Recent content by LoraMae

I had my daughter post the photo of the hole in the bottom. She was unable to post a video. She also posted a photo of how the lights are pulled away -- should that be a concern?

I thought there was a hole. The concrete pool has a plaster on top which is almost 100% eroded. We epoxy paint every 3 or 4 years. The paint is now terribly flaked. Noticed a small chip in the paint and it oozed water. Our pool store said to grind it down to make the hole a bit larger and...

Herky - I'm familiar with Splash. I played miniature golf at that driving range in the 1970s. Thank you for the tip - Weston will be at our place Monday!

Herky - I would guess you're from Waterloo. I live in Marion but will be in CF this week for Sturgis. I will definitely contact Weston... and would love to see your pool if I can unless I can find photos of your pool on this site. We opted for paint only because it's our very best guess that...

The liner for $8,500 would be custom-fitted and installed. However, after contacting a concrete pool builder, and a pool supply store, both indicated that converting a concrete pool to a vinyl lined pool is asking for trouble with leakage.

inyopool tech support said that the Hayward SP1075 skimmer can be replaced, but we must first dig it out to know the size of fittings beneath. He said if we are considering a vinyl liner, then we would need to know this before replacing the skimmers. To repaint will be $5,500. We have...

Thank you, I think I figured out how to post an image, but it's really big. We have so many problems to solve today and don't even know where to begin. - - - Updated - - - It will cost $5,000 to paint and we are considering a vinyl liner. We recently had a quote for the liner at $8,500 but...

I'm always the one who has to do the research for my husband. Advice really appreciated. Please don't suggest we call a pool company. In Iowa.. they come out, look at the pool, and shake their head and say, "Wow, I've never seen anything like this pool before." We hired the concrete decking...

Thank you for responding. Now that more concrete has been removed, it does appear that our shell is about 12 inches thick. They cut away but have found that the shell (wall) was poured like a step. The wall is like a stair step in that the first edging around the spa and maybe the rest of...

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My husband asked that I get advice quickly. I'll take private text and emails if anyone wants to give an opinion. We have a concrete contractor at the our pool now removing some of the slabs surrounding our inground pool. These slabs have settled and we feared more settling will occur. Around...

I'm curious about how you've followed through with your repairs. We also have a hybrid pool and it has been a nightmare finding people who know what they're doing to hire for repairs. One estimate we received last week was above $50K. It doesn't even leak. It really only needs a few hairline...

Rastoma -- I'm delayed in responding to your comment, so I don't know how often you check back. It seems most people believe our electric bill is reasonable -- and I'm feeling better about this now. My husband said the pool people looked at our pool and suggested we back flush less often, so...