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Per my other thread, we just had our liner replaced which also meant new faceplates and fittings including a new main drain of a different design to the old one. Apparently they now need to be "anti vortex". Anyway, we have a Zodiac Barracuda Super G "robot" vacuum cleaner (plugs into the...

Thank you! There's some stuff still to do (some areas leading onto the pool surround I'm in the process of laying clay pavers, and the between the pleachings and pool surround I need to do a bit of landscaping/turfing/planting). Well, a-SLAMming I will go! Thanks for the links & info. Will...

Another update! The guys came and laid the paving; they also managed to route the cables into the deck box and get that cemented in and cut the paving slab around it pretty neatly. It's taking shape now! Another question though, if I may? The water was very alkaline (having been topped up...

We also have a few small lumps and dents you can see and feel through the liner. It was exactly the same with the previous liner, so I'm going to say I think a little bit of that is probably normal.

That's a great idea, we can catch it in later. We'll certainly make sure they're looked after!

Ooh just spotted another little problem... the deck box for the light, which is due to be cemented into place first thing tomorrow, isn't actually connected to anything - the wires are in the same hole in the ground, but don't actually go into the box. And there are no...

Yeah I think you're absolutely right. I'll see what copings guy says when he gets here Monday to try and sort it out.

Yep, we subsequently discovered he wanted the money for his very expensive girlfriend. Not ideal, all things considered! The tiles will overhang the concrete into fresh air, right now! When we're done they will border onto grass on one side and planting on the others - but they have yet to have...

I've ordered one of those Scubas. Understand the concerns about tablet-based CYA testing, but proved impossible to find anything better so far. I'll report back once it gets here. Latest issue on the pool refurb is that the guy who was going to lay the paving tiles has bailed at the last...

Still no luck getting a hold of the Palintest kits but I found this one, a Pentair Rainbow test kit - does that look any good? https://www.allswimltd.com/pentair-pool-and-spa-4-in-1-test-kit

I've seen LaMotte drop test kits similar to Taylors listed here, but don't seem to have been available for a long time. The Hanna brand here seems limited to those electronic sticks you dip in the water. I'll search a bit harder for the Palintest stuff, maybe. Thanks for your help and...

Ah well they differ... some dissolve in a sample of pool water making a colour that you then visually compare with colours printed on the plastic container, others need to be mixed into a paste first... in either case the results can be a little vague, similar to test strips. The Palintest...

Would something like this do the job? https://testallwater.co.uk/collections/palintest-test-kits/products/palintest-contour-comparator-balanced-water-kit-with-cyanuric-acid-1 Palintest do a bewildering array of testing stuff but mostly seems to be visual comparison using tablets (rather than...

Thank you! Really pleased with it so far. Those liner/coping guys were incredible and yes they must have been glad to finally leave, no matter how well we tried to look after them! Those test kits look good, but they only ship to Australia and NZ unfortunately. It seems Europe and the UK not...

One (possibly stupid) question... The guys pumped back in the water they'd saved, and we topped it up with fresh water from the mains water supply, so the water is about 50/50 the original pool water and fresh filled. Is it a good idea to shock the pool as if I were opening up after the...

So now we have the new liner and pool filled and everything up and running. Next thing is to lay the paving slabs over the pool surround and finish the landscaping around it, and we're done.

Our pool refurb continues! We got the concrete down. Then last week we had the liner guy tank the water out, remove the old liner, patch up the render, fit a new liner lock, lay and point the new copings, fit a new liner and finally tank the water he'd saved back in. Incredibly he and his crew...

Thanks Maddie, I've spent a bit of time trying to find those wheels but couldn't easily find the right combination of thread, length and wheel size - which is annoying because I'm pretty sure Rocky's will be buying them in from somewhere. Maybe complicated because everything here is metric? I do...

Don't suppose anyone knows of a business that stocks spares for Rocky's reels and ships internationally? We have one that we'd like to keep in service but it needs some spares, unfortunately they're no longer sold in the UK and the only business I can find so far that does ship to the UK is in...

Can't help but add to what others have said - don't panic, it will be lovely. Right now the pool area might well look disproportionately massive, that's partly because there's a big expanse of paved pool surround with nothing on it (and no planting around it). Put some furniture (or indeed...