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I look at it this way, if a hose or the hydraulic motor fails, what's the worst that will happen? Vegetable oil in your pool? I think that will float, so easy to clean up. I'd say overly cautious. I don't plan on replacing them until they fail. I do plan on removing it for the winter when I...

Hi, You can see my build thread here: building-my-own-pool-in-north-jersey-t54107.html The fastlane is installed and working. Regarding chemistry, the salt level is easy to maintain. I think I added 680 lbs. of salt in the beginning for a ~28000 gallon pool. Salinity was ~3800 ppm at first...

Flatlander, Sorry I didn't respond to your original post. I found the subs. by first searching for Gunite installers in my area, yellow pages, google search,(there won't be many) then calling them and telling them I'm building my own pool and asking for who they recommend for other trades...

rats, hit the submit button too fast. Wanted to edit the list to make it easier to read. If I take the estimate a pool builder gave of $170K + the stuff he wasn't including (~$45K) That results in a savings of about $85K hiring the subs. directly and doing some of the work myself.

I added up all the costs: actual costs Engineering 710 Site plan 700 Permits 1305 Tree removal 3210 Excavation/dirt removal 4680 Framing 250 Rebar 3530 Gunite 11260 Electrical installation labor 855 Electirical equipment 2168 Plumbing mats./installation 3381 Pool Equipment 10500 Waterfall...

I added up all the costs: actual costs Engineering 710 Site plan 700 Permits 1305 Tree removal 3210 Excavation/dirt removal 4680 Framing 250 Rebar 3530 Gunite 11260 Electrical installation labor 855 Electirical equipment 2168 Plumbing mats./installation 3381 Pool Equipment 10500 Waterfall...

You had me wondering about the cloudiness, but I opened the cover today and saw it pretty clear. Maybe the color or the waterfalls churning up the water makes it look cloudy. All those rocks were brought in from PA, but yeah, plenty of rock up this way. My dog loves the polaris and the whole...

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