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Hello all, I've got a ~40 year old IG pool with a sidewalk-style concrete deck and coping. I'd like to stain the coping to a dark blue to match my pool tile and offer a bit more color outside. However, the reviews for the Behr or Valspar concrete "stain" or "dye" seem to imply they behave more...

Finally got (most) of my poolside construction complete. Thought I would share. Pool details are in the signature. The privacy barrier alongside it consists of fabric panels on clips that can be rolled up for weather or better airflow (although most of the wind in my yard blows long-ways).

Hello again all, It seems my first-time-opening-the-pool-after-buying-it saga continues. I've repaired my tile, repaired the hole in my skimmer line, and filled the water up to the appropriate level. I've moved to the phase of adding the chemicals (SLAM, but also going to have to add CYA and...

Hello all, I've finally gotten to the "switch on the equipment" phase of the operation. Last fall I had a local company close the pool. They blew out the lines, turned off the equipment, removed the drain plugs, and put rubber plugs in the skimmer and the returns. Today I pulled the rubber...

I'm getting closer and closer to actually switching on my equipment and declaring the pool open for the year. My water is clear, tile patching should be done tomorrow, return plugs have been removed....and now come to find out that the guys who blew out my lines last year (from a respected local...

Is there any chance this stuff loses potency and could give falsely low readings? I did buy a Taylor 2006 kit, but am saving that until I start running my equipment next week (doing tile repair on Monday, topping off the water level and turning on the equipment Tues-Wed), so I've been testing...

Hello all (first post), Last year I purchased my first home, and got the added bonus of a 35,000 gallon IG plaster pool. I used it without issue throughout the summer, and paid a local pool service to have the lines blown and the equipment winterized, and purchased and added a winterization kit...