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    Pebble finish start up-"Universal Mini Pebble"

    That's what we ended up using!
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    Is it time to switch from a single spend pump to a variable speed?

    Thanks for the reply! We do have high electric bills but in the process of getting solar to hopefully offset that. I'll prob keep this pump for a couple years (especially with the prices of pumps nowadays) and maybe change it out in a few years.
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    Is it time to switch from a single spend pump to a variable speed?

    For all of you saying to switch to VS (which we def want to), would you do it if your pump was only 3 years old? The old owners of our house replaced our pool pump before we closed instead of giving us a credit 😡 and it's a single speed.
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    Pool Contractor Says "NO" Glass Wateline Tile, REALLY ?

    I was given the same push back from all pool builders I spoke with. "Too hard to maintain, will pop off, too expensive". I went with my gut and I love it. I will say tho, I clean it 5x a week. But I love it and have no regrets. Go with your gut it's your pool, not theirs. I will also say it took...
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    FinestFinish Mini vs Stonescapes Minipebble

    We have finest finish. I was pushing for stonescapes as the name is bigger, but my plaster company uses finest finish much more. We have had it now 2 years with no issues, looks great and feels even better. I have no regrets
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    Replacing Pool Decking-DFW, Texas

    We had the same situation last year. Old kool deck that was chipping away and looking bad. We had to take it down to the concrete and have it resurfaced. Total cost was 6500.
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    Glass Tile Cleaner Suggestions - New Pool

    That set up is exactly what I use for my glass tile. Hasn't stopped calcium build up, but does clean the tile well from crud and dirt.
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    Repairing missing grout on spa wall

    Moved from here. We have some missing grout as well on the tile on the spa wall. We have the name of the grout but have been too apprehensive to try to fix this. Do we need to drain the pool if it's above the water line to fix or can we just do it while we are in the pool??
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    Water Line Tile

    I have Orion from NPT. Here are some pics for reference
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    Pool deck crack only when wet??

    Hi everyone, we recently had our deck resurfaced (in March) and we had our first real rain of the season this weekend and I noticed a few areas it appeared to have cracks on the deck. I know they cracks weren't there the day before as I was in the pool all day and would have seen them. The next...
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    Kool deck

    We had kool deck when we bought our house, however it was peeling everywhere and looked a mess. Not sure how old it was, but we just resurfaced the entire pool deck. Companies out here (Palm springs) arnt doing kool deck anymore as it doesn't hold up in our climate, but what we resurfaced with...