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Can you guys tell me about my T-9 aquarite cell? I have a 10,000 gallon pool. Right now my VS pump runs for 2 hours a day at a speed that would activate the salt cell and I have it set to 100%. I can't tell if that's a good setting or not.

I gave up because I couldn't get anyone to do the install. Yesterday I had an aquacal sq145 installed. It's OK but it seems wrong to pay for an AC unit to heat the pool and spew cold air into my back yard, while right next to it is another ac unit to cool my house, spewing hot air into my back yard.

Wouldn't removing the old plaster mean they need to add even more to replace it (over the quantity used for skim coat)? Is your 50% based on just the removal of the old plaster or does that account for additional materials? Or would the skimcoat use the same amount of materials either way...

Any idea what the chip out costs? This is starting to really get costly because in addition to redoing the pool surface, I bought a new vs pool pump, and was looking to get a pool heater. And it costs $2000 to run 60a 80 foot to the rear of the house... $5000 for the sq150. Then it sounds like...

The company who gave me the estimate for quartz refinish is charging $7500. Pool is 36x9.5. 6' deep, 3' on the shallow side. They said they'd acid wash, then they'd install over the existing quartz surface.

I've heard of people having the old plaster removed first, is it acceptable to just install new stuff over the old? Here's a photo of my pool. It's 19 years old.

Local installer charges a set price installed for the pump. If you bought it elsewhere, they'd charge $265 to install.

just had a pool resurfacing guy come over, and he didn't have a clue what it was either.

I haven't attempted to fix it. I'm planning to call a few pool refinishing companies to give me an estimate (pool built in 2003 and has some surface etching), then asking what they think about the black area, but given that they're going to be sales people, I figured you guys could give me an...

It's maybe an inch wide at this point. I looked up pictures online of rebar rusting and they all have orange rust stains. I also looked up pics of black mold, and they seem to have many clusters, not just one. This is a pure black spot, growing very slowly. I touched it and it feels exactly the...