a 16x32 vs 12x24.

For me, yes. Do a forum search Hayward ecostar drive error. I looked to be certain and we changed out 16 of them this year. All for Pentair 011056.

Their variable speed pumps do not last long. Speaking from experience here. We replace quite a few a year.

How did this happen? Is the pool sitting on unstable soils? Jacking out the concrete and re-setting the walls is going to be a tough feat. You may be better off literally tearing out the section out of level (after separating the beam concrete from the level part and unbolting the panels)...

This is not correct. Gunite will always have a cleaner finish as it is composed of much finer material than shotcrete. Shotcrete is concrete. Concrete typically consists of 3/4" - 1" rock, sand, and cement. Gunite is sand and cement with water applied at the nozzle. Shotcrete will have a...

It isn't as fluid as concrete. Depending on what the temperature is on when you do it, you would find that you wouldn't have enough time to work it all at once like that. Rent a paddle mixer and mix as you go. Edit: I should also add that when mixing, it only needs to mix for about 30 seconds...

Nearing completion. Just got the screens back from the fabricator and installed on Saturday. 20' or so of fence to finish, a few more plantings and mulch and that's a wrap.

Again, I feel that most contractors (myself included, in the trade) that know their overhead and numbers well enough will simply walk away, or work with a number and squeeze every last feature into a project for that number while still maintaining their margins. These tend to be the ones that...

Due to the incredibly wet spring (and summer for that matter), there was no way the concrete truck would make it back there to pour the concrete around the panels. So we opted to pump it over the house. An added benefit is that it is much easier to pump concrete into place.

This is where we stand as of now. We have just a little fencing, landscape planting and lighting to finish. I also designed some architectural wire mesh screens for both sides of the pool deck for some flare. Those should be done hopefully in the next week or so.

Hello all, Thought I would show our personal build as it progressed through this summer. We're just about finished up with the landscaping (just in time to close the pool for the season :(). Some specs: 18x36 Vinyl - Black Granite no border 6' wide steps with 12x6 sun ledge 6' deep Intelliflo...

I have a Black Granite liner in my own pool. Depending on if you go no border or not, my only experience with BG and a couple of other BG liners in pools we've worked on is that you'll need to spend a little more time scrubbing the water line as the scum is more quickly to show. Depth perception...

^^^ This. Contractors who know their numbers well will tweak the design and project to fit the budget. If you find someone to negotiate that's an instant flag to me that things may not end up going well. They will ultimately realize that their margins are not there and will start cutting corners...

Pavers when installed correctly, are somewhere in the vicinity of 97-99% impervious (I forget the exact percentage). I don't think run off is as much of an issue as ground water behind the liner is. We use a 3/4" clean stone (no fines) as backfill behind pools. The first benefit to using 3/4"...