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    Coping Repair or Replacement - Cost Guesses?

    I've inherited a 40 year old gunite pool with the home I purchased last Summer and this will be our first full season with it. Given the current circumstances surrounding the pandemic, I'm assuming it will get some good use this year as prior scheduled vacations are shelved. That being said...
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    Acrylic Lace for Pool Deck - Looking for feedback/costs

    Hello, I was looking to get some feedback from the community regarding "acrylic lace" material on a pool deck. My wife and I purchased a home in Massachusetts with a dated, older 18x36 pool that was most likely built in late 70s, early 80s and it is greatly showing its age. As such, we are...
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    Skimmers Have No Suction

    Hello, Recently purchased a home with an inground pool and noticed our skimmers do not have any suction to them. Having some knowledge of pools from when I was younger, we took a look at the obvious: 1) Are there any valves turned off that should be in the open position? We tried running the...
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    New Homeowner - 18x36 "Dated" Gunite Pool - Looking for some direction!

    Hello, First wanted to say thanks for this tremendous resource. I've been lurking (not registered) for a while in anticipation of closing on my home and have read quite a bit of information - still trying to digest it all! Now that my wife and I are finally into the house we were hoping to get...