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    Jaggedy under pool liner?

    My pool was built 2 months ago. It's wonderful. 20 x 41 mountain pond inground. Concrete bottom and a mixture of concrete and vermiculite sides. I noticed today in the bright sun, that underneath the liner is quite a bit of rockiness texture. Especially on the walls and deep end sides it...
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    Pool Patio just put in... hairline crack already!?

    The patio was poured Tuesday. Today, I noticed a hairline crack and it's not within a seam! It's subtle... and tapers off and not running the whole way down the 5 foot area... it's perhaps halfway down already. Is this normal????
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    Pool Deck Concrete Question

    I just had my pool deck finished today. I went with the basic concrete that has a nice design, going out a bit on certain areas. They did a trowel finish instead of a broom finish. When it's wet... it's a dark gray and I like it. To my surprise today... it dried and became almost white...
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    Fence Height???

    We are going with a black aluminum style fence. The fence will be a complete square around the patio with more space for mulch. I'm having trouble on deciding on height. Which do you think looks best... 4.5 feet high or 5 feet high? Any advice?
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    Nervous about my pool bottom material!

    I'm having a pool installed now... water is going in as I type! 21 x 40 inground vinyl liner pool. Last week we had a bad heat wave (massachusetts). The pool company usually uses vermiculite for the hard bottom. But they didn't like how the vermiculite was mixing last week so they went to...
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    When to put the pool decking in?????

    I live in Massachusetts and am almost done with my pool installation. Liner and water go in this week. The pool company is telling us that we must wait at least 3 weeks before pouring the deck/cement patio. That gives enough time for the ground to settle. But every single person I talk to...