Recent content by Valiyo

There isn't any other option in the pool between 9-13" below the coping. The first time around I lost 2.5" in 13 hours. Currently I'm losing about 1/2 inch a day and I estimate the evaporation rate to be 1/8" or less.

Here's a photo of one of the 3 anchor brackets. I also coated the outer edge with PC-11.

I started loosing water from my gunnite pool in mid September. I let it drop and have been logging a lot of data, pointing to a leak in one or more of the anchor brackets, possibly due to shrinking soil during an extreme drought in Arkansas, which may be finally lifting. I didn't see any cracks...

My pool guy = the re-plastering estimator for the company that installed my pool. I asked about a full chip out and this was his response: "We can do extra some extra prep work like acid washing and things like that. Removing all the plaster is not ideal as you never know how good the plaster...

Thanks everyone!

I asked the pool guy how they prep for resurfacing and he said they rough up the surface (mallet, I think) but don't remove anything. And they do an acid wash. Would that be adequate?

I've been trying to eliminate black algae per instructions here at TFP. At the same time, my gunnite pool needs to be resurfaced. When a pool guy came to give me a bid on the resurfacing, I asked abt the black algae. He said that covering the algae with a new layer of plaster would kill the...