Recent content by SBall

Thx, I have been searching the forum, appreciate the help

Friends of mine bought a house with a pool, and two of the three glo-brites are dead. Is there any other plug-and-play light that they can use instead of the glo-brites? I have had great luck with my S.R. Smith Treo lights, but from the glo-brite manual, it looks like there is a niche/socket...

Google "fiberglass pool out of ground"...seem to be plenty of people that have fiberglass shells that are partially or fully out of the ground, and have built some sort of pretty wall to hide the pool walls. Foundation, fiberglass tub, pretty wall(s)...seems like that would be a much more...

Just going out on a limb here, but I would imagine that most people with a $100k budget will go with some form of gunite or shotcrete. I would have, for sure. And for what it is worth, our community pool has traditional white plaster, and it is not rough at all. Very smooth, feels great. Same...

Ours is about 16" and it is perfect for a $20, resin Adirondack chair. The armrests make a great spot to hold a drink, set a book, or whatever. Plus, you can cram two of these into the space of one lounge chair....more seating for more people. I absolutely love pictures of lounge chairs in a...

Let's face it, you bought the house three years ago and it had the pool, presumably in poor shape. You should know far better than any of us how that may (or may not) have impacted your decision to buy the house. The pool looks better now than it did, and IMO, looks very nice and clean from that...

Handrails and ladders are easily removable, so there is really no reason not to at least get the mounts installed. I bought a modern, cool looking handrail off Amazon and I love how it looks so much that I never ended up removing it.

I started ours in late May and finished early October. I think I would have been better off to start in late January or early February...after the holidays and way before it gets to be hot...95 degrees mid-summer with humidity and mosquitos and bugs in middle TN is pretty uncomfortable.

I really haven't worried about it...they are just the inexpensive resin adirondack chairs sold pretty much anywhere, and the bottoms are pretty smooth. I dont slide them around, just set it in there and sit down. While I have no way to measure it, I feel like kids jumping and running on the...

I absolutely love the decisions we made. Our second step/ledge is the most popular hangout spot in our pool, perfect depth to sit and be mostly in the water. When we have friends over, the adults are all lounging on the step/ledge. I put my adirondack chair in there, faced towards the...

Just dip the leaves/junk out and make sure your equipment is either running or drained so it doesnt freeze. I left mine open last year, and intend to leave it open this year because I like looking at it.

Gravel is self-compacting, which is one important reason to use it for backfill. The second is that gravel does not really "push" laterally on things...at least, not like damp dirt. Your walls are bolted together, bolted to the brace, and the concrete collar locks in the entire base of the...

Truck bed spray-in liner. Look up LineX..they have a version that is suitable for potable water that is used to line/seal water towers. https://linex.com/protective-coatings

The gaskets go on the fittings. A hole is a hole is a hole, no matter if it is through steel or concrete or wood. If I had to guess, the best way to secure the coping track would be to make sure you have a smooth finish on the top row of blocks. I assume you will fill the blocks with either...

Measure the wire, and if it is 8 gauge or thicker, should be ok. Swap the breaker out yourself for $10. Buy the heater off Amazon, spend a couple hundred bucks in miscellaneous plumbing and electrical stuff, and save yourself a few thousand bucks. Seriously, there is nothing difficult about...